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‘Playing us for years’: how pokies profits have funded tax-deductible spending within Australian clubs

Schemes in Victoria and NSW give clubs tax cuts if they put gaming proceeds into communities – but they overwhelmingly spend it on themselves

The Guardian - AU · Nov 25, 2023

Reactions to NSW state budget and its surprise surplus

The NSW Labor government has delivered its first state budget since 2010, revealing a surprise surplus and promising to funnel spending into essential services.

AAP · Sep 19, 2023

Young Australians forgoing necessities as cost-of-living crisis deepens wealth divide

Social and mental wellbeing of millennials and gen Z at risk as they juggle studying with rising rents and low-paid work

The Guardian - AU · Sep 2, 2023

One in eight people now 'living in poverty' in NSW

One in eight people in NSW have slipped below the poverty line, with the so-called 'latte line' dividing those who are sitting pretty and others who struggle.

AAP · Mar 28, 2023

One million people are living below the poverty line in NSW, census data has revealed

Exclusive: The figure includes one in seven children, with western Sydney suffering the highest rates of child poverty

The Guardian - AU · Mar 28, 2023

Wait list grows for social housing in NSW

The number of people on the waiting list for social housing in NSW has increased for the first time in six years.

AAP · Jan 5, 2023

Tax-free grants to community causes from NSW clubs ‘regularly’ funnelled back into clubs themselves

Peak welfare body among those concerned over scheme by which NSW clubs make tax-deductible donations to community organisations – including their own entities

The Guardian - AU · Dec 2, 2022

Promised review of concerns about NSW pokies grants results in a ‘brief update’ by regulator

NSW Council for Social Services says the gambling authority did not address the ‘substantive issues’ it raised with the regulator

The Guardian - AU · Dec 1, 2022

Group calls for social services shake-up

A leading social services group says NSW needs major reform of key sectors after three years of upheaval that have affected the state unevenly.

AAP · Nov 24, 2022

Remote learning to cost NSW kids $16.1b

A new report says NSW kids will suffer the cost of remote education for their entire lives due to disengagement, worse mental health and developmental delays.

AAP · Oct 21, 2022