Latest social policy News

Indigenous child protection is often a political football. Here’s what would actually help
Lived experience witnesses, international experts to appear at domestic, family and sexual violence and suicide inquiry hearing
“Sport shapes culture”: Advocates, footballers call for action to prevent gender-based violence through sport
Parliamentary inquiry on link between domestic violence and suicide to hold further public hearings
Many Young Carers Failing To Get Support In School
Renters better protected one year on from no-grounds evictions ban
Coalition budget reply fuels division when Australia needs unity
QUT Reinvents Bachelor Of Arts For Age Of AI
Most think income support is too low to live on
NDIS lifeboat at risk as thousands face being cast adrift
Victorian TAFE Association acknowledges the legacy of the Minister for Skills and TAFE
Social Policy And Legal Affairs Committee To Travel To Hobart And Sydney For Public Hearings
Dr Monique Ryan: Government gambling reforms fall short, and Australians deserve better
Conflict Everywhere, Especially Here In New Zealand
Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee to hear from government agencies at first hearing
NZ’s rising house insurance premiums warn of a system under strain
Education and age key predictors of support for democracy in Australia
OECD appoints Stefano Scarpetta as Chief Economist
UNSW launches Progress Partners to accelerate system-wide impact
Submissions reopened for inquiry into link between domestic, family and sexual violence and suicide
The UK spends millions on services for homeless people. Housing them could make more economic sense
Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher convicted of sedition, in major blow to press freedom
As the population ages, the RBA’s interest rate policy is no longer fit for purpose
UNSW research centre secures $4.95m to tackle challenges of an ageing population
The-two child limit failed – all it did was increase poverty
What the budget could mean for you – experts react to the chancellor’s announcement
Expensive and in bad shape: how housing precarity makes life hard for older Australians
NASP awarded SEK 3.7 million for research on youth suicidality
Monash Expert: From Resistance to Reform: New book presents analysis of policy areas where reform was achieved after many years of neglect
New NDIA CEO To Shape Future Of Scheme
We Are Over It, And Up For It
Earning more doesn’t lighten mothers’ mental loads – they do more regardless
Developing an accurate count of the domestic, family and sexual violence death toll
New national research to reimagine belonging for children in kinship care
Driving growth through tax work programme
Monash leads the nation in ARC Discovery Project success
Monash Leads Nation In ARC Discovery Project Success
How much does it really cost to raise a child? An expert does the maths
Family First backs move to protect faith-based aged-care homes from euthanasia coercion
New Secretary Appointed To Lead DJCS
Poverty In Australia Increases To 1 In 7 People: New Report
Poverty Increases To 1 In 7 People: New Report
Poverty Increases To 1 In 7 People
Commission Welcomes New National Children’s Commissioner
More Australians gambling at risky levels
Baw Baw Shire Council Welcomes New Chief Executive Officer
The Hon Patrick Gorman MP Television interview – Sky News Afternoon Agenda
Paul Ramsay Foundation welcomes Carolyn Curtis as Chief Impact Officer