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Government turns to automation to save $2 billion in welfare payments

Luke Michael, Wednesday, 3rd April 2019 -  Welfare recipients are again one of the biggest losers in the budget, with the federal government failing to raise Newstart and moving to save billions in welfare payments by automating income reporting.
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Political parties under pressure to dismantle ParentsNext

Luke Michael, Tuesday, 2nd April 2019 -  Community groups are demanding the government scraps its controversial pre-employment program ParentsNext, after a Senate committee found it was causing anxiety and distress for single mothers on welfare.

LGBTQI+ group call to abolish birth certificate barriers

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 1st April 2019 -  To mark Trans Day of Visibility, an Australian LGBTQI+ advocacy group has launched a campaign calling on states and territories to eliminate barriers for gender diverse people updating their birth certificate gender.

“It’s not that hard”: Making events more accessible for the disability community

Luke Michael, Monday, 1st April 2019 -  A disability advocate says event organisers must to do more to meet the access needs of people with disability, arguing a little thought can go a long way to stop attendees feeling excluded.  

Government pledges $850 million to help NDIS providers

Luke Michael, Monday, 1st April 2019 -  The federal government has bowed to significant pressure from disability providers by agreeing to major price increases for a range of National Disability Insurance Scheme services.

Sector slams ‘haphazard’ approach to budget lock-up

Luke Michael, Friday, 29th March 2019 -  Community groups say they will not be silenced by the federal government despite a move from Treasury to reduce the sector’s presence in this year’s budget lock-up.  

A Lighter Note

Leaving a message of gratitude

Maggie Coggan, Friday, 29th March 2019 -  While most people are quick to find something to complain about, a crowd-sourced project is aiming to flip the world’s thinking and perspective, by collecting one million online messages of gratitude by the end of 2020.
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Advocates fight plan to use surplus NDIS funds to boost budget

Luke Michael, Thursday, 28th March 2019 -  Disability groups are demanding that the Morrision government keep any unspent National Disability Insurance Scheme money within the scheme, after reports emerged the funds will be used to boost the budget bottom line.  

Opinion

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Planning for growth? Diversifying your value is key

David Jack, Thursday, 28th March 2019 -  Social change is currently a very crowded space. David Jack, CEO of Social Impact Institute, offers some things not for profits can consider when planning for growth.
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Providers slam government’s NDIS workforce strategy

Luke Michael, Wednesday, 27th March 2019 -  Australia’s peak disability services body is deeply disappointed with the federal government’s plan to grow the National Disability Insurance Scheme workforce, arguing much of the strategy is just a rehash of old news.

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