Sounds like a positive step forward. It’d be interesting to see how participants are selected, how funding is allocated, if it’d work in other areas around the country, etc
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-25/providing-homes-to-the-homeless-is-proving/5695784
Dr Chris Sarra: How to to fix school attendance without cutting welfare payments. Much cheaper. More profoundly effective.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36iGFDkW6-s
It’s been a long time coming and I’m proud to announce my self built, self funded, self managed official political campaign website:
Kai Jones – Independent Candidate for the Senate
www.kaijones.info
Feel free to comment on anything you see on my website, no matter how sensitive. I want to get discussions happening; you can read about my perspective and I want to understand yours. I want to engage with as many people as I can because that’s how I think it should be.
Good news for those in remote areas who want to sit the citizenship test, you can now do it at local Centrelink or Medicare Service Centre instead of going to a capital city or waiting for a planned visit by immigration staff.
http://
“Sometimes those who have less give more…”
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=343240352491344
Work for the Dole changes, Frequently Asked Questions.
Note at the bottom for the changes from July 1st, 2015: “The details of the full Work for the Dole programme are still being finalised.”
http://employment.gov.au/
Great news! Lets get this traineeship program out to other youth with similar social circumstances to give them a better chance at making a good foundation for a positive future!
http://www.news.com.au/national/new-report-shows-the-nabs-indigenous-traineeship-program-is-paying-off/story-fncynjr2-1226986068224
AdelaideNow reports that a national summit on child behaviour will discuss if suspensions in schools may be human rights abuses against children. What do you think?
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/school-naughty-corner-and-disciplinary-suspensions-in-schools-may-be-human-rights-abuses-say-south-australian-academics-dr-anna-sullivan-and-professor-bruce-johnson/story-fni6uo1m-1226983582813
It shouldn’t take a lawsuit for proper procedure to be followed before “the system” acts appropriately on advice and reports from people who know they’re in a bad situation and want help to be removed from that situation.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-02/murder-victim-andrea-picketts-family-sues-wa/5566736
Department of Social Services has published their interim report:
A New System for Better Employment and Social Outcomes – “Easy to read” version: 20 pages, large writing – effective content about 5 pages.
http://www.dss.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/06_2014/welfare_reform_executive_summary_final_accessible_2.pdf
SMH (1) and ABC (2) both have articles but neither haven’t mentioned that it’s an interim report which is accepting submissions until August 8th, 2014.
(1) http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/thousands-to-lose-disability-support-pension-under-changes-flagged-by-government-20140629-zspt7.html
(2) http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-29/welfare-review-flags-simplifying-payments-extending-income-mgmt/5557984