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• Media release Call on parties to commit to Newstart benchmark before September election

  14 May 2013

  Like many, the Brotherhood of St Laurence had hoped this Budget would begin to address the inadequacy of the Newstart payment rate.

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• Media release No coherent strategy on youth unemployment in Victorian Budget

  7 May 2013

  The Victorian Budget represents a missed opportunity for the State Government to put forward a coherent strategy to address the problems of persistent disadvantage in some of the most neglected parts of our community, the Brotherhood of St Laurence said today.

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• Media release A call for all asylum seekers who are released into the community on a bridging visa to be granted the right to work

  8 March 2013

  The Brotherhood of St Laurence has joined over 50 organisations and 1200 individuals across Australia to campaign for asylum seekers to have the right to work. We believe the right to work is a fundamental human right that should be upheld.

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• Media release Don't throw it out! The Brotherhood will show you how to turn trash into treasure

  19 February 2013

  The Brotherhood of St Laurence will show Melbournians how to transform household trash into treasure at the Recycling is Fun Day at the Melbourne Town Hall, on Friday 22 February, during the Sustainable Living Festival.

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• Media release Don’t over-burden homeless services with administrative demands: Brotherhood of St Laurence

  6 February 2013

  Victoria’s Auditor-General today released a report evaluating recent initiatives to tackle homelessness stemming from the state and federal National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness (NPAH).

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• Media release Energy saving scheme a winner but yet to extend full benefits to poorer suburbs

  4 February 2013

  As households struggle with rising energy prices, a State Government scheme providing free light-globes and shower heads contributed to power-saving improvements in close to half a million households across Melbourne.

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• Media release Youth Foyer gives vulnerable young people in Melbourne’s south-east a chance for a better future

  1 February 2013

  The Brotherhood of St Laurence and Hanover Welfare Services welcomed today’s announcement by Minister Lovell of the Victorian Government's second youth foyer to be operated at Holmesglen TAFE, Waverley Campus.

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