Governance
Australia is in the grip of a serious housing crisis that won’t be solved by the homeownership incentives being offered during this Federal election campaign. Regardless of who wins the 2022 election, the only way ...
Australia has finally taken up New Zealand’s offer to resettle 450 refugees over the next three years, but it’s taken nine years to get to this point and significant damage has been done during this time. ...
ACOSS called on all political leaders and candidates to commit to raising the rate of JobSeeker to $70 a day and urges them to realise what a crucial policy issue this must be for any ...
NDIS provider and charity, The Shepherd Centre has welcomed an announcement from Federal Labor Leader Anthony Albanese pledging $6.5 million in funding to provide better care for children with hearing loss. The funding includes $2.5 ...
Children in rural and remote areas will have better access to life-saving medical equipment under new funding provided by the Morrison Joyce Government. The Government is providing $100,000 to the Humpty Dumpty Foundation in 2021-22 ...
VMCH, a not-for-profit organisation that delivers residential aged care, retirement living and home care services, was not impressed with the allocation of funds to an already suffering sector. Following the massive impact of COVID-19 on ...
Australia’s peak body for aid NGOs – the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) – has welcomed the Australian government’s decision to increase the Australian aid budget in 2022-23 to $4.549 billion from an originally ...
The Australian Services Union welcomed Federal Labor’s commitment to reverse the underinvestment and neglect of the community sector and its workforce, which has shackled it for years. Assistant National Secretary of the Australian Services Union ...
Earlier this month, the South Australian Government became the first jurisdiction in Australia to support a statewide end to homelessness. Ahead of the upcoming state election in March, the homelessness sector and allies have come ...
There is an urgent need to replenish the vastly inadequate stock of social and affordable housing in Australia and some state governments have begun to take action to increase supply, but the scale of the ...
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