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The Australian government has recently raised the national minimum wage to 3.75% compared last years 5.75%. Experts from Centre for Future Work say this increase will not keep up with inflation rates. Research shows the real value of most Award wages has lagged behind inflation since 2021 and an increase of between 5% and 10% …
Minimum wage increase fails to erase post-pandemic losses Read More »
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has released a report recording data pertaining to birth statistics in the early years of the COVID 19 Pandemic. The findings show that in 2020 and 2021, there were over four thousand fewer babies requiring specialised care, and over two thousand babies born at a low birth weight, …
Mothers and Children see positive statistics in early years of COVID 19 Pandemic Read More »
Scant data from Federal and State health authorities are not helping assess the threat the latest COVID variant JN.1 presents to our health care system. We do know that currently there is a significant second wave afflicting those in Victoria and NSW. COVID deaths are still happening, but for the very young and the very …
New research from the University of New South Wales found out women with refugee backgrounds in Australia have more mental health concerns linked to the Covid19 pandemic. Researchers found out more than 68 percent of women with a refugee background have a very serious issue with fear associated with Covid-19 because of the prior trauma …
Pandemic worsens mental health for refugee women in Australia Read More »
Lockdowns, caring commitments and changed work arrangements affected volunteer organisations as people became less able to make it in to help during the pandemic. Now research has shown that although numbers could have been expected to bounce back – they haven’t; a third are missing, often the younger people. Although many people still volunteer in …