Notice of Annual General Meeting and Explanatory Notes
The 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the members of South Eastern Australian Aboriginal Justice Services Limited (Company) will be held: For those members who will attend the meeting in person, the meeting venue is 273 High Street, Preston, 3072. For those members who will attend the meeting by teleconference, the dial-in details are:Click here to join the […]
Federal Court does not recognise age pension discrimination, despite Australian Government’s failure to close life expectancy gap
The Federal Court of Australia has dismissed the legal challenge seeking fair and equal access to the age pension for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Proud Wakka Wakka man Uncle Dennis* brought the case in which the Federal Government faced court for the first time in connection with its failure to close the gap […]
The silence of complacency: empty rhetoric will cost lives
Last night’s budget shows where on the priority list Aboriginal peoples are. Prime Minister Albanese is pursuing popular votes for the upcoming election, rather than showing leadership on the issues that affect us, and for the generations to come. It is clear that our people’s vote doesn’t matter, so the federal budget has remained largely […]