Anglicare Australia has welcomed the news that some 200,000 outstanding Robodebt cases will be scrapped. In supporting the Government’s move, Anglicare Australia Executive Director Kasy Chambers said: “This move is a show of compassion to those remaining people still caught up in the previous Government’s Robodebt debacle.”
The Anglicare Australia Network has come together in Hobart to support the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
Anglicare Australia is calling for action to help older renters age at home. The call is made as Anglicare Australia releases a landmark study on older renters.
Anglicare Australia has called for an overhaul of Workforce Australia in a new paper, released ahead of this week’s Jobs and Skills Summit.
In welcoming today’s announcement of the Robodebt Royal Commission, Anglicare Australia Executive Director Kasy Chambers said: “This Royal Commission is not just an opportunity to learn who knew what and when. It an opportunity to make sure the Robodebt debacle is never repeated again.”
Anglicare Australia says the Government’s changes to disability employment contracts should lead to more scrutiny on the rest of the system.
Anglicare Australia has said that the Government’s commitment to fund pay increases for aged care workers is good news for hard working staff, the aged care sector, and most importantly, for older people.
Anglicare Australia has launched Homes for All, a twenty-year roadmap for affordable housing. The Roadmap calls for a program of tax reform and investment in affordable housing.
Key consumer and community groups are welcoming comments by the new Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, that the Government will move to regulate buy now pay later
Anglicare Australia has pledged to work with the newly-elected Labor Government on its agenda for charities and not-for-profits, announced ahead of the Federal Election.