Tuesday, 01 November 2022 22:21
Budget meets key election commitments while signalling social service networks won’t be left behind
The Federal Budget highlighted the Government’s values by making it clear that low-income and disadvantaged people will not be left behind as the community faces enormous economic and structural budget challenges.
Chair of Catholic Social Services Australia, Francis Sullivan, said today that the Budget was more of a scene setter than a road map.
“The additional $560 million in funding for housing, domestic violence and Indigenous services is an indicator of the Government’s commitment to the sector.
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Tuesday, 01 November 2022 22:17
Worrying trend in health insurers' extravagance while spending on Policy Holders' languishes
Private health insurance firms have dramatically increased their spending on management expenses while pulling the handbrake on paying benefits to their members over the past four years, sparking calls from Catholic Health Australia for greater oversight of the industry.
In the 2022 financial year, the funds collectively poured an extra $389 million into management expenses compared with 2019 ─ an increase of 17.43 per cent, according to an analysis of APRA data.
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Tuesday, 01 November 2022 22:13
Budget A Welcome down payment on future aged-care reform
Australia’s not-for-profit Catholic aged-care providers saw many positives in a Budget that outlined the funding and priorities of the Albanese Government.
Peak advisory body Catholic Health Australia says the Budget’s $3.9bn in additional aged-care investment was a down payment on future aged-care reforms and the election commitments of the Albanese government.
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Tuesday, 01 November 2022 22:08
Caritas Australia welcomes increase in foreign aid from Labor Government
Caritas Australia welcomes the Australian Government’s commitment of $1.4 billion towards aid and development over the next four years. The Labor Government has focused on supporting Australia’s region, with an increase of $900 million to the Pacific and Timor-Leste and $470 million to Southeast Asia.
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Tuesday, 01 November 2022 22:03
Vatican’s first-ever World Cycling Team hears stories of truth-telling and reconciliation
As part of their visit to Australia to compete in the 2022 UCI Road World Championships, the first-ever Vatican World Cycling Team joined Caritas Australia to learn about truth-telling and reconciliation.
The Vatican team, along with Archbishop Charles Balvo, the Apostolic Nuncio to Australia, visited Caritas Australia’s office in Sydney to spend a morning with Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation, to learn about Australia’s history of kidnapping Aboriginal children from their families and communities.
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Friday, 21 October 2022 11:05
New national strategy to end violence against women and children within a generation
The Albanese Government has today released a new, 10-year national strategy, designed to end family, domestic, and sexual violence against women and children within one generation.
The National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022–2032, which has been agreed to by all states and territories, aims to guarantee all levels of government work towards the same goal − ensuring that women and children are safe in all our communities.
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Friday, 21 October 2022 10:57
Nearly 200,000 Australians will have robodebts wiped
Nearly 200,000 Australians will have their robodebt reviews wiped as the Federal Government scraps investigations into the controversial Coalition scheme introduced in 2015.The Social Services Minister, Amanda Rishworth, has confirmed her department wouldn’t continue investigations. “The robodebt fiasco is something that should be of deep concern to all Australians,” she said. “It was meant to save money; however, we know it had a significant human cost.”
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Friday, 21 October 2022 10:51
New fast-track process proposed to speed up NDIS appeals
The proposal by the Federal Government to establish a new alternative dispute resolution process for people caught up in NDIS disputes would make the process of appealing a decision faster and easier.Executive Director of Catholic Social Services Australia, Ms Monique Earsman, said any genuine attempt to assist those struggling with the NDIA bureaucracy is welcome.
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Friday, 21 October 2022 10:44
Shergold Pandemic Report: Vulnerable Left Behind
Catholic Health Australia says Peter Shergold’s findings into the way Australia handled the COVID pandemic reminds us of our duty to look after the most vulnerable in society.
The independent review by a panel chaired by Mr Shergold concluded that policies were “designed and implemented without proper regard for the inequalities that already existed in our society and the vulnerabilities of particular communities”.
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Tuesday, 11 October 2022 10:34
Grand Organ Master Series
Thomas Heywood Recital
Sunday 6 November at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo
3.00 - 4.00 p.m. Thomas Heywood Recital
4.30 p.m. Sung Evening Prayer
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