Today’s media update leads with ACOSS comment on the Tax Summit. Forced adoption, Forgotten Australians, child poverty in the UK, innovative family services and a savings scheme for low-income people are also featured.
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Tax Summit
- Council of Social Service calls for real change in this week’s Tax Summit, (Audio), ABC News Radio, 3 October 2011
Forced adoption
- Apology is overdue for tragic mums, Herald Sun, 4 October 2011
Forgotten Australians
- Abuse victims take protest to the grave, The Age, 4 October 2011
- Forgotten Aussies find a champion in Hume, Hume Weekly, 4 October 2011
Impact of poverty on children
- Poor kids, ABC Four Corners, 3 October 2011
Innovative family services
- Family by family, ABC Radio National Life Matters, 28 September 2011
We are Family by Family (Website Version) from TACSI on Vimeo.
Saving for low income families
- Savings scheme for low-income families, ABC Radio National Life Matters, 28 September 2011
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