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Poverty

Advocates call for national wellbeing framework to address poverty

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The Albanese government has released Australia’s inaugural national wellbeing framework, ‘Measuring What Matters.’  The framework includes 50 key indicators and aims to track societal and economic progress more effectively. Themes of Healthy, Secure, Sustainable, Cohesive and Prosperous underpin the framework, which will be in addition to more traditional measurements like GDP, employment, and inflation.  The …

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No Jobseeker increase despite desperate calls, leaves local advocacy group “appalled”

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The Federal Government’s indication to not adopt a committee recommendation to raise Jobseeker payments in next month’s budget, has been met with anger.   An Adelaide-based poverty advocacy group says this is “abandoning the most vulnerable” during the cost of living crisis.   The Federal Government created the Economic Inclusion Committee last year to review …

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COP27 addresses inequality and Indigenous communities

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COP27 is taking place in Egypt. Some of the key issues include keeping global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius, and developing countries receiving financial assistance in mitigating and adapting to climate change. Experts say vulnerable developing countries are demanding finance for ‘loss and damage’ because they have polluted less and currently mitigating climate change’s impacts …

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