“For those on the margins, those who are required to survive on an inadequate minimum wage or the abysmal level of Newstart, life will not be getting easier any time soon.”
Catholic Schools NSW (CSNSW) is calling on the state government to extend its public school funding boost for mental health support to all education sectors as counsellors report more young people presenting at school with “significant distress”.
A draft of a new religious protection law appears to be on track for completion by mid-August with the Coalition government continuing its wide-reaching consultation process.
Attorney-General Christian Porter will sit down with Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP to discuss a way forward on a religious discrimination act, after Australian Catholic bishops and law experts raised concerns any legislation would be merely “symbolic” without adequate consultation.
