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Election News 2010
Launching its election platform today, ACOSS has called for the establishment of an Affordable Housing Growth Fund to address the shortage of nearly half a million affordable homes.
Work and income support
• Set-up training programs that are tailored, based on the individual needs of a jobseeker (for example paid work experience in a regular job) and to resource employment services providers so they can work intensively with jobseekers.
• Reshape income support payments so they are based on the minimum cost of living in Australia. To start closing the gap between different payments, where an unemployed person on $231 receives $109 less per week than a single pensioner, the single Newstart Allowance should be raised by $45 per week.
Housing
• Establish an Affordable Housing Growth Fund for future ongoing construction of homes, to increase the maximum rate of Commonwealth Rent Assistance by 30%.
• Restate a commitment to halving homelessness by 2020.
Oral health
• Ensure timely access to oral health care through a universal access scheme that covers a comprehensive dental health check and a basic course of treatment every two years.
Indigenous
• Redesign mainstream employment services in remote and regional Indigenous communities and expand the number of fully-funded jobs in remote communities.
• Improve national Indigenous health outcomes through investment in the capacity of Aboriginal primary health care services.
Tax
• Strengthen the tax system by closing off income tax shelters and loopholes and introduce taxes on mineral resources and land.
Climate change
• Introduce a price on carbon which includes adequate compensation for low and middle income earners.
• Invest in energy efficiency that readies the community sector, lowers costs of operation and ensure continuity of service.
Strengthening the community sector
• Recognise the vital role of social services in our community and commit to fund award increases for community sector workers that flow from the Fair Work equal pay claim.
Work and income support
• Set-up training programs that are tailored, based on the individual needs of a jobseeker (for example paid work experience in a regular job) and to resource employment services providers so they can work intensively with jobseekers.
• Reshape income support payments so they are based on the minimum cost of living in Australia. To start closing the gap between different payments, where an unemployed person on $231 receives $109 less per week than a single pensioner, the single Newstart Allowance should be raised by $45 per week.
Housing
• Establish an Affordable Housing Growth Fund for future ongoing construction of homes, to increase the maximum rate of Commonwealth Rent Assistance by 30%.
• Restate a commitment to halving homelessness by 2020.
Oral health
• Ensure timely access to oral health care through a universal access scheme that covers a comprehensive dental health check and a basic course of treatment every two years.
Indigenous
• Redesign mainstream employment services in remote and regional Indigenous communities and expand the number of fully-funded jobs in remote communities.
• Improve national Indigenous health outcomes through investment in the capacity of Aboriginal primary health care services.
Tax
• Strengthen the tax system by closing off income tax shelters and loopholes and introduce taxes on mineral resources and land.
Climate change
• Introduce a price on carbon which includes adequate compensation for low and middle income earners.
• Invest in energy efficiency that readies the community sector, lowers costs of operation and ensure continuity of service.
Strengthening the community sector
• Recognise the vital role of social services in our community and commit to fund award increases for community sector workers that flow from the Fair Work equal pay claim.
Abbott Vies for Disability Vote
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Carol Nader, July 31, 2010
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has sought to trump Labor on the issue of disabilities, pledging $314 million to help students with a disability and their families.
Previously politically overlooked, disability has now earned prominence as an election issue, with Mr Abbott's announcement coming a day after Prime Minister Julia Gillard's announcement of $182 million of measures, including giving families of young children with particular disabilities $12,000 to help pay for early intervention treatment.
The Coalition will create a so-called education card worth up to $20,000 a year, indexed to inflation, to provide students with disabilities funding that they can take to any school. This will start in 2012.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has sought to trump Labor on the issue of disabilities, pledging $314 million to help students with a disability and their families.
Previously politically overlooked, disability has now earned prominence as an election issue, with Mr Abbott's announcement coming a day after Prime Minister Julia Gillard's announcement of $182 million of measures, including giving families of young children with particular disabilities $12,000 to help pay for early intervention treatment.
The Coalition will create a so-called education card worth up to $20,000 a year, indexed to inflation, to provide students with disabilities funding that they can take to any school. This will start in 2012.
National Disability Strategy
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Joint Campaign Media Release, Prime Minister, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Childrens’ Services, 29 July 2010
The Gillard Labor Government has released its draft National Disability Strategy which outlines a 10-year national plan to improve the lives of people with disability, promote participation, and create a more inclusive society.
The Gillard Labor Government is committed to ensuring that people with disability are able to fulfil their potential.
