Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 4th July 2012 -
The new report has found that young people, women and Indigenous Australians were all overrepresented among those receiving homeless services in the December quarter of 2011 –…
Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 3rd July 2012 -
A Government scheme set to teach income management skills to disadvantaged families including how to spend their welfare payments has met with criticism by some welfare Not for Profits…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 28th June 2012 -
Welfare Peak Body Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) has launched a national survey to identify the extent of the community welfare sector's exposure to climate change…
Staff Reporter, Friday, 1st June 2012 -
A new Anglicare Victoria report has found that single parents on parenting payments are sacrificing their own health so they can afford to heat the family home and put a good meal on…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 24th May 2012 -
Welfare peak body, Australian Council of Social Service, is appealing to the Federal Government to reconsider its planned Budget cuts to single parent families and raise the payment…
Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 9th May 2012 -
Major welfare peak bodies and organisations have described the Federal Budget as promising, fair and a ‘Robin Hood” style approach to fiscal management – but…
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, Wednesday, 23rd November 2011 -
The Gillard Government’s controversial changes to the Social Security Act – which includes changes to the Impairment Tables used to determine eligibility for the…
Staff Reporter, Friday, 28th October 2011 -
The Federal Government’s controversial welfare quarantining in the Northern Territory may face opposition from the nation’s peak indigenous body.
The first major…
Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 19th October 2011 -
Punishment and incentive schemes to link indigenous school attendance with welfare payments have been supported by both the Federal Government and the Opposition.
Speaking on…
Staff Reporter, Monday, 17th October 2011 -
More than one million Australians experience deep social exclusion, according to a new report by social welfare organisation Anglicare.
Anglicare Australia's 11th state…