Staff Reporter, Monday, 16th June 2014 -
The Australian Greens will move for a Senate Inquiry into Inequality in Australia, as criticism grows on the Federal Budget and its targets on Australians living on welfare.
According…
Rachel Siewert, Wednesday, 11th June 2014 - The Federal Government’s approach and ideology to income support is at odds with the spirit in which the system first began more than a century ago, writes Australian Greens Senator…
Staff Reporter, Friday, 6th June 2014 -
Welfare peak body, the Australian Council of Social Service, has called on the Federal Government to drop its plan to deny unemployed people under 30 access to income support for six…
Staff Reporter, Monday, 12th May 2014 -
More jobless Australians in their 50s and 60s are seeking the Newstart allowance, new figures out of the Department of Human Services have shown.
According to the figures, sought…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 5th December 2013 -
Plans by the Federal Coalition Government to push significant changes on Social Services legislation through the Senate without scrutiny have been stopped by the Australian Greens,…
Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 3rd December 2013 - Those supporting the Federal Coalition’s plan to abolish the national regulator, the ACNC, should be careful about what they wish for, writes Australian Greens Senator Rachel…
Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 26th November 2013 -
Funding for the Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA) – the national peak body representing organisations and workers in the sector- has…
Staff Reporter, Friday, 27th September 2013 -
The Coalition Government is considering a review of all welfare payments, including income-support payments for single parents, according to reports.
The Australianhas reported…
Staff Reporter, Monday, 19th November 2012 -
The overwhelming majority of Australians support voluntary euthanasia, according to new research presented at a Dying with Dignity Forum in Sydney.
The national survey by The Australia…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 1st November 2012 -
The Australian Greens amendments to the Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission Bill (ACNC) which passed through both Houses of Federal Parliament have sealed the…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 13th September 2012 -
The peak body for Australia's community welfare sector, ACOSS, and the National Roundtable of Nonprofit Organisations have reaffirmed their support for the establishment…