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Summary: Baptcare has implemented another two programs to help those who fall between the gaps in our society. Neither program receives government funding. We have begun these works because we are convinced they will address important, un-met needs and we hope to secure the necessary support to continue them into the long term.

Date of publication: 17/03/2008

Summary: At this time of year, our media channels are saturated with reminders that the Christmas retail season has arrived. Amongst all this commercialism, it was with interest that I recently read the profiles of five people who have dedicated their lives to helping others.

Date of publication: 05/12/2007

Summary: The comment was made to me recently, in a conversation related to another church-based welfare provider, that faith based welfare providers have become mere ‘…subsidiaries of government…’.

Date of publication: 25/05/2007

Summary: For some time now, Baptcare has awaited the Federal Government’s response to many of the key recommendations contained in Professor Warren Hogan’s 2004 review of pricing arrangements in aged care. The Prime Minister announced the Government’s final response in mid February 2007, in a package entitled “Securing the Future of Aged Care for Australians”...

Date of publication: 05/04/2007

Summary: There has been much debate recently over the Federal Government’s proposed changes to the payment of welfare benefits. The most recent proposal is a voucher system to limit the ease with which certain parents can apply those benefits to gambling or to buying junk food, alcohol, cigarettes and drugs...

Date of publication: 01/02/2007

Summary: One of the continuing trends in our society is the declining trust many of us place in institutions that were once held in high regard...

Date of publication: 09/11/2006