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,...
13 May 2022 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 and the Australian National University. The research undertaken in 2020, shows that in the towns and regional areas of Bass and Braddon the levels...
20 April 2022 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 important social support services, Chair of Catholic Social Services Australia, Francis Sullivan said today. “The $30 billion system, which delivers services to more than...
18 April 2022 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 to Defence, Treasury, Finance, Foreign Affairs and Health. Mr Morrison made the comments this afternoon when he announced current Families and Social Services Minister,...
14 April 2022 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 social services groups. Francis Sullivan, Chair of Catholic Social Services Australia, said the decision is a real blow for 1.5 million people struggling to...
10 April 2022 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 we enter the official election campaign, according to the head of one of Australia’s leading social service groups. Mr Francis Sullivan, Chair of Catholic...
Major Church Social Service Providers: Anglicare, Catholic Social Services Australia, The Salvation Army and Uniting Care. 10 April 2022 Australia’s major Church providers* have come together ahead of the upcoming election to call on all parties and candidates to commit to policies that will make a real difference in the lives of the most vulnerable. Our...
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As published CathNews, 17 April 2018 By Brenton Prosser PHD, Former Director Research, CSSA Federal Budget week was another significant one for the National Disability Insurance Scheme. It was a central feature in the speeches of both the Treasurer and the Opposition Leader. Public debate centred on $1.6 billion of allocated (but unspent) funding going back into the Government’s projected $7.1 billion surplus. The Budget...
