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Largest Not-For-Profit Aged Care Provider Network meets in Melbourne to discuss future of aged care
The UnitingCare Aged Care Network met in Melbourne today and agreed on key priorities to modernise and future-proof the funding of Australia’s aged care system to ensure older Australians can access high quality care when and where they need it….
UnitingCare Australia applauds ambition for aged care and focus on older Australians
UnitingCare Australia, representing the largest social services and aged care provider network in the country, welcomes today’s announcement from Aged Care Minister Anika Wells about the formation of a Financial Sustainability Taskforce. “UnitingCare Australia shares the Minister’s ambition for aged…
Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress, Uniting Church and UnitingCare Australia Support the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Referendum
The Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC), Uniting Church in Australia and UnitingCare Australia have expressed their strong support for the proposed Constitutional Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) Bill 2023. In a joint submission to the Inquiry,…
Putting people first: UnitingCare Australia welcomes boost for the most vulnerable
UnitingCare Australia, the national body for the largest community services network, has welcomed the Albanese Labor Government’s significant funding for the wellbeing of Australians in the 2023-24 Budget. “Budgets are about choices and people should be at the heart of…
It’s time to care about aged care workers: UnitingCare Australia welcomes pay rise at last
Australia’s largest provider network welcomes the Albanese Government’s announcement today to give more than 250,000 aged care workers a pay rise. “Today’s significant announcement is all about the people – older people and their families, workers providing care, and the…
UnitingCare Australia welcomes recommendations to address economic exclusion and poverty
UnitingCare Australia, the national body representing Uniting Church community service agencies, has welcomed the recommendations of the Interim Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee’s report. The report highlights the urgent need to address economic exclusion and calls for action in the federal…