A major component of an ambitious housing plan lauded by experts will be watered down to appease NIMBY councils, despite a new report warning Sydney has virtually no affordable rental properties left. Late last year, New South Wales Premier Chris Minns unveiled a multi-pronged strategy to deliver an estimated 185,000Continue Reading
A shocking report has detailed widespread rates of abuse and neglect facing millions of Australians living with disability and made a bombshell call to phase out special schools and group homes nationwide. On Friday, findings from a four-and-a-half-year-long investigation into Australia’s disability care sector was released to the public. TheContinue Reading
A long-awaited report on the disability royal commission will contain “disturbing” findings. The government is set to hand down findings from a four-and-a-half year-long investigation into violence and abuse against people with disabilities in Australia on Friday. Since it began in 2019, the $599m inquiry has heard harrowing accounts ofContinue Reading
An interim report into NSW’s beleaguered train network has found delays, cancellations, maintenance issues and major cancellations will only get worse if the system continues to run as is. Defects across the network increased to about 37,000 in April 2023 from 23,000 in December 2018, with the most issues reportedContinue Reading