Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 14th May 2013 -
International aid and welfare payments are expected to be the losers in today’s Federal Budget – the sixth budget by Treasurer, Wayne Swan.
International Aid agency…
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, Thursday, 6th December 2012 - OPINION: Last week Australia marked Social Inclusion week. To build a more socially inclusive Australia, governments, business, the Not for Profit sector, communities and individuals…
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, Tuesday, 20th November 2012 -
The Australian Social Inclusion Board – the main advisory body to the Federal Government on ways to achieve better outcomes for the most disadvantaged – has announced…
Australia’s latest social inclusion report card finds that despite national prosperity, not all Australians are enjoying access to the same opportunities, with a significant…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 2nd August 2012 -
The National Director of UnitingCare Australia and one of Australia's leading social justice advocates, Lin Hatfield Dodds has been appointed the new Chair of the Australian…
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, Monday, 30th April 2012 -
A coalition of Australia’s leading children and youth focused organisations has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of the establishment of a National…
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”…