Tulani White always wanted to be a doctor and it was no small feat when the girl from a working-class family in regional South Australia got into medicine. 'Placement poverty' payment criticism Photo shows A young white woman with long blonde hair sitting on a couch Student groups have described a Commonwealth payment aimed at combating "placement poverty" as "a …
Most mornings, Erwin Mungee can be found inside a dusty aluminium shed, chopping and packaging dead trees to sell as firewood. "I feel good to come work," he said, leaning on a plastic crate filled with western myall wood gathered from 4,500 square-kilometres of Yalata land. "There's some misinformation about Aboriginal communities, how they're fully supported by government handouts and …
Norma Wannell never imagined she would be homeless. RBA says first home buyer and building grants pushed up house prices Photo shows An aerial shot of the inner-city Perth suburb of Mount Hawthorn Government subsidies such as first home buyer grants and HomeBuilder have boosted demand for homes and helped push up house prices, with "pervasive" impacts on housing outcomes …
When Fred Zziwa stepped into his local gym in the quiet coastal town of Victor Harbor becoming a boxer had never crossed his mind. Key points: Ugandan-born Fred Zziwa recently won the Australian Boxing Championships He wants to represent Australia at the 2024 Olympics but is waiting for his visa application to be assessed He has lived in Australia for …
"Pants off, naked from waist down; facing front, slight bend at knees and lift scrotum up; turn around, with back to staff member; squat and cough; turn back around." Key points: A landmark report into Adelaide Youth Training Centre was tabled in Parliament this week The rarely-heard voices of young detainees are published in its pages Guardian for Children Penny …