QLD community recovery package launched

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Queensland Premier Anna Bligh have announced a $39 million package to support the recovery and wellbeing of people in Queensland following the State’s recent natural disasters.

Inequality is growing in Australia: ACOSS report

The Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS), a peak body for the community and social welfare sector, says it will use its 2011 National Conference in Melbourne this week to illustrate the worsening plight of disadvantaged groups and people struggling on low incomes.

Report Card on Poverty launch

The Difference will be launched in Melbourne today by 2011 Australian of the Year Simon McKeon, to encourage Australians to make a difference to the lives of the nation’s poorest.

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