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Federal Election 2022: A fair social safety net
Jesuit Social Services’ recently released Federal Election platform, A blueprint for a just recovery, builds on 45 years of advocacy and action, to outline our vision for a just society. In this first in a series of pre-Election blogs, we focus on Australia’s social safety net.
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Continuing our advocacy for a more humane immigration system
When families are forced to flee their homeland due to a well-founded fear of persecution, this is not a choice, it is an act of survival. In order to survive, many people fleeing persecution will seek safety for their family regardless of the immense barriers that may lie ahead.
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The call for climate adaptation must leave no one behind
The report makes clear that failing to mitigate and adapt to climate change will cost lives. Jesuit Social Services recognises that already disadvantaged and marginalised people are some of the first and worst affected by climate change.
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Staff Q+A – Máire Wade – Policy, Research and Advocacy Coordinator
In 2021, we contributed a submission to the Inquiry into Victoria’s Criminal Justice System, proposing practical suggestions for a reformed system focused on prevention, early intervention, and restorative justice. The submission’s author is our Policy, Research and Advocacy Coordinator Máire...
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In brief: Submission to the Inquiry into Victoria’s Criminal Justice System
Jesuit Social Services was pleased to contribute a submission to the Inquiry into Victoria’s Criminal Justice System. We highlighted some of our concerns with current operations, and presented our vision of an evidence-based, socially just system underpinned by principles of prevention, early...
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Anniversary of the National Apology to Australia’s Indigenous Peoples
Government policies and processes continue to separate First Nations children from their families at alarming and disproportionate rates – on the fifteenth anniversary of the Stolen Generations apology, ANDY HAMILTON SJ reflects on a better way to support children and families at risk. ...