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Australia’s 47 billionaires take home on average $67,000 an hour, over 1300 times more than the average Australian, new Oxfam analysis reveals, as the anti-poverty organisation calls for the major parties to tax the fortunes of the super-rich to tackle rampant inequality. Data crunching also revealed that in 2024 Australian billionaire wealth rose by more … Continued
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While today’s agreement offers a moment of hope for children who have been suffering unimaginable loss for over 15 months, we must remember that the situation for children in Gaza remains bleak. At least 17,580 children and 12,050 women have been killed[1] in just 15 months in Gaza and over 21,000 children in Gaza have … Continued
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The South Australian Alliance to End Homelessness (SAAEH) is proud to announce that the Advance to Zero (AtoZ) initiative has been awarded a prestigious World Habitat Award, presented annually in partnership with UN-Habitat. This international recognition highlights the transformative work being done across Australia – including two communities in South Australia – to end homelessness, … Continued
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The Australian Alliance to End Homelessness (AAEH) is proud to announce that the Advance to Zero (AtoZ) initiative has been awarded a prestigious World Habitat Award, presented annually in partnership with UN-Habitat. This international recognition highlights the transformative work being done across Australian communities to end homelessness, starting with rough sleeping. This recognition comes … Continued
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School uniforms and access to home internet are just some of the essentials children face going without as cost-of-living pressures add an extra layer of stress to back-to-school preparations. Research from national child protection organisation Act for Kids has revealed almost one in three Australians (30%) struggle to pay for their children’s basic educational needs, … Continued
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School uniforms and access to home internet are just some of the essentials children face going without as cost-of-living pressures add an extra layer of stress to back-to-school preparations. Research from national child protection organisation Act for Kids has revealed almost one in three Australians (30%) struggle to pay for their children’s basic educational needs, … Continued
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School uniforms and access to home internet are just some of the essentials children face going without as cost-of-living pressures add an extra layer of stress to back-to-school preparations. Research from national child protection organisation Act for Kids has revealed almost one in three Australians (30%) struggle to pay for their children’s basic educational needs, … Continued
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The richest 1 percent have burned through their share of the annual global carbon budget —the amount of CO2 that can be added to the atmosphere without pushing the world beyond 1.5°C of warming— within the first 10 days of 2025, reveals new Oxfam analysis. In stark contrast, it would take someone from the poorest … Continued
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More than 2200 new applications for social housing across Victoria were made in just three months, according to new government data. Homes Victoria’s latest figures show there were 63,803 applications waiting for public and community housing at the end of September 2024 – an increase of 2216 (or 3.6%) in three months. In the … Continued
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Twenty years on from the devastating Boxing Day tsunami, Plan International Australia remembers the global solidarity that emerged from tragedy. December 26 marks 20 years since the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which claimed the lives of 230,000 people and left 1.7 million homeless on Boxing Day 2004. The earthquake struck 150km off the … Continued
