Economy – Catholic Social Services Australia

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National wage case decision gives low-income earners breathing space but still a long way to go

20 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 Commission’s...

Australia’s most underprivileged have something to look forward to with new government

22 May 2022 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 social services organisations said today. The Chair of Catholic Social Services Australia, Francis Sullivan, said today that while the new Government faces huge challenges,...

Budget big on politics, but light on for fairness

5 April 2022 Article by Francis Sullivan, as published in the Daily Telegraph Last week’s budget speaks loud and clear to where the Coalition government sees itself and who it needs to talk to in the lead-up to the May general election.It is a budget that puts politics before fairness and the “comfortable middle” before the disadvantaged.It...

Vulnerable renters face evictions in regional areas as inflation pressures build

3 December 2021 Renters in regional Australia are facing forced evictions as inflation pressures push up the cost of housing, and COVID 19 forces mass exodus from bigger cities. Booming rental prices in regional areas have led to an increase in tenants being evicted without cause, according to the Chair of Catholic Social Services Australia, Francis Sullivan. "We...

OECD suggestion to increase GST to cover COVID debt unfair

15 September 2021 Calls by the OECD to raise the GST to help pay down the federal government’s massive Covid debt would have a devastating impact on low-income earners and under-privileged communities according to Australia’s peak Catholic social services group. The recommendation is part of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s 2021 Economic Survey of Australia....

Failure to ‘raise the rate’ could entrench disadvantage

Media Release 16 February 2021 Catholic Social Services Australia CEO Ursula Stephens says the failure to retain the higher Jobseeker rate provided during the pandemic will create financial pressure on families that could last for generations. “In a matter of weeks, people forced to rely on unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 crisis will be plunged into poverty as...

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Jobs in care sector can stimulate COVID recovery

Media Release 29 January 2021 A new Catholic Social Services Australia report says bolstering the under-resourced disability, aged care and social services workforces could hold the key to Australia’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The national peak body for Catholic social service agencies today published Strong Economy, Stronger Australia – Building Our Prosperity to Serve the Common...

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Budget leaves many asking ‘what hope for me?’

Media Release 6 October 2020 Catholic Social Services Australia says while the 2020-21 Commonwealth Budget delivers a financial boost for some, the country’s most vulnerable will again find themselves asking “What hope for me?” “With hundreds of thousands of Australians struggling to find work or not able to access enough hours of work, they’ll be left to ponder...

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