Latest social policy News

Schneider Electric announces Pacific winners of the Sustainability Impact Awards 2025
The Hon Patrick Gorman MP Television interview – Sky Afternoon Agenda
Firing on all cylinders; the economic case to Quadruple the HAFF
Productivity Commission Appointment 28 February
Will the government’s online gambling advertising legislation ever eventuate? Don’t bet on it
Measures to help victim-survivors of family violence safely navigate separation
Why there’s an ethnic pension gap in the UK – and how the government could close it
Ken Davies PSM retires from public service after 47 years
NFF priorities for an incoming Federal Government
2024 Population Statement
Stronger mental health commission must drive improved coordination
OPAN WELCOMES APPOINTMENT OF NEW AGED CARE QUALITY AND SAFETY COMMISSIONER
Liz Hefren-Webb appointed as Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner
Appointment of new Secretary of the Department of Social Services
Tax work programme focused on rebuilding the economy
View from The Hill: ‘identity politics’ has challenged the Labor Party to define its identity
Safety and security: study shines light on factors behind refugees’ resilience
Natalie Siegel-Brown appointed as statutory inspector-general of aged care
New rights for UK workers are unlikely to put enough money in the pockets of those who need it
Committee examines measures to better protect and support victim-survivors of family violence
No savings? No plans? No Great Australian Dream. How housing is reshaping young people’s lives
Social housing delivers more than just a home for people with complex support needs: report
Kids don’t need to love salads to maintain healthy weight
Medicaid could bolster – or reshape – US homeless policy
Retirement of Ray Griggs, Secretary of the Department of Social Services
Tax exempt threshold changes to benefit startups
Youth advocates call for action to address the high rates of gender based violence directed towards girls and young women, and its…
ACT Reconciliation Council Welcomes New Members
Could Wealth Tax Help Reduce Inequality?
Committee considers reforms to better protect victim-survivors of family violence
Nearly one in three children growing up in non-conventional family households: report
Do we really know what Australia’s position on poverty is?
Empowering migrants with information about family and sexual violence
A double whammy of winter fuel payment cuts and scrapping a planned cap on social care costs is set to hit older people
Lonely extroverts, happy hermits: why being alone isn’t the same as being lonely – and why it matters
The good news is most of us pay low effective tax rates on an extra day’s work, even including means tests and childcare
Tragedy and hope: what the abuse-in-care report will say and what has to happen now
New alliance to drive Indigenous economic empowerment
Immigration Policy Through Eyes Of Migrants
Former Commissioner for Children and Young People joins University to lead Peter Underwood Centre
Credit Cards Now Banned For Online Wagering
AIFS conference showcasing research into family wellbeing
Inquiry seeking evidence to improve access for victim-survivors in the family law system to family violence orders
Government Can Help With Happiness
Illicit drugs: government spending lowest on prevention and harm reduction, shows new report
UN Women Executive Board makes landmark field visit to Moldova and Ukraine
Passage Of Administrative Review Tribunal Bills
AIFS Appoints Research Director, Systems And Services