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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Compounding crises demand new alliances
As we approach World Humanitarian Day on August 19, humanitarian crises are increasing in scale, impact and frequency and humanitarian organisations are forging new alliances to cope. In Ethiopia, for instance, women are facing the compounding challenges of growing conflict, COVID-19 and locust swarms. Kaleita Wendim is a 35-year-old mother […]
Deep concerns over military presence in south-western Sydney
With defence force personnel joining police in South West and Western Sydney, ACOSS, NCOSS and community sector organisations have expressed deep concerns and urged governments to listen to, respect and act upon the calls of local community leaders. Settlement Services International (SSI) CEO and ACOSS Board Director Violet Roumeliotis: “Many […]
UNSW urging supporters of Constitutional Voice to write to MPs
The Indigenous Law Centre at the University of NSW continues to ask the community to support the ongoing push for a constitutionally protected Voice to Parliament. “This task is urgent,” says co-chairs Pat Anderson and Prof Megan Davis. “We must let parliament know that the Australian people support the Uluru […]
New Close the Gap report a wake up call
Governments across Australia must urgently redouble their efforts to address Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inequality, the Close the Gap campaign says, following the release of disappointing new data on the National Agreement on Closing the Gap. This week’s release of the first annual data report by the Productivity Commission […]
Those with the very least given the least help
The Australian Council of Social Service welcomed the new $200 per week disaster payment for people in lockdown on social security payments who lost at least eight hours of paid work but expressed alarm that the Federal Government had again abandoned those with the very least – those who had […]
Why is it unsafe for Tamils to return to Sri Lanka?
Angela Fredericks from the HometoBilo campaign is calling on as many people as possible to join an online event being held by the Tamil Refugee Council today, Saturday, July 31. Tamil Refugee Council (TRC) is an Australia based grassroots Tamil organisation advocating for the rights of Tamil refugees in Australia, […]
Imagine if Australia had a Universal Basic Income
How is a young university student stuck in Sydney’s lockdown expected to live on $231.25 a week? By Jackie Pearson That’s the full Youth Allowance for over-18s living away from home in Australia right now if your parents earnings are low enough for you to be entitled to receive it. […]