On Monday 24 November, the 11th annual National Shelter-SGS Economics and Planning Rental Affordability Index will be released.
For an embargoed copy of the report, and access to an interactive dashboard showing the affordability of ACT suburbs, or to arrange an interview, please email: [email protected]
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Racism against First Nations people in the workplace should feature in the parliamentary inquiry into racism, hate and violence directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people announced today, according to UTS Sydney’sCentre for Indigenous People and Work (CIPW). Director ofCIPW,Prof Nareen Young,welcomed the Inquiry as an important mechanism to explore the extent of workplace racism and recommend strategies to eradicate this. “Our research has found that racism against First Nations people in the workplace remains stubbornly prevalent,” Prof Young said. “At the current rate of progress, without further policy or legislative change, it could take another 118 years for…
The Australian Human Rights Commission welcomes the Federal Government’s announcement of a Senate Inquiry into racism against First Peoples, to be conducted by the Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs. TheInquiry was announced by Indigenous Affairs Minister Malarndirri McCarthyandwill examine the forms, impacts and drivers of racism experienced by First Peoples, and the changes needed to address it. Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss and Race Discrimination Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman said the inquirycannot be another exercise in diagnosis.This new Inquiry must drive action - not replace it. Decades of evidence For decades, national processes have documented the…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives,the Hon Milton Dick MP has announced the details for the issuing of the writ for the electoral division of Farrer in New South Wales, following the resignation of the Hon Sussan Ley. The dates in connection with the by-election will be as follows: Issue of writ Wednesday 1 April 2026 Close of rolls Wednesday 8 April 2026 Close of nominations Monday 13 April 2026 Declaration of nominations Tuesday 14 April 2026 Date of polling Saturday 9 May 2026 Return of writ On or before Friday 10 July 2026 Contact Natalie van Dartel0418 149…
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