Government Supports Pay Equity

Prime Minister Julia Gillard, in an announcement with the Australian Services Union, has thrown the Governments support behind pay equity. In a submission to Fair Work Australia, the Commonwealth Government and the ASU will be making recommendations for fair rates of pay. In her speech, Ms Gillard also committed to fully funding the government's fair share of the wage increase.

This is major commitment to working in partnership with the Not-for-Profit Sector and though challenges still exist, Government should be commended.

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New research: Australians want fairer welfare

Australia’s multi-speed economy and its rising cost of living are making it impossible for people on very low incomes. National survey questions, commissioned by Anglicare Australia, show there is wide public support for welfare payments such as Newstart to be set by an independent body and cover the true cost of living.

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Staying Power - Anglicare Australia's Latest State of the Family Report

Anglicare Australia’s 11th State of the Family Report – Staying Power – features a new way of measuring entrenched disadvantage, points out complex challenges being faced by people excluded from mainstream society, describes what is being done across the Anglicare network to meet these challenges,  and identifies some big changes that still need to happen.

See the full report here.