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Call to keep welfare stimulus to tackle rental affordability

Permanently doubling Centrelink payments in the wake of COVID-19 will “dramatically” increase the number of private rentals that are affordable to South Australians on low incomes, but there is a “cruel twist”, says Anglicare SA.

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Part of Coca-Cola site to be developed into affordable housing

A section of the recently-closed Coca-Cola Amatil manufacturing site in Thebarton will be transformed into social and affordable housing for people on low-incomes, InDaily can reveal.

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Inquiry to shine light on SA’s ‘inexcusable’ poverty rate

South Australian welfare groups have called on the State Government to address what they say are inexcusable and entrenched realities facing low-income earners, as a Parliamentary inquiry gets underway to uncover the extent of poverty in the state.

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Warning on ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’ of child protection spending

South Australia’s annual spending on out-of-home care services could soon hit $1 billion unless the State Government rethinks its child protection model, welfare groups have warned.

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Hutt Street security guards won't fix any problems: AnglicareSA CEO

A city councillor’s proposal to have security guards patrol Hutt Street to reduce anti-social behaviour will only move any problems elsewhere, AnglicareSA CEO Peter Sandeman says.