The new report has found that young people, women and Indigenous Australians were all overrepresented among those receiving homeless services in the December quarter…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Major welfare peak bodies and organisations have described the Federal Budget as promising, fair and a ‘Robin Hood” style approach to fiscal management…
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,…
The Gillard Government’s controversial changes to the Social Security Act – which includes changes to the Impairment Tables used to determine eligibility…
Punishment and incentive schemes to link indigenous school attendance with welfare payments have been supported by both the Federal Government and the Opposition.
Speaking…
More than one million Australians experience deep social exclusion, according to a new report by social welfare organisation Anglicare.
Anglicare Australia's…