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Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) welcomes the Tax Ombudsman’s recommendations to improve the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) Registered Agent Phone Line (RAPL), following concerns raised by tax professionals about the quality of the service. “CA ANZ members using the ATO’s agent phone line have reported long wait times, difficulty accessing appropriately skilled … Continued
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The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has welcomed university governance reforms as a significant victory for the campaign against toxic cultures and governance failures across the sector. The federal government will implement a new set of university governance principles to strengthen accountability, transparency and public trust following recommendations from the Expert Council on University Governance. … Continued
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The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (Victorian Branch) is calling on the Federal and Victorian governments to urgently review funding arrangements to cohealth’s vital Collingwood, Kensington and Fitzroy community health services. cohealth has announced it is being forced to close these GP practices as current funding models are structured around short consultations. The models do … Continued
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17 October 2025 Diabetes is one of Australia’s most pressing and complex health challenges, affecting more than 1.5 million people and contributing to long-term complications, hospitalisations and premature deaths. The National Medicines Symposium 2025, hosted by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, will explore this issue under the theme ‘Quality use … Continued
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eSafety has launched a comprehensive package of new resources to help parents, carers, educators and young people prepare for social media age restrictions due to take effect on 10 December. The new resources explain what is changing, why it matters, and how to support young people through the transition. eSafety will also begin an series … Continued
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Australia’s rising unemployment rate is alarming and placing thousands more households into financial stress, said the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS). “Between August and September a further 34,000 people have become unemployed,” said ACOSS CEO Dr Cassandra Goldie. “This means more people will be forced to rely on the $401 per week Jobseeker Payment, … Continued
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New report finds Australia is lagging behind when it comes to rent and mortgage stress Homelessness Australia is urging the federal government to do more to tackle crippling housing stress, after the latest Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report found Aussies are spending more of their disposable income on rent and mortgages compared with … Continued
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This is a joint media release between the ATO and Ahpra The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) have joined forces to stamp out business models and inappropriate practices that seek to use superannuation to pay for overly expensive or unnecessary medical treatments. New data released by the ATO … Continued
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Anglicare Australia releases new research that shows essential workers are being priced out of the rental market across the country. The Rental Affordability Snapshot: Essential Workers Report surveyed more than 51,000 rental listings and tested them against the wages of sixteen essential occupations. Among the findings, just 0.8% of rentals were affordable for early childhood educators … Continued
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Anglicare Australia has released new research showing that essential workers are being priced out of the rental market across the country. The Rental Affordability Snapshot: Essential Workers Report surveyed more than 51,000 rental listings and tested them against the wages of sixteen essential occupations. Released as part of Anti-Poverty Week, it found that: 1,117 rentals (2.3%) … Continued
