Xavier Smerdon, Friday, 18th September 2015 -
A Senate Inquiry has slammed the Department of Social Service funding process which saw cuts of $270 million and has recommended that five-year contracts be awarded to service providers…
Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 17th September 2015 -
Malcolm Turnbull must provide a new direction, not just a new message, to address Australia’s economic, social and environmental challenges, the peak community welfare…
Lina Caneva, Thursday, 27th August 2015 -
?Australia’s policy solutions should be more creative around revenue and expenditure and housing affordability must be one of the keys to reform, according to Not for Profit…
Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 4th August 2015 -
Welfare peak body ACOSS has called for a restructure of Australia’s superannuation system to deliver income security, fund crucial services and drive inclusive growth.
The call…
Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 22nd June 2015 -
Income inequality in Australia is higher than the OECD average with a person in the top 20 per cent income group earning around five times as much income as someone in the bottom 20 per…
Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 12th March 2015 -
Young people could be sentenced to a life of insecure renting, or worse, unless real action is taken to tackle Australia’s housing affordability crisis, according to the national…
Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 29th January 2015 -
Australia’s peak welfare body has urged the Federal Government to focus on restoring revenue by addressing inefficient tax arrangements, rather than through spending cuts…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…