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Catholic social services team up to battle disadvantage

Media Article 11 September 2019 More than 20 Catholic social service providers from across Australia have joined with researchers from the Australian National University to commission new research into entrenched disadvantage. ANU Researchers with Dr Brenton Prosser (left), Former Director Research, CSSA Today marks the commencement of research activity for the Identifying Locational Drivers of Entrenched Disadvantage project. “This project...

Simple strategies for communicating the impact of social service programs

26 July 2019 Times are changing. Not only do you have to be good at what you do, increasingly you need to show the outcomes of what you do. CSSA's former Research Director, Brenton Prosser, explores some simple strategies for social service providers to display their good work with more impact. Around the world, governments need more...

NewsMigrants and Refugees

Statement on the 6th Anniversary of Australia’s Mandatory and Indefinite Offshore Detention Policy

19 July 2019 From the Catholic Outlook This weekend marks the sixth anniversary of former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s announcement that no person seeking asylum by boat would ever be resettled in Australia. Every single person arriving after that date was to be subjected to indefinite detention on Manus Island, PNG, or in the Republic of Nauru, under...

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New Catholic social services CEO plans on working closely with government

17 July 2019 Former Labor candidate for Goulburn, Parliamentary Secretary and Senator, Dr Ursula Stephens is again back in a leadership role as the new CEO for Catholic Social Services Australia (CSSA), the Catholic Church’s peak national body for social services in the country. Dr Stephens spoke with Region media about “filling the large shoes” of retiring CEO Jesuit...

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Dr Ursula Stephens accepts the baton

1 July 2019 The clichéd comment to make to someone about to take over from someone else who is well-known and highly regarded is to say they have big shoes to fill. In taking over from Fr Frank Brennan as the new CEO of Catholic Social Services Australia on July 1, Dr Ursula Stephens comes to the...

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CommentaryEconomy

A Fairer Tax System

While Anthony Albanese and his Labor team contemplate another three years in opposition, Prime Minister Scott Morrison is already working the cross-benches to garner support for his ambitious personal income tax cuts program. Mr Morrison’s tax cuts narrative is clear: the tax system needs to be fairer and provide better reward for effort. Read more at ...

What UK pollsters can tell Australians about citizen engagement and the 2019 federal election, from The Mandarin

Why didn’t we see it coming? How did the pollsters get it so wrong? What was behind the polls that consistently put Labor ahead over the past 12 months? How could political parties ever change their prime ministers because of polls again? What UK pollsters can tell Australians about citizen engagement and the 2019 federal election,...

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Long-time CSSA employee gets papal honour

16 May 2019 Mary Clare Jamieson, CSSA’s director of corporate services, was bestowed the symbol of honour of the Exalted Cross – Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (for services to the Church and to the Pope), which is instituted for persons distinguished for outstanding service and zeal. A long-time Catholic Social Services Australia employee has been awarded a...

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