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Australians are being encouraged to remember the people of Ukraine as winter starts to bite and attacks continue across the country. “Staying warm is a matter of life and death in Ukraine as temperatures drop below freezing around the country,” Australia for UNHCR CEO, Trudi Mitchell, said. “While the world has been focused … Continued
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Australians are being encouraged to remember the people of Ukraine as winter starts to bite and attacks continue across the country. “Staying warm is a matter of life and death in Ukraine as temperatures drop below freezing around the country,” Australia for UNHCR CEO, Trudi Mitchell, said. “While the world has been focused … Continued
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ACOSS and UNSW Sydney will launch the Community attitudes towards poverty and inequality 2023: Snapshot report that shows strong public support for an income boost for people with the least. When: 9.30am Wednesday, 13 December 2023 Where: Prince Alfred Park (near the corner of Cleveland Street and Chalmers Street), Redfern Who: ACOSS Acting CEO Edwina … Continued
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Media release | Wednesday, 13 December 2023 Three-quarters of people in Australia support an income boost for people with the least while less than a quarter think it’s possible to live on the current JobSeeker rate, new research by ACOSS and UNSW Sydney shows. The latest report from the Poverty and Inequality Partnership, Community attitudes … Continued
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ACOSS and UNSW Sydney will launch the Community attitudes towards poverty and inequality 2023: Snapshot report that shows strong public support for an income boost for people with the least. When: 9.30am Wednesday, 13 December 2023 Where: Prince Alfred Park (near the corner of Cleveland Street and Chalmers Street), Redfern Who: ACOSS Acting CEO Edwina … Continued
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The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Specialist Homelessness Services (SHS) data 2022-23 released today paints an alarming picture of the scale and spread of child and youth homelessness in Australia, says peak organisation Yfoundations The capacity of homelessness services has fallen by almost 17,000 clients a year in recent times and services face a … Continued
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As COP28 comes to a close, rich polluting nations must accelerate loss and damage compensation for countries hit hardest by climate change Six months after a historic five-season drought, massive floods have inundated vast swaths of farmland across Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, right in the middle of the harvest season. Over four million impacted people … Continued
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Lifeline is reminding Australians that it is completely normal to be feeling isolated, worried or unsettled this time of year, with increased pressures all around us. From heightened financial pressures, increased family conflict, loneliness or grief, personal stressors can rise or become exacerbated throughout the holiday season. To support people, Lifeline has developed an evidence-informed Holiday … Continued
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Media release | Tuesday, 12 December 2023 The NSW government must urgently build more social housing and fully fund homelessness services after new statistics showed homelessness remaining shockingly high. Data released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare showed 68,400 people used homelessness services in NSW in the most recent financial year. Demand … Continued
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Media release | Tuesday, 12 December 2023 Victoria’s peak body for homelessness says rising housing stress, evictions and the number of working people who cannot afford a place to live underscores the need to build at least 6,000 new public and community dwellings a year. The Australia Institute of Health and Welfare’s annual specialist homelessness … Continued