The Gillard Labor Government has released its draft National Disability Strategy which outlines a 10-year national plan to improve the lives of people with disability, promote participation, and create a more inclusive society.
The Gillard Labor Government is committed to ensuring that people with disability are able to fulfil their potential.
More Supported Accommodation for People with Disability
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Joint Campaign Media release, Prime Minister, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services, 29 July 2010
A re-elected Gillard Labor Government will establish a new capital fund to build innovative, community-based supported accommodation places for people with disability.
Federal Labor will provide capital grants to community organisations to construct up to 150 new supported accommodation or respite places.
For the first time, Federal Labor will be giving community organisations the opportunity to apply for direct capital funding from the Federal Government for supported accommodation.
A re-elected Gillard Labor Government will establish a new capital fund to build innovative, community-based supported accommodation places for people with disability.
Federal Labor will provide capital grants to community organisations to construct up to 150 new supported accommodation or respite places.
For the first time, Federal Labor will be giving community organisations the opportunity to apply for direct capital funding from the Federal Government for supported accommodation.
Children with Disability Given a Better Start
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Joint Campaign Media Release, Prime Minister, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services, 28 July, 2010
The Gillard Labor Government will provide new access to early intervention services to help give more children with disability a better start in life.
The Better Start for Children with Disability initiative will ensure children with disabilities that affect their development have access to intensive early intervention therapies and treatments from expert health professionals.
The Gillard Labor Government will provide new access to early intervention services to help give more children with disability a better start in life.
The Better Start for Children with Disability initiative will ensure children with disabilities that affect their development have access to intensive early intervention therapies and treatments from expert health professionals.
The Coalition for Disability Rights brings together people with a disability, families, carers, advocacy bodies and disability support provider organisations to work together to ensure that people with a disability and their families have the right to be fully participating citizens of Australia.
Brumby Continues to Neglect Disability Support and Accommodation
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Liberal Victoria, Media Release, 20 July 2010
Victorian families wanting to access disability support are still waiting, highlighting an uncaring Brumby Government that cannot be trusted to provide these vital services, Shadow Minister for Community Services Mary Wooldridge said.
Government figures show that as at December 2009, there were 2,718 people on the Disability Support Register (DSR). This represents a 7 per cent increase compared with the same time the previous year.
Victorian families wanting to access disability support are still waiting, highlighting an uncaring Brumby Government that cannot be trusted to provide these vital services, Shadow Minister for Community Services Mary Wooldridge said.
Government figures show that as at December 2009, there were 2,718 people on the Disability Support Register (DSR). This represents a 7 per cent increase compared with the same time the previous year.
Election Publications in Alternative Formats
Australian Electoral Commision website
The AEC will be making essential election information available in a variety of formats.
Your Official Guide to the 2010 Federal Election is a booklet with information on where and how to vote. It will be available in Braille, large print version, e-text, large print PDF and audio versions.
Lists of candidates for the House of Representatives in each electorate, and the Senate in each state or territory, will be available in e-text and large print from the website, with other formats available on request.
For more information call 13 23 26 or visit the AEC website.
Your Official Guide to the 2010 Federal Election is a booklet with information on where and how to vote. It will be available in Braille, large print version, e-text, large print PDF and audio versions.
Lists of candidates for the House of Representatives in each electorate, and the Senate in each state or territory, will be available in e-text and large print from the website, with other formats available on request.
For more information call 13 23 26 or visit the AEC website.
Telephone voting for the 2010 federal election
Australian Electoral Commision website
Telephone voting will be available in 125 locations across Australia to enable electors who are blind or have low vision to cast a secret vote. It will be available in the two and a half weeks leading up to election day, and on election day.
For more information call 13 23 26 or visit the AEC website.
For more information call 13 23 26 or visit the AEC website.
VCOSS State Election Platform 2010
http://www.vcoss.org.au/what-we-do/election/platform.htm
VCOSS’s platform lists 20 key challenges for the 2010 State election. They include:
•Deliver an additional 29,000 affordable housing properties by 2014;
•Arrest alarming growth rates of chronic disease, particularly in disadvantaged areas, and terrible gaps in mental health services across Victoria;
•Get the right support at the right time, for as long as necessary, for children and families – including on Melbourne’s urban fringe and in rural and regional areas;
•Massively expand the bus network in outer suburbs and regional Victoria, including opening up the rural school bus routes to others; and
•Fully fund the pay equity outcomes for all community services in Victoria to ensure high quality services for all Victorians.