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Child protection fix only part of family violence issue

Child protection fix only part of family violence issue

Any fix of a faulty child protection system following the alleged murder of a five-year-old girl must take poverty into account, Aboriginal advocacy groups say.

Squalor claim triggers outback child protection probe

Squalor claim triggers outback child protection probe

Squalor claim triggers outback child protection probe

Squalor claim triggers outback child protection probe

The national Indigenous children's commissioner will probe Pilbara welfare services, as advocates press for an inquest into three Aboriginal children's deaths.

Big NDIS savings snagging on lone holdout state

Big NDIS savings snagging on lone holdout state

Big NDIS savings snagging on lone holdout state

Big NDIS savings snagging on lone holdout state

The federal government's frustration is growing over one state's refusal to sign on to one of its sweeping reforms to the NDIS.

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Crackdown starts on 'insidious' parent financial abuse

Crackdown starts on 'insidious' parent financial abuse

The government will make sweeping changes to child support payment laws, which will make it harder for people to withhold them as a form of financial abuse.

Push for path to appeal computer-determined health care

Push for path to appeal computer-determined health care

Independent MPs will back a bill to change the automated decision-making pathways the government uses to determine key health funding.

Compensation payouts to robodebt victims to be tax free

Compensation payouts to robodebt victims to be tax free

Payments to those affected by robodebt be exempt from income testing and tax as part of measures to ensure victims keep all of their financial redress..

Home ownership for younger people at generational lows

Home ownership for younger people at generational lows

Inequality from tax settings that favoured housing investment is affecting younger Australians, an advocacy groups says.

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Social cohesion may obscure racism: inquiry told

Social cohesion may obscure racism: inquiry told

Social cohesion may obscure racism: inquiry told

Social cohesion may obscure racism: inquiry told

Australia's race discrimination chief claims he was told by a senior government official to "stop talking about racism" to preserve social cohesion.

Property-owning pensioners could get less public money

Property-owning pensioners could get less public money

Property-owning pensioners could get less public money

Property-owning pensioners could get less public money

A change to the nation's deeming rate from September will decrease the pension offered to seniors who own assets.

Licenced gun holders among hundreds charged in DV blitz

Licenced gun holders among hundreds charged in DV blitz

Licenced gun holders among hundreds charged in DV blitz

Licenced gun holders among hundreds charged in DV blitz

An array of guns and other weapons have been seized by police and more than 1000 offences recorded in an operation targeting domestic violence offenders.

One-year payment needed to help escape family violence

One-year payment needed to help escape family violence

One-year payment needed to help escape family violence

One-year payment needed to help escape family violence

Advocates are urging the prime minister to implement a 12-month safety payment for victim-survivors escaping violence.

Top footy codes drowning in grog and gambling adverts

Top footy codes drowning in grog and gambling adverts

Top footy codes drowning in grog and gambling adverts

Top footy codes drowning in grog and gambling adverts

Alcohol advertising has a firm grip on Australia's two major football codes, with children exposed to the ads every time they watch a match.

'Line in sand': record state-care kid numbers revealed

'Line in sand': record state-care kid numbers revealed

'Line in sand': record state-care kid numbers revealed

'Line in sand': record state-care kid numbers revealed

A state government has laid out its response to a child-safety inquiry report as data revealed a record number of kids in its residential care system.

More women at risk of domestic homicide seeking shelter

More women at risk of domestic homicide seeking shelter

More women at risk of domestic homicide seeking shelter

More women at risk of domestic homicide seeking shelter

Women at risk of domestic homicide are increasingly seeking safety at community shelters, with migrant women the most likely to return to an unsafe home.

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Australian asylum reject's bid to outrun Trump purge

A young refugee rebuffed by Australia now hopes he can outlast the Trump administration's bid to be rid of him while on a temporary study visa.

'Failing us': commissioner quits over child safety laws

A children's commissioner has resigned in protest over a territory's controversial child protection reforms.

Labor launches One Nation attack on paid parental leave

Six months of government-funded paid parental could eventually be extended, as Labor seizes on Pauline Hanson's attacks on the scheme.

Shifted, not solved: rough sleeping soars in regions

People sleeping rough in NSW has increased 75 per cent in six years, according to a report that found more investment and support services are needed.

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Advocates blast 'Groundhog Day' employment changes

People seeking support to find a job will be funnelled into three separate streams under major changes to the one-size-fits-all approach to employment services.

NDIS whistleblower protections 'worst' in Australia

Human rights lawyers are urging the federal government to create a law protecting whistleblowers in a bid to ensure integrity in the multi-billion dollar NDIS.

NDIS reform to clean-up fraud, improve care: providers

Sweeping NDIS reforms will enforce tougher provider registration requirements and improve the quality of support for all, an inquiry has been told.

Aboriginal groups slam proposed child removal powers

Indigenous rights group believe proposed child safety reforms will "deepen an already devastating crisis" and portrays Aboriginal communities as dangerous.

Revealed: amount of NDIS spending lost to fraud, misuse

About $3.7 billion is being lost annually from the NDIS through fraud or unintentional misuse of funds, the head of the scheme's fraud taskforce has warned.

'Exhausted': housing supply hit as affordability dips

Low-income earners are locked out of the private rental market, with JobSeeker recipients only able to afford one listing in Australia, a leading charity warns.

Revealed: secret robodebt scandal report made public

Investigations into politicians and public servants involved in the unlawful debt collection scheme have been finalised with the release of a secret chapter.

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