Australia will get its first minister for charities if Labor wins the May 18 federal election, the party has pledged. Labor spokesman for charities and not-for-profits Andrew Leigh says a Shorten government would amend the ...
Spending on job-creating infrastructure will feature in the Northern Territory budget, Treasurer Nicole Manison says. Manison will deliver the Labor government’s third financial blueprint on Tuesday saying it will seek to boost jobs, deliver a ...
ACOSS welcomes Labor’s climate change plan to tackle dangerous climate change, but greater ambition, focus on equity and on building climate resilience, is still needed. “Climate change hits people living on low-incomes or experiencing disadvantage ...
Major aid groups welcome Labor’s commitment to increase Australia’s aid program by a percentage of gross national income every year
Community groups have celebrated Opposition Leader Bill Shorten’s plan to build affordable housing for Australia’s most vulnerable
Leading welfare body has increased its pressure on Labor to support Newstart payment increases ahead of a national conference into social security
Labor has condemned the Coalition government for costing charities millions of dollars due to a failure of updating policies and fundraising laws
The Labor party’s newly released social policy agenda, ‘Growing Together’, is said to offer new policy thinking and a new agenda. “‘Growing Together’ will aim to put inclusive growth and social investment at the centre ...
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