The Record – Spring 2018

 

The Record is St Vincent de Paul Society’s national quarterly magazine focusing on social justice issues such as homelessness and poverty. Contributors include policy experts, academics and members of the Society.

The Editor of the Spring 2018 issue is David Halliday.

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Contents

1. Editor’s note, David Halliday
2. Mission and values: State President WA Gladys Demissie
3. Increase in Newstart Long Overdue, John Hewson
4. The cost of living, Juanita McLaren
5. Year of youth: young member spotlight
6. Time for a lift: Australian Council of Social Service, Dr Cassandra Goldie
7. Going hungry in the lucky country, Brianna Casey
8. Advocating for a strong social safety net, Kym Duggan
9. Campaigning from below: The AUWU battle of raise Newstart, Jeremy Poxon
10. Spring – The season of starting over, Ann Rennie
11. Budget standards research on the adequacy of Newstart Allowance, Peter Saunders
12. Capturing poverty, Julia Martin, SilverSun
13. Income, inequality and health, Sharon Friel
14. A fair day’s pay: for the dignity of workers and the good of all, Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen
15. Vinnies 2020: Our plenary councils, past and future, Nick Brodie
16. Stories about life on the Breadline, Colleen O’Sullivan
17. Our own ways of giving back: QLD State President Dennis Innes
18. Newstart: Stories from the conferences

Poems

• Image; sleeping in the sun, Jan Price
• Leaders, Andrew Hamilton SJ
• Three transfigurations, Tony Brennan
• After purgatory, Reg Naulty
• Unconditional love, Andrew Hamilton SJ

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