A panel of academics, activists and advocates debated the tension between claiming commonality and celebrating difference in the experiences of people with disability at a special event hosted by the UNSW Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC).
Close to three million Australians were living below the poverty line in 2014. “As a country that prides itself on an egalitarian culture, we should be determined to change this picture,” says Cassandra Goldie.
The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) today released a new report showing that 731,300 children or 17.4% of all children in Australia are living in poverty, an increase of 2 percentage points over the past 10 years (from 2004-2014).
Researchers from Australia, Canada, the USA and New Zealand gathered at the Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC) in mid-March for a workshop funded by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia on “Gender, Migration and Care”.
Ageing, Disability and Home Care (ADHC) is pleased to announce the release of the Supported Accommodation Evaluation Framework (SAEF) guide for service providers.
