New disability workforce register designed to fill winter support worker shortages
admin1232022-06-28T11:54:09+10:0024 June 2022 As winter starts to bite, qualified disability support workers are being asked to join a national ‘Winter Relief Workforce’ register designed to cover potential workforce shortages, Chair of Catholic Social Services Australia, Francis Sullivan said today. “The sector faces major workforce challenges as it is but with winter illnesses and support workers leaving...
National wage case decision gives low-income earners breathing space but still a long way to go
admin1232022-06-20T13:29:34+10:0020 June 2022 Article by Francis Sullivan, as published in Eureka Street Despite last week’s decision by the Fair Work Commission to push up the national minimum wage by 5.2 per cent, millions of Australians, in all parts of the country, will continue to live in poverty and on survival wages. The facts are that the...
National wage case decision gives low-income earners breathing space but still well below poverty line
admin1232022-06-20T12:44:57+10:0015 June 2022 The decision today by the Fair Work Commission to increase the National Minimum Wage (NMW) by 5.2 per cent is welcome but workers on low incomes will still struggle to make ends meet, Chair of Catholic Social Services Australia, Francis Sullivan, said today. The proposed increase of 5.2 per cent to the minimum...
Robodebt Royal Commission must end heartless automated debt collection
admin1232022-06-14T16:36:56+10:0013 June 2022 As the Government begins drafting terms of reference for a Robodebt Royal Commission a key outcomes must be that the poor and vulnerable are never left at the mercy of such massive government maladministration and heartless automation ever again. “Hundreds of thousands of Australia’s most vulnerable were traumatised and harassed as a result...
Homeless services working overtime as winter snap hits eastern Australia
admin1232022-06-07T09:41:53+10:006 June 2022 Member services within the Catholic Social Services Australia network are working overtime as freezing cold weather hits the eastern seaboard and forces homeless people off the streets. “Life on the streets is hard enough at the best of times but when the temperature plummets people sleeping rough need a safe place to sleep,...
New Labor Ministers have a big task ahead to address Australia’s chronic underprivileged and disadvantage
admin1232022-06-03T15:51:18+10:001 June 2022 New ministers in the Labor Government have huge challenges on their hands as they work to address the systemic disadvantage millions of Australians face every day, Chair of Catholic Social Services Australia, Francis Sullivan, said today. “We warmly welcome the new ministers, particularly Linda Burney (Indigenous Australians), Amanda Rishworth (Social Services), Bill Shorten...
