Luke Michael, Thursday, 6th May 2021 - Charity leaders say the sector is facing a red tape nightmare that will curtail charitable advocacy Major faith-based charities have united to condemn proposed changes that…
Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 11th May 2015 -
The Federal Government has announced a partnership with UnitingCare Australia to create long-term employment pathways for women in the community and aged care sectors.
Through…
Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 14th May 2014 -
Welfare bodies nationally claim that those being asked to carry the greatest burden from the Federal Budget spending cuts are those who can least afford it.
Representatives from…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 27th June 2013 -
Social services Not for Profit, UnitingCare Australia has hailed the passage of the Living Longer Living Better package of aged care reform bills through Federal Parliament as an…
Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 24th April 2013 -
Fifteen of Australia’s leading Non Government Organisations (NGOs) have unanimously commended the Premier of NSW Barry O’Farrell for his leadership in signing the…
Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 5th March 2013 -
The Federal Government will introduce ‘no gag clause’ legislation into the Parliament in the next sitting in March – formalising a policy introduced under former…
Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 27th November 2012 -
The Chair of the National Mental Health Commission, Professor Allan Fels, has described Australia’s first report card into mental health and suicide as confronting.
Releasing…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th June 2012 -
Community organisations have welcomed the release of the Australian Charities and Not for Profits Commission's implementation report, however they said work must continue…
Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 8th May 2012 -
UnitingCare Australia has warned that a budget surplus must not be delivered at the expense of disadvantaged Australians.
UnitingCare Australia’s National Director Lin…
Staff Reporter, Friday, 4th May 2012 -
Speculation that the Federal Government will cut welfare payments to families in order to return a surplus in next week’s budget would worsen poverty in Australia, according…
Staff Reporter, Friday, 20th April 2012 -
The Gillard Government has today announced a $3.7 billion overhaul to the aged care system.
In what the Minister for Ageing, Mark Butler, has called the “most sweeping reforms”…
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