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A new report reveals housing is the biggest cost facing Australians, with average rents increasing by more than 50% since 2020.
Anglicare’s latest cost of living report calls for a significant increase in JobSeeker benefits, suggesting a family of four on benefits cannot afford essential expenses.
He found that a single parent on the Parenting Payment was left with just $24 after basic living costs.
Anglicare director Kasy Chambers says the figures show the government needs to increase the Centrelink payment rate and build more social housing.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has said he will introduce an online age verification system on social media if he wins the next federal election.
The coalition would raise the age limit for using social media to 16 and introduce an age verification system within 100 days of taking office.
He said action needed to be taken to protect children from online harm.
“The question is: what can we do about this? The only option you can take is to do nothing, allow a lawless environment to flourish and allow these companies to continue to make profits at the expense of Australian children and their future social media without any safeguards.
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said the Government supported age limits for social media and was committed to testing age verification technology in other areas before considering changes to the minimum age for social media.
Minister Ed Husic welcomes the release of the hostages, but the death of more than 270 Palestinians during an Israeli military operation is a tragedy.
Mr. Husic raised concerns about the “failure” of Israel and its military to respect international law and protect innocent lives.
The United Nations found that Israel and Hamas committed war crimes from the early stages of the conflict, and that Israel’s actions in Gaza also constituted crimes against humanity due to the immense loss of civilian life.
Mr Husic told ABC he was concerned about the loss of Palestinian lives.
“The fact that so many people were killed in this operation also speaks to a broader problem, of how, as I have said previously, the Israeli government respects international humanitarian law and is able to distinguish between combatants and other civilians, I said that, you know, weeks ago, that I feared that there was a systemic failure to respect international humanitarian law.
US President Joe Biden is expected to sign a security deal with Ukraine for long-term support when he meets with leaders of G7 countries in Italy.
The annual gathering of major G7 democracies includes the United States, Japan, Canada, Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom, while Australia is often invited as a guest.
Mr Biden wants to increase pressure on Russia over its war against Ukraine and on China over its political support for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said the deal would show US support would last well into the future.
“Our goal here is simple. We want to demonstrate that the United States supports the Ukrainian people, that we stand with them, and that we will continue to meet their security needs, not only tomorrow, but well into the future. a clear vision of working with our allies and partners with Ukraine, to continue to strengthen Ukraine’s credible defense and deterrence capacity Any lasting peace in Ukraine must be guaranteed by Ukraine’s own capacity to. to defend oneself.
The federal government has announced it will commit $15 million towards the 2026 Women’s Asian Cup, hosted by Australia.
The funding will aim to provide more opportunities for Australians to attend matches, with the government hoping to use sport as a means of increasing gender equality.
Sports Minister Anika Wells says it is essential to build on the momentum of the Women’s World Cup.
“Last year, the World Cup created a 92 percent increase in the visibility of women’s sport. It generated $324 million in reduced health care costs, and in total, it had an economic impact of 1.3 billion is great, but we have to capitalize now that the World Cup was a start and we have to continue. So now we are investing 15 million dollars in the Women’s Asian Cup.
