One in seven Australians – and one in six children – live below poverty line, says ACOSS report
Almost 14 per cent of Australians – and almost 18 per cent of children in Australia – live below the poverty line, according to a report released on Sunday. The Poverty in Australia report – commissioned by the Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) – found that an estimated 2.5 million people, or 13.9 per […]
Call for Australia to ratify international convention on domestic workers’ rights
A national campaign aimed at having the Australian Government sign and ratify an international convention on domestic workers’ rights was launched in Sydney yesterday. The Salvation Army’s Freedom Partnership has joined with Walk Free in demanding the government sign and ratify International Labor Organization Convention 189 which entered into force in September last year. […]
TURKEY THREATENS DEPORTATION OF AMERICAN PASTOR
13th October, 2014 An American evangelical pastor in Turkey faced uncertainty last week after authorities reportedly cancelled his long-term residence permit and ordered his deportation. Local police also sealed the premises of Pastor Patrick Jensen’s ‘New Life Church’ congregation in the southeastern city of Gaziantep, said the church leader and other Christians. Jensen was detained […]