Policy
Budget 2017: Indigenous Affairs
The Federal Treasurer, Scott Morrison promised that the 2017-18 Federal Budget has achievable measures and funding to achieve significant improvements......
Call for more sector input to NDIS as problems abound
The peak body for Australian disability support organisations has released a report criticising the performance National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)......
Tougher regulations needed for drone safety
South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon has called for tougher rules on small drones, with safety concerns a major worry. The Civil......
Oxfam report demands more help for Indigenous Australia.
An Oxfam report has urged Australian governments to reassess their policies, outlining ten steps to progress the rights of Aboriginal and Torres......
Changing PBS rules could save health budget millions
Australia spent just over $10 billion subsidising medicines on the Pharamaceutical Benefits Scheme in 2015-16. The list of drugs helps......
Melbourne cracks down on homelessness with controversial plans
The Melbourne City Council has passed a vote which would allow authorities greater powers to intervene with camps of congregated......
Josh Frydenberg backtracks on climate policy
The Australian Government’s energy policy is once again being called into question after Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg denied the Coalition......
A snapshot of The Australia We Want
The Australia We Want report from the Community Council for Australia looks at Australia with a new lens, focused on what......
Indigenous voices on inter-generational violence
This week, the mainstream media reported on Aboriginal leader Warren Mundine’s comments that Indigenous people are not speaking out about......
Reforms to see 17-year-olds leave adult prisons
17-year-olds will no longer be held in adult prisons in Queensland under new law reforms announced by the Palaszcuk government.......