Staff Reporter, Friday, 30th July 2010 -
Former Democrats leader and current academic within the Not for Profit sector, Cheryl Kernot is to stand for a Senate seat in NSW as an independent.
Kernot will contest the coming election…
Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 28th July 2010 -
The ALP and the Coalition need to re-think their support for income management and develop workable policies to lift Australians out of welfare and into employment, according to…
Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 28th July 2010 -
International aid agency Oxfam says a comprehensive regional approach to asylum seekers must be adopted by whoever wins the Federal Election if there is to be any hope of truly moving…
Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 28th July 2010 -
Three of Australia’s peak family welfare Not for Profit organisations – the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC), the Child and Family…
Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 28th July 2010 -
People experiencing social exclusion are largely being ignored by Australia's political leaders in the lead up to the Federal Election according to welfare organisation Anglicare.…
Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 27th July 2010 -
Primary health care organisations have welcomed the Federal Government’s election commitment to invest of $276.9m into additional mental health services but the Australian…
Staff Reporter, Friday, 23rd July 2010 -
International Aid organisation, Oxfam Australia claims Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s announcements on climate change further cements Australia’s position as…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 22nd July 2010 -
Pro Bono Australia has begun a campaign to make social policy part of Federal Election and to urge our political leaders to listen to the Not for Profit sector in the lead up to election…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 22nd July 2010 - The analysis is in: Social policies will only get a run in the election campaign if they strike a chord with swinging voters in marginal electorates says co-publisher of Pro Bono Australia…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 22nd July 2010 -
Church groups across Australia have called on the major political parties to commit to immediate action and investment in community mental health issues in the lead up to the Federal…
Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 21st July 2010 -
The newly appointed CEO of ACOSS, Cassandra Goldie will move into the top job just four weeks before the Federal Election.
Goldie has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of ACOSS,…
Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 21st July 2010 -
Peak welfare organisation ACOSS has called on political leaders to confirm their policies on homelessness after a new report on crisis housing figures in Australia
New figures…