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In its report, the Committee makes 35 recommendations which propose a renewed approach to preventing and addressing homelessness in Australia.
The Committee’s recommendations include a stronger focus on prevention and early intervention, wider adoption of the ‘Housing First’ principle which would see housing made available to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness as an immediate priority and new approaches to increase investment in social and affordable housing.
The Committee’s recommendations also include more crisis, emergency and transitional accommodation, improvements to data collection and reporting, and a new funding model to ensure that housing and homelessness services are provided to those most in need.
Barnaby Joyce’s recent return to the Nationals’ leadership and Deputy Prime Minister position, having resigned in 2018 after allegations of sexual harassment, is grist to the mill. Not everyone in the Coalition is happy, however, reflecting broader sentiment among women where support appears to be diving.
Misogyny and structural inequalities mean that First Nations’ women, women of colour, trans women and women with disability are disproportionately affected by the rise in violence during the pandemic.
In addition, the United Nations (UN) Population Fund reported that access to sexual and reproductive health information and services have been curtailed over this period.
Protecting Eden: Pornography and Age Verification Down Under
Protecting Eden: Pornography and Age Verification Down Under
Sex on the screen and on the page has often incurred the wrath of Australian censors. Over the years, the opaquely functioning Office of Film and Literature Classification has been guarding Australians like the children of Eden, fearful that their sensibilities might be corrupted. But Australian politicians and various advocacy groups have broadened their interest over the years to focus on the Internet and how best to regulate both posted content and access to it.
Pornography features highly in this effort. In April former opposition leader and shadow minister for government services Bill Shorten remarked to the National Press Club that, “Children have too easy access to pornography in this country online … I think a lot of parents are oblivious.” While not claiming to be a censor, he still insisted that children “shouldn’t be getting their s
Friday, 9 July 2021, 3:42 pm
Sex on the screen and on the page has often incurred the
wrath of Australian censors. Over the years, the opaquely
functioning Office of Film and Literature Classification has
been guarding Australians like the children of Eden, fearful
that their sensibilities might be corrupted. But Australian
politicians and various advocacy groups have broadened their
interest over the years to focus on the Internet and how
best to regulate both posted content and access to
it.
Pornography features highly in this effort. In
April former opposition leader and shadow minister for
government services Bill Shorten remarked
to the National Press Club that, “Children have too easy