As published in The Advertiser on Thursday 31 October. There’s no longer a place in Australia for sexist jokes nor any other type of violence against women A close friend of my daughter was at home when her father beat her mother to death. I have vivid memories of that night as my wife and…
Uniting Communities welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs regarding the inquiry into the Social Security (administration) Amendment (Income Management to Cashless Debit Card Transition) Bill 2019. In summary, the Bill proposes that people who are currently subject to income management in the Northern Territory and the…
Lifeline Adelaide has launched a new fundraising campaign and put out the call for more volunteers, as it marks World Mental Health Day on Thursday, October 10. A service provided by Uniting Communities for more than 50 years, Lifeline Adelaide is part of a national network of Lifeline centres and is one of the busiest…
Uniting Communities believes that the draft religious discrimination bill does not assist us in reducing unfair discrimination in SA. So we don’t support the bill in its current form. If the bill goes ahead we have described the changes which we believe would improve the current bill. We don’t believe there is any need for…
