Three reasons Australians should be concerned that NGOs’ voices are not being heard. A healthy democracy is built on the premise that public debate should allow for many and diverse voices to […]
Archives for December 2017
Family Matters Report: the state of 2017
The Family Matters Report 2017 shows the rate at which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are removed from their families continues to be an escalating national crisis. Without immediate action from […]
Mental health now the top national concern for Australian young people
Mission Australia have just released results from their 16th Youth Survey, in which 24,055 young people aged 15 to 19 took part. Young people identified mental health, alcohol and drugs and equity and discrimination as the most […]
People with disability have a lot to offer employers
Australia has some of the poorest labour market outcomes for people with disability in the OECD. Employment rates of people with health problems or disability were at 40%, and falling. […]