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Submission to the consultation on Reforming Australia's Settlement Grants Programs
Jesuit Social Services has made a submission to the Department of Home Affairs' consultation on reforming Australia's settlement grants programs. We support a simpler system focused on long-term outcomes. We argue that integration must improve coordination without reducing support, that successful settlement takes more than employment outcomes, and that the new approach must be properly…
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Submission to the Select Committee on Women’s Health
Jesuit Social Services' submission to the Senate Select Committee on Women's Health calls for better engagement and support of fathers and non-birth parents through pregnancy and early parenthood. We outline how changing masculine norms, father-inclusive practice, stronger perinatal mental health support and better family violence screening can improve women's health, safety and autonomy.
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Jesuit Social Services' submission to the Second Action Plan of Safe and Supported calls for urgent action on the 'family violence, child protection to youth justice pipeline'. We urge national youth justice reform, long-term investment in First Peoples-led organisations and justice reinvestment, and specialist healing and recovery support for children and young people who have…
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Submission to Digital Duty of Care bill exposure draft
Jesuit Social Services has responded to the exposure draft of the Online Safety Act Amendment (Digital Duty of Care) Bill 2026. We strongly support the bill and offer recommendations to strengthen it. These include protecting 16–17-year-olds from harmful design features and requiring platforms to proactively detect and deter child sexual abuse material. We also call…
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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…
