Roland Manderson, Acting Executive Director of Anglicare Australia, today delivered a speech on priority investment in human services. Mr Manderson spoke as part of a panel that featured Minister for Human Services Christian Porter and Productivity Commissioner Richard Spencer.

Anglicare Australia has opposed the Government’s proposal to phase-out the Energy Supplement, which would cut income support payments for an estimated 2.2 million people. “Australia already has some of the lowest income support payments in the world,” said Anglicare Australia Acting Executive Director Roland Manderson.

Anglicare Australia's Families, Children and Communities Network will host a network meeting at Anglicare SA on Friday 4 August 2017. The meeting will include sessions on working with vulnerable client groups, measuring outcomes, early intervention, and more.

The Anglicare Australia network has released a statement calling on the Government to abandon its proposed welfare changes. Measures such as the new demerit point system, random drug testing and increased obligations to look for work that isn’t there or participate in work for the dole programs, are punitive and not supported by evidence.

Anglicare Australia has called for the Centrelink automated debt recovery process to be suspended. “This system has no human oversight – and it puts the onus back on ordinary people to correct robotised errors,” said Anglicare Australia Executive Director Kasy Chambers.

Anglicare Australia, as part of a nationwide project, has launched a survey to learn more about what home means to Australians, from all walks of life and backgrounds.

Anglicare Australia Deputy Director Roland Manderson said that the principles of wellness and reablement are seen as key to successful ageing, but too little has been done towards embedding them in our aged care services themselves.

The Huffington Post has today featured an opinion piece on last night's Federal Budget by Anglicare Australia Executive Director, Kasy Chambers.

“This year’s Budget is a lost opportunity to tackle inequality. Instead, we’ve gotten another Budget that pits Australians against each other,” Anglicare Australia Executive Director, Kasy Chambers said today.

Anglicare Australia today called on the government to take urgent action on rental affordability in the upcoming Budget, releasing the 2017 Rental Affordability Snapshot.