New plan for Indigenous people with disability
16/10/2017
16 October 2017
A $3 million plan has been unveiled to address the cultural barriers and disadvantage faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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Improving outcomes for students through a stronger student payments system
16/10/2017
16 October 2017
Driving better employment outcomes for students is the key focus of student payment reforms introduced into Parliament today.
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Pensioner Concession Card returned to 90,000 former pensioners
06/10/2017
9 October 2017
More than 90,000 thousand former part-pensioners will have their Pension Concession Card (PCC) reinstated from this week.
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Ministers mark completion of resettlement of 12,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees
05/10/2017
4 October 2017
A special event in Melbourne has marked the completion of the settlement of 12,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees.
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7th International Carers Conference
04/10/2017
4 October 2017
No matter how much the world changes one constant will remain and that is the need for carers and that need will be a growth feature of the Australian society, economy and welfare system into the foreseeable future.
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Improving the lives of young carers
04/10/2017
4 October 2017
Three trial initiatives to improve the lives of young carers and help reduce the risk of long term welfare dependency have been selected in the first tranche of the Turnbull Government’s Try, Test and Learn Fund.
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Unemployed up to three times more likely to use drugs
27/09/2017
28 September 2017
The latest research into Australia’s drug and alcohol habits confirms that new approaches need to be tried in order to help people on welfare with drug abuse issues.
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Connecting the Gulf
24/09/2017
ICAN held an intensive professional development workshop for Save the Children’s, Gulf of Carpentaria Financial Counselling and Capability team earlier this month. . . .
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Fair Finance for Australians
24/09/2017
In a joint campaign organised by the Consumer Action Law Centre (CALC), consumer advocates from around the country converged on Canberra to . . .
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Yarnin’ Townsville
24/09/2017
ICAN’s Eddie Buli, Martina Kingi, and Carlie Kirk were excited to attend the Townsville Community Organisation Networking Forum on Friday, 8th September . . .
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ACOSS sticks to ideology over facts – and protection of children
14/09/2017
14 September 2017
The Australian Council of Social Services appears to have lost any sense of perspective and, with it, lost considerable credibility in the debate over welfare reform.
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