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• Media release Hobart Australia’s most unaffordable city for renters: across the nation singles, pensioners and families on low incomes are struggling

  29 November 2018

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• Media release Energy market reforms will offer welcome relief to vulnerable Victorian households

  20 November 2018

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• Media release Guaranteed lower prices will lead to big savings for Victorian energy consumers

  26 October 2018

  The Brotherhood of St Laurence today welcomed the Victorian Government's announcement of a Victorian Default Offer and the abolition of default standing offers.

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• Media release Finegan Kruckemeyer wins first prize in our national short story competition, The Hope Prize

  24 August 2018

  The Brotherhood of St Laurence is delighted to announce the winners of our national story competition, The Hope Prize, which encourages writers to explore resilience in the face of poverty.

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• Media release Hospitality workers, pensioners, minimum wage earners struggle with rental stress in Australian cities

  23 May 2018

  Hospitality workers, pensioners and minimum wage earners are being crippled by rental stress in metropolitan areas across Australia, according to the May Rental Affordability Index (RAI).

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• Media release Saver Plus improves wellbeing of lower-income Australians

  16 May 2018

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• Media release Budget: some welcome job measures but inadequate income support undermines nation’s effort

  8 May 2018

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• Media release Victorian Budget: welcome boost in the state’s human infrastructure

  1 May 2018

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• Media release Revealed: nation’s 20 youth unemployment hotspots in 2018

  26 March 2018

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• Media release New polling shows Victorians don’t trust power retailers and want a Fair Price Guarantee

  9 February 2018

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