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Friday 20 September 2024 The NSW Council of Social Service (NCOSS) has welcomed a $488,000 funding injection from the Disaster Ready Fund to build disaster preparedness and resilience in the Snowy Monaro. With partners, AbSec and the Local Community Services Association (LCSA), NCOSS’ Community Organisations Disaster Adaptation (CODA) project builds disaster resilience and preparedness … Continued
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Friday 20 September 2024 The NSW Council of Social Service (NCOSS) has welcomed a $744,500 funding injection from the Disaster Ready Fund to build disaster preparedness and resilience in the Eurobodalla and Bega Valley. With partners, AbSec and the Local Community Services Association (LCSA), NCOSS’ Community Organisations Disaster Adaptation (CODA) project builds disaster resilience … Continued
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The Brotherhood of St. Laurence (BSL) welcomes the Productivity Commission’s Early Childhood Education and Care inquiry final report. The report is a huge step forward for Australia. If implemented, the recommendations would benefit the children, households and communities BSL works with every day – many of whom experience disadvantage and/or intergenerational poverty. Importantly, the Productivity … Continued
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A former tax agent has been sentenced to 5 years in jail, with a non-parole period of 3 years, for obtaining financial advantage by deception and knowingly dealing with the proceeds of crime. Gavin Swan fraudulently obtained almost $600,000 from 127 clients through his position as Principal Accountant at Absolute Accounting on the Central Coast, … Continued
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e61 Institute Research Economist Erin Clarke is available to comment on how e61 Institute research supports the Productivity Commission’s finding that the effects of free and/or more subsidised childcare would actually have a relatively insignificant effect of female workforce participation. e61 Research Economist Erin Clarke: “Childcare has a proven impact on childhood development and its broadening … Continued
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Victoria will deliver thousands of new social and affordable homes under round one of the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF), a development that the state’s peak body for community housing has described as a win for the community. This week, the federal government announced it will deliver more than 13,700 social and affordable homes through … Continued
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Victoria will deliver thousands of new social and affordable homes under round one of the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF), a development that the state’s peak body for community housing has described as a win for the community. This week, the federal government announced it will deliver more than 13,700 social and affordable homes … Continued
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More money in retirement may be on the table for Australians currently missing more than $17.8 billion in lost and unclaimed superannuation. Latest data from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has revealed many Australians have forgotten to update their contact details so their super fund can’t find them. Deputy Commissioner Emma Rosenzweig said the ATO … Continued
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CANBERRA/MELBOURNE: Australian business-woman, Lisa Materano, has recruited cyber specialists to deliver new knowledge packages globally to respond to increasing disinformation, cyber crime, child exploitation and exploding government regulation. ‘I am taking my experience of 20 years and my company, Blended Learning International, to make new interventions in the global education scene for a more secure … Continued
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Australian’s gambling losses have soared to $32 billion. These new horrifying figures increase pressure on our political leaders to make urgent reforms to limit gambling harm including a total ban on gambling ads. The new figures collated by Queensland Treasury found that national gambling losses for 2022/23 totalled $32 billion. Previously the only available loss … Continued
