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Heatmaps show homelessness in Australia does not discriminate

Luke Michael, Monday, 3rd August 2020 - Homelessness groups warn more social housing is needed to cope with a surge in unemployment due to COVID

Opinion

Young girl, Aisha, sitting alone in a classroom in Ethiopia.

‘Closing schools means much more than just a lost education’

Paul Ronalds, Sunday, 2nd August 2020 - We need more international support to stop COVID-19 mutating from a global health emergency into a global education emergency, writes Paul Ronalds, group CEO of Save the Children in Australia.

NDIS makes it easier for participants to get face masks

Luke Michael, Wednesday, 29th July 2020 - Advocates say people with disability have found it hard to access masks to stay safe from COVID-19

In conversation

My talk with Jane Goodall

Contributor, Wednesday, 29th July 2020 - Clive Phillips, professor of animal welfare at the Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics, talks to Dame Jane Goodall about vegetarianism, animal welfare and the power of children’s advocacy.

Opinion

aerial view woman sat at a table with her hands on her head, looking at bills, holding a credit card

‘Reintroducing the liquid asset test is mean spirited and unfair in the midst of a recession’

Rachel Siewert, Wednesday, 29th July 2020 - If you make people spend all of their hard-earned savings before receiving income support then they are left in a precarious position, argues Greens Senator Rachel Siewert.