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Third Action Plan (2015-18) under the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009-2020

The Third Action Plan (2015-18) under the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009-2020 … more

East Maddington Child Parent Centre Official Opening 1 Dec 2015

Speech delivered by Centrecare Director - Mr Tony Pietropiccolo AM Good morning everyone. I offer my sincere respects to the... … more

Pope Francis: speech to UN officials in Nairobi

Pope Francis on Thursday afternoon spoke about the importance of safeguarding the environment and ensuring a just distribution of the... … more

Doctors step up fight to free children in immigration detention, citing mental and physical health concerns

Australia's medical community is increasing pressure on the Federal Government to remove children from immigration detention, as more... … more

Rate of Indigenous child deaths double that of non-Indigenous children

Rate of Indigenous child deaths double that of non-Indigenous children in NSW, report says. … more

Crucial step forward on health equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples - Australian Human Rights Commission

Crucial step forward on health equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples … more

Centrecare says farewell to its longest-standing employee

Last Thursday Centrecare celebrated the retirement of Counsellor Patsy Hammer. … more

Ka-Ching! Pokie Nation ABC documentary

Ka-Ching! Pokie Nation is an explosive documentary to be aired on ABC on Tuesday 20 October at 9.30pm. … more

Responsible Gambling Awareness Week 2015

Responsible Gambling Awareness Week is here! 12 - 18 Oct 2015. … more

Linkwest - "Our ACE Community - Beyond Gambling Programme"

Linkwest, in conjunction with eight community centres five project partners across the State is delivering the Our ACE Community - Beyond... … more

The Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference Social Justice Statement

The Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference Social Justice Statement this year focuses on the need for a compassionate response to all... … more

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day and RU OK Day

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day and RU OK Day … more

How Australia responded to Europe's refugee crisis 66 years ago - The Sydney Morning Herald

​In 1949 asylum seekers were called displaced people and we didn't stop the boats, we let them in. … more

Australian doctor brought to tears

Australian doctor brought to tears by treatment of Nauru detainees … more

Hannah Strommen in The West Australian'

Centrecare employee Hannah Strommen features today in The West Australian's ED! supplement … more

Ice Taskforce interim report

The Prime Minister presented the National Ice Taskforce interim report to COAG, as part of the Australian Government's commitment to the... … more

The spider web of disadvantage - Andrew Hamilton for Eureka Street

Suburbs and equity are topical this week. One report showed that affluent suburbs benefited more from the last Federal budgets than did... … more

Dropping off the Edge 2015

Jesuit Social Services and Catholic Social Services have released "Dropping off the Edge 2015" report. … more

How do Aussie kids feel about asylum seekers? - Kate Aubusson for DailyLife

​When 18 Australian children were asked how they felt about refugees, their answers blew "we stopped the boats" right out of the water. … more

Community leaders sought for major reform - Media Release Hon Terry Redman MLA and Hon Helen Morton MLC

Community leaders sought for major reform - Media Release Hon Terry Redman MLA and Hon Helen Morton MLC … more