Mark Dixon, General Manager of Homelessness Services at Harrison UnitingCare in Victoria was interviewed on ABC’s Lateline recently about the current state of homelessness in the state. Mark has been working in the area for 25 years and offered some insights about the challenges his organisation faces and the information they gained from taking part in a ...
Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s comment that people living in remote Indigenous communities cannot be “endlessly subsidised” for their “lifestyle choices” has sparked nationwide debate.
Up to 150 remote Indigenous communities in Western Australia may close as a result of federal funding cuts. There are concerns that remote communities in South Australia may face a similar future. The ...
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has suggested that Indigenous Australians who live in remote communities should move to towns and cities if they want to access basic health and welfare services.
Speaking to ABC radio in Kalgoorlie on Tuesday, Mr Abbott defended the Western Australian government’s decision to close up to 150 remote indigenous communities. He said governments could not ...
Leighton Properties has lodged a Development Application to restore and redevelop the Wesley Upper Lonsdale Street site.
The application was lodged in late January and last month a public notice, as required under the Heritage Act, about the plans for the site was advertised both in the media and on-site.
The proposal from Leighton Properties includes a 55,000 square ...
John Beswick has always been a doer rather than a talker. And it is that philosophy which saw the 77-year-old appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Australia Day awards.
Mr Beswick spent almost two decades in the Tasmanian Parliament serving the northern electorate of Bass.
Sitting alongside a convicted murderer in an overcrowded Thai prison would seem an unlikely and altogether harrowing scenario for most people.
Australian journalist Alan Morison cuts an unassuming figure as he casually reflects on this experience, an anxious and ‘interesting’ five-hour wait for bail in a holding cell beneath Phuket court in 2013.
As the centenary of the battle at Gallipoli approaches, it would seem the entire country is invited to remember the event that many feel ‘forged a nation’.
Official preparations have been underway for the past four years. The federal government is spending more than $300 million to mark the occasion and citizens have joined a lottery system to ‘win’ tickets ...
The Synod of Victoria and Tasmania was part of a successful campaign to stop the Tasmanian Liberal Government allowing large businesses to silence their critics through the use of defamation laws.
The government flagged its proposed changes prior to being elected last year in response to what it saw as environmental groups unfairly and inaccurately targeting timber businesses. But the ...
Outlining an overhaul of the Federal social services system recommended by Patrick McClure at a projected cost of 150 million, Social Services Minister Scott Morrison has stated “the budget needs repair.”
In a speech given on Wednesday at the National Press Club, the minister proposed a simplification of the current welfare system. These include benefits for young people below ...
The high rate of Indigenous incarceration Australia-wide, the availability of adequate education and employment opportunities, threats to remove services from remote West Australia communities and the Covenanting relationship with the wider Church were among the topics discussed last month at the week-long Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress’ 2015 National Conference.
UnitingCARE Tasmania’s Scots Early Learning Centre, in Hobart, is moving forward in leaps and bounds.
The centre recently received its National Quality Assessment Rating. The assessment determined Scots was exceeding the national quality standard in collaborative partnerships with families and communities as well as in leadership and service management.
Director Marie Wilson is overjoyed with the results. Mrs Wilson said ...
For the congregation at Euroa Uniting Church, Pancake Day is all about enthusiasm for a good cause and bringing people together.
The congregation raised more than $1600 last year, coming second only to the Combined Uniting Churches of Launceston who raised more than $1745 for UnitingCare.
Euroa Uniting Church treasurer Phyllis Dean said although her community was small they came ...
