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Telecommunications is an essential service and vital for so many small businesses and the absence of this service has a significant economic cost, says the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, Bruce Billson. “The response by Optus is inadequate and not sufficiently dealt with by an offer of extra data,” Mr Billson said. “Small … Continued
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Rental Affordability Index shows Victorian rental crisis reaching new depths National Shelter and SGS Economics & Planning are holding an embargoed zoom briefing for journalists at 11.15am Thursday, 9 November about the 2023 Rental Affordability Index showing plummeting affordability across Melbourne and regional Victoria. When: 11.15am – 11.35am Thursday, 9 November 2023 Who: SGS Economics … Continued
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Media release | Tuesday 7 November 2023 Today’s interest rate rise sacrifices jobs and incomes to curb inflation and the effects will be felt most acutely by people on the lowest incomes, ACOSS says. ACOSS CEO Cassandra Goldie says: “The RBA’s decision to lift the cash rate to 4.35 per cent will hurt people with … Continued
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A UNSW Law academic says a NSW Police program was rightfully abandoned after a five-year investigation. NSW Police say it will discontinue its Suspect Targeted Management Plan (STMP) following a Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) investigation that expressed significant concerns and called the STMP ‘unreasonable, unjust and oppressive’. The STMP is a pre-emptive policing program that … Continued
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MEDIA RELEASE WORLD-FIRST EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM OFFERS NEW HOPE FOR PREVENTION OF BODY IMAGE ISSUES AND EATING DISORDERS MELBOURNE, 3 NOVEMBER 2023 – A groundbreaking new program for early childhood educators aims to prevent body image issues later in life by getting in early with messages of body appreciation for young people. The … Continued
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The Beth Weizmann Jewish Community Centre stands with Israel and its People at this time of almost unbearable sorrow and concern and at 10 am on Friday November 3, 2023 will be establishing a wall of posters of those kidnapped and held hostage by Hamas in Gaza after the barbaric terrorist invasion of southern Israel … Continued
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Media are advised that on Wednesday 1st November at 11am – 3pm at Federation Square, Melbourne, there will be an installation in support of the Global #BringThemHome Campaign. This will feature two-hundred and thirty red balloons, two-hundred and thirty pairs of shoes and two-hundred and thirty faces of the hostages still in captivity. There will … Continued
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Media release 1 November 2023 New first-of-its-kind helpline makes it easier for businesses and individuals to reach out for insolvency guidance A new national insolvency helpline – the first of its kind – has been launched by Insolvency Australia. The Insolvency Australia National Helpline is designed to connect businesses, individuals and trusted … Continued
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Dr Vicki Sentas UNSW Law & Justice Dr Vicki Sentas’ 2017 report, Policing Young People in NSW: A Study of the Suspect Targeting Management Plan, sparked the Law Enforcement Conduct Committee’s STMP review in 2018. Dr Sentas contributed further to the LECC’s Operation Tepito in 2022 and 2023; and has delivered a separate … Continued
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Media release | Friday 27 October 2023 Former Department of Finance head Michael Keating will use a speech to the Australia Institute’s Revenue Summit 2023 at federal parliament to call on the Albanese government to substantially increase taxes to keep pace with public expectations for service delivery. He will warn that budget pressures from the … Continued
