Fun Day at the Footy for Freedom Residents

The Council of Elders will represent the views of older Australians in the national debate about aged care reform. Despite their combined centuries of wisdom across a broad spectrum of society, will the government listen? Read More

A disability support provider has posted an ad for an in-home carer requesting that “no dark-skinned applicants” need apply. The ad seeks a “mature” carer in the disability sector for a client with autism, and requests that “no dark-skinned (Indian or African) applicants apply for this role”. The blatantly racist request was the wish of... Read More

Vicki Cain dreamed of being a nurse from the age of four. She would often accompany her grandfather, the local surgeon in Ballina, on his rounds, and it was from that point she decided working in aged care as a nurse was the career for her. So, after leaving school at 16, Ms Cain got... Read More