YOUR WEEKLY DEEP READ…The voters of South Australia resoundingly kicked out a first-term Liberal State Government last weekend because they were not prepared to accept a sub-standard public health system. Jackie Pearson spoke with the SA Conservation Council and SACOSS about the role of environmental and social justice in the […]
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Social service sector welcomes election policy pledge
The Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) has welcomed the Federal Opposition’s commitment to support a stronger and better paid community sector if it is elected to government before the end of May. Labor chose March 15, World Social Worker Day, to announce its election policy for the community sector […]
Bushfire survivors in disbelief at NSW planning change
DAILY NEWS… Jo Dodds doesn’t quite remember how she managed to become President of the NGO called Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action (BS4C) but she does remember the day her feelings about climate change became visceral. She wants the NSW Planning Minister to make sure climate-impacted communities get to build […]
NSW health system is broken especially in poor communities
DAILY NEWS… One of the main reasons South Australians threw out their single-term Mitchell State Government last Saturday was ambulance ramping, which begs the question of why NSW residents are prepared to put up with ramping, slow ambulance response times, long emergency department waits and dangerous elective surgery delays. Jackie […]
Not-for-profit determined to use election to push parents up
Australia lags behind other developed countries in the provision of best practice, evidence-based policies that support families and children and not-for-profit The Parenthood is determined to change that. According to the latest report from The Parenthood, called Making Australia the Best Place in the World to be a Parent, among […]
Turtle hatchling survives floods and plastics
Pretzel, a green turtle hatchling, has already survived a flood disaster and potentially fatal plastic consumption … and that’s just in its first few weeks of life. The little battler, who fits in the palm of a hand, washed ashore recently at New Brighton Beach on the NSW north coast […]
Brutal boys home to become national site for truth telling
The Kinchela Boys Home (KBH) site in Kempsey has today been announced at the 2022 World Monuments Watch as one of 25 heritage sites of worldwide significance whose preservation is urgent and vital to the communities surrounding them. Among Australia’s most notorious Stolen Generations institutions, KBH saw an estimated 400 […]
Emergency leaders: Flood fumble is Black Summer all over again
Emergency Leader for Climate Action (ELCA) – a group of Australia’s highest ranking, former emergency service chiefs – held a media conference in Brisbane on March 14 to issue a scathing statement on the Morrison Government’s failure to prepare for and help alleviate the horrific impacts of the latest flooding […]
Climate: How bad it gets depends on how fast we cut
DAILY NEWS – ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE The sun is shining on Australia’s east coast today for the first time in weeks but I am sitting here wondering if ‘rain bomb’ will become the Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year and thinking about what will need to happen – how bad will […]
Another Senate inquiry to scrutinise ABC and SBS
The Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee will inquire into the complaints handling arrangements of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the Special Broadcasting Service. In particular, the committee will examine the adequacy of the existing arrangements to provide a framework that is accessible, responsive, efficient, accountable and fit-for-purpose. The committee […]