Nearly 20,000 refugees set to apply for permanent residency
13 February 2023 Catholic Social Services Australia has welcomed today’s announcement that the Albanese Government will provide a permanent visa pathway...
May Federal Budget looks to address entrenched disadvantage
30 January 2023 Catholic Social Services Australia has welcomed reports the Albanese May Budget will focus on entrenched disadvantage in the most...
Albanese Government makes good start for the dispossessed but much more to be done
27 January 2023 Article by Francis Sullivan, as published in Pearls and Irritations In 1996 Paul Keating said, “when you change the Government,...
New pilot plan to help people living with disabilities get into the workforce
9 January 2023 The Federal Government and the Business Council of Australia (BCA) have signed an agreement to expand job opportunities...
Keating’s Redfern speech three decades later
16 December 2022 Article by Francis Sullivan, as published in Pearls and Irritations On the 30th anniversary of former Prime Minister Paul Keating's...
Thousands of families struggling to meet next week’s rents as a grim Christmas approaches
13 December 2022 Article by Francis Sullivan, as published in The Daily Telegraph As the Reserve Bank lifts interest rates to their highest...
Power bills for low-income earners to fall after Commonwealth and state governments agree to subsidies
10 December 2022 Millions of people on income support and welfare payments will have their power bills cut under a $1.5...
Nearly a fifth of low-income earners paying more than half their income in private rent
7 December 2022 Some 185,000, or nearly a fifth of low-income private renters, are paying more than half of their household...
New support payment review panel game changer for people living below poverty line
28 November 2022 One of Australia's leading social service networks has welcomed Federal Government plans to establish an independent panel to...
Tougher regulations for ‘buy now pay later’ schemes on the cards
21 November 2022 Plans by the Federal Government to tighten regulations around the 'buy now pay later' industry have been welcomed...
