Budget: Health
New funding for mental health and suicide prevention, women’s health – including long-sought-after investment in endometriosis research and treatment – is welcome in this budget but falls short across the …
Budget: Climate
Action on climate change and reducing Australia’s emissions continues to treated without the sense of urgency that the crisis demands. That’s the main takeaway from last night’s federal budget. Instead …
Budget: Defence
The Defence budget climbed to $44.6 billion in this budget. Most of the new acquisition money is going into platforms that are arguably obsolete now and certainly will be by …
Budget: Aged care
The $17.7 billion package for aged care is welcome but it is $3.5 billion/year whereas the Royal Commission recommended an additional $10 billion a year – much of which was …
Budget: Universities
The budget has done nothing to address the crisis in university funding. The Age newspaper reported that the budget contained $19 billion dollars for universities. Was this an increase in …
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Aged care platform released
The Royal Commission into Aged Care has found significant fault in the aged care system as a whole and uncovered neglect, abuse, indifference, and poor leadership. It says one third …
More reasons to give up gas
The Climate Council released its report today – Kicking the Gas Habit: How gas is harming our health. The findings of the report were that children living in houses with gas …
Crisis in the refugee assessment program: Part 1
The refugee assessment program in Australia is in crisis.. the ‘fast track’ process for assessing legacy Irregular Maritime Arrival cases is four years behind schedule; the air arrival section is …
Ahmed: Every door is closed to me
No work rights, no study rights, no access to Medicare – this is the plight of asylum seekers denied access to bridging visas for years and years. It was brought …