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Councils of Social Service

National jobs and skills summit, social reinvestment in focus in WA and SA targets the age of criminal responsibility

Contributor, Thursday, 21st July 2022 -  All the latest news from the Councils of Social Service of Australia.
Mostafa (Moz) Azimitabar, wearing a dark suit jacket, black tie and white shirt with black sunglasses, looks up to the sky as he enters Victoria's Federal Court. He is surrounded by blurry people, and behind him is a sign that says 'endless detention is torture'

10-year anniversary of offshore detention places spotlight on Australia’s treatment of refugees

Danielle Kutchel, Wednesday, 20th July 2022 -  As advocates mark the milestone, one refugee is bringing a case to the Federal Court to try and end the use of hotels as places of detention.
The camera is looking through burnt trees on a blackened environment. Between the tree trunks is a grey kangaroo.

Government seeking collaboration to stop environmental decline

Danielle Kutchel, Tuesday, 19th July 2022 -  Australia’s environment is sick and getting worse, but the government is flagging a desire to work with the sector to address the mess.
An artistically blurred image of poker machines, showing their colourful screens.

Poker machine losses exceed $60 billion in Victoria alone

Danielle Kutchel, Monday, 18th July 2022 -  The money lost on poker machines dwarfs that spent on addressing social needs in the state, including social housing reform.

Australia slips lower in foreign aid transparency ranking

Samantha Freestone, Monday, 18th July 2022 -  The international ranking of Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on global aid transparency has declined a third time. 
A city street, featuring two restaurants with a billboard above them. The billboard has a picture of a male doctor on it, and the words 'coal, oil and gas ads are a health hazard'.

Calls to restrict fossil fuel advertising in the name of public health

Danielle Kutchel, Monday, 18th July 2022 -  Calls for a ban in Australia comes as hundreds of people die of heat-related causes in a heat wave across western Europe.

Into the rainbow

LGBTIQ+ cost of low well-being

The cost of adverse LGBTIQ+ mental health

Nevena Spirovska, Monday, 18th July 2022 -  For the first time, a cost has been placed on critically low levels of well-being among LGBTIQ+ people. Nevena Spirovska examines the key drivers and what can be done to turn the situation around.  
A bottle of hand sanitiser, a blue surgical mask and rubber globes sit on a table.

Disability community demands inclusive plan for COVID future

Danielle Kutchel, Wednesday, 13th July 2022 -  Advocates are calling on the government to stop leaving people with disability behind and create a safer, more secure future for them in a COVID world.
A group of AFL players on field. Some are wearing the black and white stripes of Collingwood, others are wearing the blue and white stripes of Geelong. There is a crowd watching them in the stands in the background. The signs around the ground have the logo of insurance company CGU, which is a blue background with big white letters saying CGU.

Insurer funds anti-racism program with pulled Collingwood sponsorship

Danielle Kutchel, Tuesday, 12th July 2022 -  The ‘Racism. It Stops with Me’ campaign has been reborn, in part thanks to footy’s racism scandal.
person on a mobility scooter crossing the road while talking to a person walking next to them

Register as a disability worker to support a stronger, safer disability workforce

Contributor, Tuesday, 12th July 2022 -  The Victorian Disability Worker Commission has launched a campaign encouraging disability workers to register to show people with disability they have the right skills to deliver quality services.

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