Latest Budget News 2021

ERA ProjectsMay 05, 2021Uncategorized0 comments

ERA’s Media Release on the Budget is available to read here.

See below for other Organisation’s media releases. If your Organisation would like your media release added, email us at era@ywca.org.au

Organisation	Media Release Heading	Link
Australian Council for International Development	2021-22 Development Budget: Facts and Figures	Read Here
Australian Council for International Development	COVID-19 Spikes Across Asia, Australian Aid Falls	Read Here
Australian Council of Social Service	Federal Budget: ACOSS preliminary analysis and briefing	Read Here
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre	Budget 21 continues the Government’s detention cost blow out and exclusion of people seeking asylum, refugees and migrants in time of crisis	Read Here
Consumers Health Forum of Australia	Budget’s modest response to aged care and mental health inquiries	Read Here
Economic Justice Australia	Federal budget cost savings hurt those most vulnerable	Read Here
Harmony Alliance	Focus on migrant and refugee women’s safety is welcome, but changes to social security access are deeply concerning	Read Here
National Council of Single Mothers & their Children	High Expectations – Low Outcomes Financial fairness and financial safety were missing before the women’s budget and it is missing now.	Read Here
People with Disability Australia	Media Release: #Budget2021 ‘Not A Budget For People With Disability’	Read Here

Click on this to go directly to the post and watch the ACOSS Community Sector Post Budget Press Conference, featuring ERA Manager Helen Dalley-Fisher.

Speakers Include:

Australian Council of Social Service CEO Dr. Cassandra Goldie
People with Disability Australia President, Samantha Connor
National Council of Single Mothers and their Children CEO, Terese Edwards
Council on the Ageing ACT CEO, Ian Yates
Tomorrow Movement Tallulah Farrow
UnitingCare Australia National Director, Claerwen Little
Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union Communications Coordinator, Kristin O’Connell
Equality Rights Alliance Manager, Helen Dalley-Fisher
ACTCOSS – ACT Council of Social Service Inc. Head of Policy, Craig Wallace
Mental Health Community Coalition ACT CEO Bec Cody