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Online gambling losses explode as PM cites excuses not to ban gambling ads – Albanese’s concern for poker machine losses disingenuous

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Online betting has spiked by more than 50% in the last five years with losses now totalling $9 billion dollars, undermining Prime Minister Albanese’s comments that online gambling isn’t the problem. The Alliance for Gambling Reform’s Chief Advocate, Tim Costello said the Prime Minister has taken a chapter right out of the gambling industry’s playbook … Continued

NCOSS WELCOMES DISASTER FUNDING TO BUILD COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN HAWKESBURY

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Friday 20 September 2024 The NSW Council of Social Service (NCOSS) has welcomed a $484,500 funding injection from the Disaster Ready Fund to build disaster preparedness and resilience in the Hawkesbury. With partners, AbSec and the Local Community Services Association (LCSA), NCOSS’ Community Organisations Disaster Adaptation (CODA) project builds disaster resilience and preparedness in communities … Continued

NCOSS WELCOMES DISASTER FUNDING TO BUILD COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN NORTHERN RIVERS

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Friday 20 September 2024 NCOSS WELCOMES DISASTER FUNDING TO BUILD COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN NORTHERN RIVERS The NSW Council of Social Service (NCOSS) has welcomed a $668,000 funding injection from the Disaster Ready Fund to build disaster preparedness and resilience in the Northern Rivers. With partners, AbSec and the Local Community Services Association (LCSA), NCOSS’ Community … Continued

NCOSS WELCOMES DISASTER FUNDING TO BUILD COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN SNOWY MONARO

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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

NCOSS WELCOMES DISASTER FUNDING TO BUILD COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN EUROBODALLA AND BEGA VALLEY

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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

MEDIA RELEASE: PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION’S EARLY CHILDHOOD REPORT SIGNALS A HUGE STEP FORWARD FOR AUSTRALIA

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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

Banned tax agent jailed for fraud

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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

Free childcare will do little to increase female workforce participation

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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

Victoria punches above its weight in HAFF allocation

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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

Victoria punches above its weight in HAFF allocation

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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