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Reports of people held at the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) being forcibly moved to the Christmas Island detention centre last week have been called “concerning” by the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre as the facilities on the island are woefully inadequate and harmful. The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) has […]
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With one month to go until Australia decides to keep the Morrison Government, elect an Albanese Government, or votes for enough independents to hang the parliament, a social justice issue – the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) – has finally made campaign headlines. It is a widely accepted fact that […]
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According to Australia’s peak social services body, the Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS), the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) makes an urgent call for faster emissions reduction and targeted polices to benefit “people with the least”. The report warns that without immediate and deep […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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