Social Services
Bringing religions together and community action
What would a Sihk, a Catholic, a Muslim, a Christian and a Jew have in common? More than you’d think.......
Australian charities receive over 1300 complaints in two years
Over the past two years, the Australian Charities and Non-for-Profit Commission received over 1300 complaints, almost twelve a week on......
Child protection enters uncharted territory
Chloe’s Law, introduced into South Australian parliament, is the blanket legislation that will remove children at birth from parents who......
Rental homes out of reach for low income earners
For people on the dole or minimum wage, renting a home is simply unaffordable, according to Anglicare Australia. Kasey Chambers,......
A new campaign to Change the Record on Indigenous incarceration
Change The Record is a campaign coordinated by leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and human rights organisations. It......
Food truck dishes up justice
Coming to Australia as an asylum seeker means facing many challenges – and those challenges don’t stop once they’re out......
Budget 2015-16: What does the Community Council of Australia want?
The Community Council of Australia advocates on behalf of charities and non-profits throughout the country and has made some modest......
Government sees the light, returns legal services funding
After steadfastly ignoring the pleas of the legal community to restore legal aid funding cut in 2013, the Attorney General......
Homelessness groups call for government funding and action
Organisations across the country are relieved to learn this week that funding for the National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness will......
McClure report proposes welfare shakeup
Today, Minister for Social Services Scott Morrison released the McClure report, a review which proposes a dramatic overhaul of the......