26 September 2022 The proposal by the Federal Government to establish a new alternative dispute resolution process for people caught up in NDIS disputes would make the process of appealing a decision faster and easier. Executive Director of Catholic Social Services Australia, Ms Monique Earsman, said any genuine attempt to assist those struggling with the NDIA...
20 September 2022 A major new report by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research has found people with disabilities are more than twice as likely to be victims of violent crime than the general population. The report, released earlier this week, also found disabled victims of violence are about 17 per cent less likely to...
15 September 2022 Catholic Social Services Australia has welcomed yesterday’s decision by Federal Cabinet to extend pandemic leave disaster payments beyond the scheme’s expiry on 30 September. Executive Director of Catholic Social Services Australia, Ms Monique Earsman, said continuing the payments beyond the end of September and for as long as mandatory isolation remains in place is...
8 September 2022 Catholic Social Services Australia, Catholic Health Australia, the National Catholic Education Commission, Catholic Employment Relations and Caritas Australia are among those lending their support to National Child Protection Week (September 4-10) in a very tangible way. The National Catholic Safeguarding Standards, which incorporate the National Child Safe Principles, have been endorsed for all Catholic...
5 September 2022 More than 4.7 million Australians will see an increase in support payments from 20 September following a 4 per cent increase in the consumer price index in the six months to June. The Minister for Social Services, Amanda Rishworth, said the indexation increase was the largest in more than 30 years for allowances and...
24 August 2022 A new performance report on one of the state’s most innovative back-to-school program revealsmore than 16,400 students and 7,800 families across far north and central Queensland have beenhelp cover back-to-school costs since 2017. The School Savvy, back to school program, provides families on low incomes or in financialdifficulties with low-cost school uniforms and other...
21 August 2022 Half of the country's disability employment service (DES) providers will see some or all of their services end due to poor performance following a major review of the sector in the wake of the disability royal commission. From today (Sunday, 21 August) 52 of the 104 DES providers nationally will begin to be contacted...
11 August 2022 Across Australia, some 1,400 NDIS participants are waiting an average of 160 days, equal to almost six months, to be discharged from hospitals despite being ready to go home or into appropriate special accommodation. Bill Shorten, the Minister overseeing the National Disability Insurance Scheme, says the public hospitals are becoming stuck by "bureaucratic glue"...
11 August 2022 The announcement today by Minister for Social Services, Amanda Rishworth, that the Federal Government will trial longer-term funding contracts and deliver proper indexation to community services funding grants is welcome news for Australia’s community services sector. Minister Rishworth was speaking at the annual Australian Service Union Senior Delegation conferences this morning. Executive Director of Catholic...
27 July 2022 One of Australia’s leading social services groups, Catholic Social Services Australia, has welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to abolish the unjust and unfair cashless debit card. Legislation to repeal the card will be one of the first pieces of business introduced by the new government on Wednesday (27 July), the first full sitting day...
