CharitiesAidWelfare, Federal Budget 15/05/2024 06:31

* MEDIA ALERT * Community sector responds to budget

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Media alert | Wednesday, 15 May 2024

ACOSS CEO Cassandra Goldie will hold a doorstop with community sector leaders responding to the federal budget in the Senate Courtyard at 10am.

Also available for comment:

Samantha Joseph, General Manager, NATSILS

Kerry Staines, CEO, National Family Violence Prevention and Legal Services Forum

Catherine McAlpine, CEO, Inclusion Australia

Joanne Yates, Interim Deputy CEO, People with Disability Australia

Kon Karapanagiotidis, CEO of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre

Sahana Sehgal, Settlement Council of Australia

Dane Moores, Head of Strategic Relations, SSI

Helen Dalley-Fisher, Convenor, Equality Rights Alliance

Lara Freidin, Executive Officer, Women's Legal Services Australia

Terese Edwards, Chief Executive, Single Mother Families Australia

Tim Leach, CEO, Community Legal Centres Australia
Jennifer Kirkaldy, General Manager Policy and Advocacy, The Salvation Army

Patricia Sparrow, CEO, COTA

Solly Fahiz, Director of Government Relations & Strategy, SecondBite

Contact details:

Georgie Moore
0477 779 928

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