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Young Aussies struggling with the impacts of COVID

Luke Michael, Wednesday, 1st December 2021 -  Mission Australia has released its Youth Survey Report 2021

Opinion

The compelling case for a future fund for social housing

Brendan Coates, Monday, 29th November 2021 -  Brendan Coates, the Grattan Institute’s program director of economic policy, explains why setting up a future fund for social housing could be the answer to fixing Australia’s ever-growing housing crisis.  
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Anglicare says Australia’s welfare system must be urgently fixed

Luke Michael, Thursday, 25th November 2021 -  “We need to overhaul the system. People are forced to run a gauntlet of interviews, reporting, and administration that isn’t leading to work” 
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“It’s completely out of whack”: Australia’s rental system reaches new heights of unaffordable

Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 24th November 2021 -  Low income Aussies are being completely priced out of the rental market, new research reveals 

COSS Corner

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Raising the age of criminal responsibility, disaster recovery, and celebrating the work of the sector

Contributor, Wednesday, 24th November 2021 -  All the latest news from the Councils of Social Service of Australia.

Opinion

The long, delayed, and harmful road to raising the age of criminal responsibility

Deborah Di Natale, Monday, 22nd November 2021 -  Moves have been made to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12 years. But as the CEO of the Northern Territory Council of Social Services, Deborah Di Natale, explains, this change is too little, too late.  

Opinion

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Participation in the systems that govern you is a human right, children and young people included

Sarah Davies, Monday, 22nd November 2021 -  The knowledge and expertise of our children and young people must be sought as we emerge from the pandemic, write Sarah Davies AM and Deb Tsorbaris. 

Opinion

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Considerations and complications of our online world

Deb Tsorbaris, Wednesday, 17th November 2021 -  There are hidden risks to the online world that are particularly real for certain groups, writes Deb Tsorbaris, but she says the sector can empower children and young people by educating on media literacy, digital citizenship, help-seeking, and safe
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Critics speak out against ‘concerning expansion’ of NDIA CEO’s powers

Luke Michael, Tuesday, 16th November 2021 -  “Participants are being asked to support the rushed introduction of a bill which would fundamentally change the NDIS” 

Lack of career prospects driving community and disability workers away

Maggie Coggan, Tuesday, 16th November 2021 -  Nearly one in six community service workers are planning to move away from the sector 

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