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A monthly discussion forum to guide community organisations through the COVID-19 pandemic.
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It will be a long time before I, and many other disabled people, feel that we can live our lives
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Every day after treatment, I would drop my father off and drive to my daughter’s house for a special window-visit.
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A monthly discussion forum to guide community organisations through the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Now is the time to think big, to be bold and to take the smart steps required to deliver real
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What we’re learning in this crisis is that much of the work that keeps our society functioning is care work.
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You’d probably expect the lockdown to lead to a spike in loneliness. And you’d be right, in part.
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For many in our community a state of emergency is the daily reality. Emergency relief agencies are there to help.
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It will take more than dog memes to get Victorians through the long winter months at home.
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COVID-19 can infect anybody, but people with disability are more likely to catch it and die.
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As we rush to ban evictions and protect renters from financial ruin, some questions are emerging.
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A guest post from Megan Weier at the Centre for Social Impact. When governments talk about ‘progress’, it’s almost always
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Financial counsellors across Victoria say they’re stressed, overworked and fearful of making bad decisions on the job.
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Ben Martin Hobbs explores why the in-home care system is failing the older people it’s meant to empower.
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A world some people can access money-saving tech and others can't is a world of growing inequality.
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Community organisations play such an important role for our communities during emergencies.
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Young people tell of blowing out birthday candles in the morning and being handed a plastic bag with their possessions
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BY TALISHA OHANESSIAN When most of us think public education we think free education. This idea, after all, is a cornerstone of a
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strong and vibrant communities will do more to prevent crime than any number of 'cops on the beat'.
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Simple measures like energy efficient appliances can make a huge difference to household budgets and to people’s quality of life,
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