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Community Services Can’t Meet Demand – ACOSS

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 8th December 2014 -  A survey of Australia’s community service workers has found that 80 per cent of frontline agencies are unable to meet current levels of demand with the resources they have.…

ACOSS Push for Welfare Funding

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 28th October 2014 -  Welfare peak body ACOSS has called for a  6 months rollover of funding for any Not for Profits facing an end or reduction to their funding after the Abbott Government was forced…

One in Seven Living in Poverty – ACOSS Report

Lina Caneva, Sunday, 12th October 2014 -  Welfare peak body, the Australian Council of Social Service has released a new report revealing that poverty is growing in Australia with an estimated one in seven people living below…

Youth Payments Violate Human Rights: Report

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 30th September 2014 -  The Abbott Government’s proposed changes to youth payments violate Australia’s human rights obligations, a bipartisan Parliamentary report has found. Australia’s…

Gap Between Pensions and Newstart Growing: Analysis

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 23rd September 2014 -  A new analysis of social security payments reveals that the single Newstart Allowance paid to over half a million Australians continued to fall in value when compared with both the

Govt Health Spending Down – Report

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 23rd September 2014 -  Government spending on health in 2012-13 slowed to record low levels while growth in non-government funding remained relatively strong, according to a new report from the Australian…

National Award for Community Leader

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 11th September 2014 -  The CEO of MacKillop Family Services has won the 2014 Robin Clark Award for Inspirational Leadership in the Field. Micaela Cronin was presented with the award by Minister for Community…

Welfare Sector Calls for Youth Employment Strategy

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 11th September 2014 -  The Australian Council of Social Service has called on the Federal Government to bring together key experts to develop a comprehensive Youth Employment Strategy in an effort to boost…

Liberal MP Attacks Welfare Peak Body

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 9th September 2014 -  Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s Parliamentary Secretary has launched a blistering attack on the welfare sector peak body ACOSS, saying it is “blind to the evidence of…

Welfare Sector Converges on Parliament

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 27th August 2014 -  The Australian Council of Social Service has led a large delegation of community sector representatives to Canberra to call on Parliamentarians to reject harmful social security…

NFPs Reject Secret Co-Payment Talks

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 21st August 2014 -  National peak community and health consumer groups claim they have been left out of what amounts to ‘secret talks’ on the Federal Government’s proposed Medicare…
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