Media Releases
UnitingCare Australia urges Senate to scrap the Cashless Debit Card
UnitingCare Australia is urging the Senate to scrap the Cashless Debit Card and restore choice and control to communities in the four trial sites. Appearing before the recent Senate Inquiry, UnitingCare Australia National Director, Ms Claerwen Little, expressed concern that…
Jobs summit – two of the largest faith-based aged care networks push for personal care workers to be added to migration list
Catholic Health Australia, Uniting NSW.ACT and UnitingCare Australia are using the second day of the Jobs & Skills Summit to call for the addition of personal care workers to the skilled migration occupation list as an immediate way of plugging…
Jobs Summit prime opportunity to Unite A Caring Australia
Equality, fairness and the shared vision of a better future are core objectives in both the Jobs Summit and UnitingCare Australia’s 2022 Federal Election Policy Platform, Uniting A Caring Australia. “In March this year UnitingCare Australia launched an election campaign…
Uniting First Peoples Gathering reaffirms commitment to justice for First Peoples
First and Second Peoples from across the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC), the Uniting Church in Australia (UCA), and the UnitingCare Network have gathered on Turrbal and Jagera Land to reaffirm and recommit to lasting justice for First…
UnitingCare Australia welcomes Government submission to aged care wages case
UnitingCare Australia has welcomed the Albanese Labor Government’s action to give aged care workers a pay rise through a submission to the Fair Work Commission yesterday. “Aged care workers provide some of the most valued work in caring for our…
A national call to action: it’s time to renew and rebuild social connection
Global experts will gather in Parliament House today with a message for all Australians: it’s time to renew connection and rebuild relationships. Ending Loneliness Together is launching their second White Paper which focuses on social connection to accelerate social recovery….