Australia’s most underprivileged and disadvantaged have something to look forward to with the election of Anthony Albanese as Prime Minister and Labor as the new Government, one of Australia’s leading … Read More
Two of Australia’s most marginal seats, Bass and Braddon in Tasmania, suffer among the nation’s highest levels of persistent disadvantage, according to major research undertaken by Catholic Social Services Australia … Read More
Labor’s commitment to undertake a major review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme is an important first step in ensuring the sustainability and operation of one of the country’s most … Read More
Prime Minister Morrison has today given the clearest indication yet of how little the Coalition cares for Australia’s marginalised and disadvantaged when he dismissed the Social Services portfolio as secondary … Read More
The decision by Labor not to review the JobSeeker payment ahead of its first budget if it wins the May federal election is disappointing, according to one of Australia’s peak … Read More
The entrenched poverty, loss of opportunity and inequality that nearly 3 million Australia live with every day has not been adequately addressed by either of the major political parties as … Read More
Major Church Social Service Providers: Anglicare, Catholic Social Services Australia, The Salvation Army and Uniting Care. Australia’s major Church providers* have come together ahead of the upcoming election to call … Read More
The Morrison Government has yet again failed to provide any focused funding to assist the most marginalised and underprivileged Australians in its 2022/23 budget. Chair of Catholic Social Services Australia, … Read More
Funding for participants in the National Disability Insurance Scheme was cut by 4 per cent in 2021 with the average spend falling from $71,200 in 2020 to $68,500 in 2021. … Read More
Despite Australia’s jobless rate falling to a new 13-year low last month, cost of living increases continue to place enormous pressure on low income and disadvantaged families. Ms Monique Earsman, … Read More