Despite this month’s federal budget pledging $3.2 billion to women, a critical front-line service has lost much of its funding and will likely close before the end of the year.
Centres for working women at risk
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Women’s workplace centres warn services may have to be scaled back
Women’s workplace centres say they will be forced to close or drastically reduce services if they are ignored in Tuesday’s federal budget.
‘Enormous unmet need’: Women’s employment legal services running on a shoestring
A single lawyer volunteering for two days a week is shouldering the burden of providing freely accessible workplace legal advice to women in NSW.
Special Coronavirus security arrangements to end
Information about the temporary arrangements in place for JobSeeker Payment because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Centrelink debt pause to end, repayments won’t restart until 2021
The pause on debt in response to COVID-19 is ending. But if you owe money, you won’t need to repay it until next year.
Rights for people with disabilities – a history
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Shining a light on Social Transformation
Economic justice is a fundamental human right
“You have to do this work to really understand how important it is”
Cashless Debit Card
Like many other community legal centres, we have opposed the CDC since its inception
Budget 2020 Social Security Measures
A summary of the social security measures announced in the Federal budget last week
Federal Budget 2020
The Federal Budget contains little support for those most vulnerable and will leave too many behind