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MEDIA RELEASE Sunday 24 November Baku, Azerbaijan For immediate use COP29 has ended as it ran. Held hostage by the interests of high-income countries and a petrostate presidency; scarred by deep divisions; and with an unjust finance outcome that fails to progress the COP28 agreement to transition away from fossil fuels. … Continued
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Metro Tasmania bus drivers will escalate their protected industrial action this week. Metro Tasmania’s Burnie-based bus drivers will stop work for two hours on Wednesday morning (27 November 2024) from 9.45am to 11.45am, while Launceston-based drivers will stop work between 5pm and 7pm. Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) Tasmania Secretary Byron … Continued
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The Family First Party today renewed its calls for LGBTIQA+ gender experimentation on children to cease after New Zealand became the latest country to pull back on prescribing puberty blockers. The NZ Ministry of Health yesterday joined the UK Government in acknowledging there is “no good evidence” that puberty blockers help gender-confused children and … Continued
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Rental affordability has continued to plummet with previously ‘affordable’ areas across Melbourne vanishing, with low income earners bearing the brunt of the crisis, according to the tenth annual National Shelter-SGS Economics and Planning Rental Affordability Index released today. The Index shows rental affordability in Melbourne is still declining, dropping a further six per cent … Continued
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Low-income earners are bearing the brunt of Adelaide’s rental affordability crisis, which has hit a record-low, according to the tenth annual National Shelter-SGS Economics and Planning Rental Affordability Index. Released today, the Index revealed low-income earners in Adelaide are facing increasing hardship as rental affordability continues to decline. People who are single and on … Continued
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Rental affordability across regional Victoria is continuing to rapidly decline, hitting a historic low in 2024 with low income earners bearing the brunt of the crisis, according to the tenth annual National Shelter-SGS Economics and Planning Rental Affordability Index released today. The average rental household in regional Victoria is now paying 28 per cent … Continued
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Low-income earners across Tasmania are bearing the brunt of the state’s rental crisis, according to the tenth annual National Shelter-SGS Economics and Planning Rental Affordability Index. The landmark annual study, released today, cross references incomes against rents and shows Tasmania’s most vulnerable households – those on pensions, JobSeeker or low-wage work – face a … Continued
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Regional NSW is no longer a reprieve for Sydneysiders looking to escape skyrocketing rents in the city, with affordability in the regions hitting record lows, according to the tenth annual National Shelter-SGS Economics and Planning Rental Affordability Index released today. Low income earners are bearing the brunt of the rental crisis with single JobSeekers … Continued
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Rental affordability has hit record lows in Sydney with low-income earners bearing the brunt of the crisis, according to the tenth annual National Shelter-SGS Economics and Planning Rental Affordability Index. The study, which was released today, compares rents to average incomes and revealed rents in Greater Sydney are significantly higher than any other region … Continued
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Canberra’s most vulnerable low income earners have been priced out of the city despite the ACT becoming the most affordable capital city, according to the tenth annual National Shelter-SGS Economics and Planning Rental Affordability Index. The study, released today, compares rents to average incomes and revealed that people on low incomes and income support … Continued
