Techo savvy seniors can now avoid the dreaded Centrelink queues through a new smartphone and tablet app…

Liberal MPs are quietly lobbying to change the party’s position on same-sex marriage to ensure a conscience vote on the issue, but are not pushing for a result before September’s federal election…

The New South Wales Government has defended a decision to end funding for the Welfare Rights Centre. The centre helps individuals and families negotiate Centrelink decisions, with clients including vulnerable families, young people, those with disabilities, the unemployed and the …..

ADULT children are demanding a greater share of their parents’ estates and are eating into assets to fight for more money…

Tasmania’s Lower House has passed laws making it easier for same sex couples to adopt. The amendment to the Adoption Act allows gay men and women to adopt a child who is not a relative. The change passed with the …..

The organisation does not present a balanced case for vaccination and has no medical evidence to back its anti-vaccination stance…

POLICE will be able to issue apprehended domestic violence orders on the spot without court approval in what the government says is the “single most practical meaningful reform in combating domestic violence in memory”…

THE federal government is about to face moves in the Senate for an inquiry into whether its fee increases for the federal courts will reduce access to justice…

A community legal centre says more people in central Victoria are preparing to represent themselves in criminal and family law matters because of funding cuts at Legal Aid…

The six National Women’s Alliances will receive $4.8 million in Federal Government funding to continue to enable them to bring forward issues onto the national policy agenda…