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Budget priorities, workforce coordination and our Booris, our way

Contributor, Monday, 21st February 2022 -  All the latest news from the Councils of Social Service of Australia.

ACOSS 

ACOSS has called on the federal government to prioritise investment into critical services and boosting…

Can the Cashless Debit Card evolve from being a blunt compliance tool?

David Tennant, Wednesday, 12th January 2022 -  David Tennant and Gerard Brody take a look at the somewhat murky evolution of the Cashless Debit Card scheme and what the future holds for it.  In late October, a small but important …

Social sector endures another COVID-filled year, but continues to drive change – 2021 in review

Luke Michael, Tuesday, 21st December 2021 -  As we enter the final stages of 2021, Luke Michael looks back at the key moments that shaped the social sector this year.    In last year’s review, we wrote that no one could have predicted…

Is now the time for a universal basic income?

Wendy Williams, Tuesday, 9th March 2021 -  New documentary, Inherent Good, explores the power of unconditional cash and an economy in which no one’s income starts at zero. When Steve Borst and Rennie Soga first set out to make…

Why we need to raise the rate

Cassandra Prigg, Thursday, 4th March 2021 -  An increase in JobSeeker to $80 a day would change a young person’s life and their future – the problem is that politicians lack the willpower to make this happen, writes Cassandra Prigg.…

More Australians receive unemployment payments than you think

Contributor, Tuesday, 15th December 2020 -  A new study highlights significant misunderstandings about the scale and scope of Australians who receive unemployment payments. Australians receiving unemployment payments…

State budgets, a social housing construction blitz, and 16 days to end gender-based violence

Contributor, Wednesday, 18th November 2020 -  All the latest news from the Councils of Social Service of Australia.

ACOSS 

ACOSS pays tribute to the determination of all who campaigned and challenged their unlawful debts via …

‘This budget falls drastically short for Australians doing it tough’

Wendy Williams, Wednesday, 7th October 2020 -  The social sector has expressed its disappointment over the federal budget which it says leave too many behind The Morrison government’s message to Australians was that “we have …

What the social sector will be looking for on budget night

Wendy Williams, Tuesday, 6th October 2020 -  We speak to experts across the sector about what they are hoping to see  It’s being hailed as one of the most important federal budgets in 75 years. A far cry from the surplus budget a year…

‘It’s a heartless decision’: Morrison government reintroduces welfare mutual obligations

Luke Michael, Monday, 21st September 2020 -  Jobseekers soon face the threat of having their payments suspended  Anti-poverty advocates have slammed the federal government’s decision to reintroduce mutual obligations for…

Through no fault of their own

Augustine Zycher, Wednesday, 6th May 2020 -  It took COVID-19 for people to recognise that without the unpaid, low paid or the lowly paid work of women, society could not function, writes Augustine Zycher, who highlights three…

Government temporarily doubles unemployment payments amid COVID-19 outbreak

Luke Michael, Monday, 23rd March 2020 -  The announcement has already caused long lines outside Centrelink and the government’s MyGov website to crash                                                        The Morrison government’s decision to temporarily…

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