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Monash Expert alert: Federal Government’s First Action Plans under the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032

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A Monash University expert is available to comment on the Federal Government’s First Action Plans under the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032    Professor Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Director of the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre Contact: +61 412 339 243 or [email protected]   Read more of Professor Fitz-Gibbon’s work at … Continued

Correcting the record on Operation Protego

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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

Report highlights the negative experiences of victim-survivors of sexual violence in the criminal justice system

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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

Statement attributable to Australian Red Cross Director Programs, Vicki Mau regarding increase to Humanitarian Program

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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

MEDIA ADVISORY: Engaging African Australian Communities with the UN-WGEPAD Preliminary Report

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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

Refugee intake increase a step in the right direction

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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

NEW INQUIRY: Audit Committee to examine policy and program design effectiveness

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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

Growing number of older Australians are retiring with debt, paying unaffordable rents, and don’t have a stable place to call home; new research shows

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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