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This fraud did not cost the tax office $4.6 billion as reported in the AFR this morning. In our Annual Report to June 2022 we reported a cost of $1.2 billion at that time. We became aware of an increase in referrals from banks in late 2021 which escalated in early 2022. We took immediate action. There … Continued
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An RMIT expert is available to talk about BOCSAR’s report on the experiences of victim-survivors of sexual violence in the NSW criminal justice system and says changes to improve their experiences are overdue. Elena Campbell, Associate Director of Research, Advocacy and Policy, Centre for Innovative Justice Topics: sexual assault, sexual violence, police, justice system, courts, trauma … Continued
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Australian Red Cross welcomes the announcement that the number of people resettled through Australia’s Humanitarian Program will increase from 17,875 to 20,000 per year. The number of people forcibly displaced across the world has reached record levels, with over 108 million people forced to flee their homes in 2022; one third of these people … Continued
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SYDNEY (11 August 2023) – In December 2022, the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent (WGEPAD) made a historic first visit to Australia. The Working Group visited Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Sydney and spoke to various instruments of government, human rights and community organisations and individuals. The visit presented an opportunity for … Continued
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An uplift in Australia’s refugee intake announced today is a welcome step forward that will support some of the world’s most vulnerable individuals and families, according to one of Australia’s largest refugee resettlement providers. SSI, which provides resettlement support to around 20,000 refugees in Australia a year, commended the Federal Government on the increase to … Continued
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The Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit has launched a new inquiry into the effectiveness of policy and program planning, design and implementation in meeting government objectives. This inquiry will consider the issues captured in six recent reports of the Auditor-General that have evaluated different policies and programs delivered by a variety of Commonwealth agencies: No. … Continued
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Catholic Health Australia has applauded the results of the first month of reporting on the federal government’s 24/7 Registered Nursing requirements. Figures released today show that in the last month registered nurses were onsite in aged care homes 98 per cent of time, equating to an average of 23.5 hours of nursing care across the … Continued
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Canberra, August 10: A delegation of older people impacted by the housing crisis is visiting Parliament House in Canberra today to demand better for Australians as they age. They arrive in Canberra with new research that shows increasing numbers of older people are retiring with mortgage debt or living in private rental. Staggeringly, more than … Continued
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Better Access Australia welcomes the Coalition’s recognition that without a viable community pharmacy network, access to cheaper medicines will not be a reality for many in our community. Medicines are not cheaper if your local pharmacy is no longer there to dispense them. “We thank the Coalition for listening to patients who are calling for … Continued
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Major changes are needed to procurement committing tens of billions of dollars every year, a new report by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA) has recommended. Procurement is big business: over $80 billion in 2021-22, awarding more than 90,000 contracts to more than 12,000 businesses. Yet agencies systemically fail to comply with the rules … Continued
