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UnitingCare AustraliaFinancial Health and WellbeingWhy is Financial Health and Wellbeing an advocacy priority? Coping with the rising costs of living is a challenge for many in Australia. UnitingCare Australia believes the primary attention of government in responding to cost of living pressures needs to be on assisting disadvantaged and vulnerable Australians. Financial hardship is affecting a growing number of people, and people with higher incomes.
The number of people seeking assistance – for emergency relief and financial counselling – is continuing to grow, with both people who were managing before, and people with higher incomes increasingly needing to access services. Mortgage and rental costs are a principal cause of financial stress for these households.
Financial hardship is becoming more entrenched, with one impact being more children and young people living in poverty.
Key advocacy actions
UnitingCare Emergency Relief and Financial CounsellingTo find an agency in your state that provides local services and advocacy on this advocacy priority, please contact the UnitingCare Synod office in your state. You can find their contact details here.
Media Releases6 February 2013 - Support for low income earners 29 August 2012 - UnitingCare Australia welcomes dental announcement 27 August 2012 - Major Church Providers: Inadequate dole makes it hard to get a job 13 June 2012 - Prime Minister's Economic Forum 13 April 2012 - UnitingCare Australia calls for decision makers to try living on $17 a day 29 March 2012 - Increased Unemployment Benefits Needed 30 January 2012 - Welcome work begins on fairer Superannuation Arrangements 5 October 2011 - Tax should fund things that matter 4 October 2011 - Tax is not a four letter word 29 September 2011 - Tax reform: What Price Dignity? 5 September 2010 - Indexation of Income Support Payments welcome 28 July 2010 - Compulsory widespread income management will not address disadvantage 31 May 2010 - Vulnerable Australians miss out because of red tape 16 March 2010 - Major parties ignore evidence in decision to extend compulsory income management 25 February 2010 - Social services get better value for money and produce better outcomes than involuntary income management 25 November 2009 - UnitingCare Australia Opposes Involuntary Income Management 19 June 2009 - Pension increases - why do some miss out? 27 January 2009 - Major Church Providers welcome meeting with Deputy Prime Minister 12 August 2008 - UnitingCare Australia welcomes Pension Review but says entire system needs re-examining 26 November 2008 - Major Church Providers call for crisis response now
Submissions28 February 2013 - UnitingCare Australia submission to the Department of Human ServicesIndependent Review of the Centrepay System
23 August 2012 - UnitingCare Australia submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Inquiry into the adequacy of the allowance payment systems for jobseekers and others, the appropriatesness of the allowance payment system as a support into work and the impact of the changing nature of the labour market (Newstart Allowance)
26 February 2010 - Submission by UnitingCare Children, Young People & Families tabled by UnitingCare Australia at the Senate Community Affairs Committee Inquiry into the Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform and Reinstatement of Racial Discrimination Act) Bill 2009
19 June 2009 - UnitingCare Australia submission to the Senate Community Affairs Committee Inquiry into the Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Pension reform and other 2009 Budget measures) Bill 2009
1 April 2009 - Major Church Providers recommendations to the Minister's Melbourne Forum on the Financial Health and Wellbeing of disadvantaged and vulnerable Australians
The forum provided a unique opportunity for the participants to share best practice in delivery of services that promote the financial health and wellbeing of disadvantaged and vulnerable Australians. The report provides a framework and recommendations for how the funding allocated to Emergency Relief and Financial Counselling programs in the February economic stimulus package would be best used to build a strong and stable suite of financial health and wellbeing services.
26 September 2008 - UnitingCare Australia submission to the FaHCSIA Pension Review
Publications and resources5 September 2012 - Shocks, stagnation and services' views on how to do it all better
A report from UnitingCare Australia's Online Conference "Poverty: Does where you live matter?"
8 May 2012 - Poverty: Does where you live matter?
A report from UnitingCare Australia's Online Conference "Poverty: Does where you live matter?"
29 September 2011 - Tax reform: What Price Dignity - Equity and entitlement in the Australian tax and transfer system
A position paper by UnitingCare Australia.
October 2007 - A decent life in supportive and inclusive communities
A position paper by UnitingCare Australia.
Speeches and Presentations25 November 2009 - Building a sustainable financial health and wellbeing system
Keynote address by Lin Hatfield Dodds at the WACOSS Emergency Relief Conference.
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