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Submission to Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee
Jesuit Social Services was invited to share our insights with the Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee, which advises government ahead of each federal budget. Our submission and meeting covered raising income support payments, redesigning employment services, creating education and training pathways for excluded cohorts, and addressing how climate change compounds entrenched disadvantage.
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Submission to inform Second Action Plans
Jesuit Social Services has made a joint submission to shape the Second Action Plans under the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children and the National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse. Drawing on our violence prevention work with men and boys, we're calling on government to strengthen primary prevention…
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Submission to the Employment Services Reform consultation
Jesuit Social Services' submission to the employment services review calls for a shift from competition and compliance to relational, place-based support — including raising JobSeeker to at least $600 per week and abolishing punitive mutual obligation.
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Submission on Victoria's draft adaptation action plans
Climate change is a social justice issue, disproportionately harming disadvantaged communities and deepening inequalities in health, housing, and energy and water security. Jesuit Social Services calls on the Victorian Government to centre justice, equity and human rights in its adaptation efforts—through a focus on equity, place-based approaches, well-funded action, and recognition of the community sector's…
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Submission to inquiry into factors driving educational attainment
Jesuit Social Services has made a submission to the House Standing Committee on Education’s inquiry into factors driving educational attainment. Drawing on our work in schools and education, our submission argues that the mainstream education system often lacks the capacity, resourcing and integration with other systems to the meet the needs of individuals and cohorts…
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Submission to the NSW consultation on minimum energy efficiency rental standards
Jesuit Social Services has made a submission supporting Minimum Energy Efficiency Rental Standards (MEERS) in NSW, highlighting that poor energy efficiency in rentals is a matter of equity, health and climate resilience affecting our most disadvantaged communities. We call for enforceable standards across private and public housing, strong protections against cost pass-throughs to renters, and…
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Submission to the inquiry into Anti-LGBTIQA+ hate crimes in Victoria
Our submission to the inquiry into anti-LGBTIQA+ hate crimes in Victoria argues that we must address the underlying drivers of violence against LGBTIQA+ people – including anti-LGBTIQA+ prejudice and rigid masculine norms – as well as addressing the factors driving some of the contemporary manifestations of this violence, such as the ways in which online…
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Jesuit Services sees the impacts of systemic racism against First Nations people through the experiences of our participants and practitioners, and in the data we collect. Efforts to eliminate racism, hate and violence directed towards First Nations people must understand and address systemic racism, which creates the architecture around which other forms of racism are…
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Submission to the NSW Select Committee on Youth Justice
Despite years of reviews and Royal Commissions, governments have failed to act — and the number of children in NSW youth detention continues to rise. The NSW Government must shift from punitive approaches to therapeutic responses grounded in children's needs. Our submission sets out a path to address the causes of harmful behaviour, support healing,…
