Pressure to curb welfare spending
Herald Sun
AUSTRALIA faces an "unsustainable" welfare and social security bill which is forecast to hit $158 billion in 2016-17. Experts warned yesterday the increase from $132 ... to $9.8 billion. By comparison, defence spending by 2016-17 will be $25.8 billion ...

W.Va. child abuse cases rising after brief decline - NECN.com
NECN
(AP) — West Virginia child-welfare officials say the number of active abuse and neglect cases has been climbing in the past two years, but they're still handling fewer than they were five years ago. The state Department of Health and Human Resources ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
Children 'failed on a grand scale' by coalition
Telegraph.co.uk
Cuts to social care and welfare budgets are harming the well-being of those in the poorest families while David Cameron is failing to live up to his pledge to make Britain the "most family-friendly country in Europe", the British Medical Association ...
Benefit cuts risk rise in child poverty, doctors warnThe Independent

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Surely the Prime Minister is having a lend of us
Herald Sun
Sick child. PARENTS worried about keeping their jobs are dumping sick kids at school and childcare centres as they can't arrange alternative care. ... The IPA has identified more than $22 billion in excessive federal spending, without even addressing ...

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In this week's New Statesman: The dream ticket?
New Statesman
As our waistlines have grown, she writes, so has our collective judgment of the overweight – in society, in the workplace, and even in the healthcare system. So how did fattism become “perhaps the last form of socially acceptable forms of prejudice ...

ITV News
MP urges new laws on dangerous dogs.
ITV News
"A well-trained, well-socialised and well-looked after dog is far less likely to be involved in an attack but we also need to educate people about both the care of and respect for dogs. Even the most well-mannered dog may ... He said: "We are giving ...
MPs debate Dangerous Dogs and Jade Lomas Anderson - DeHavillandDeHavilland (subscription) (press release)

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San Francisco Chronicle
Calif. governor says no to adult dental Medi-Cal benefits
DrBicuspid.com
"For the newly eligible people on Medi-Cal, the dental benefit will be 100% federally funded," he told DrBicuspid.com, referring to the 1.4 million California residents who will become eligible for the program in January as the healthcare law is ...
Brown's budget gives education big boostSan Francisco Chronicle
Brown takes restrained view of Calif. spendingabc7news.com
Gov. Jerry Brown's revised budget plan offers more money for schoolsEnterprise-Record
Sacramento Bee -Metropolitan News-Enterprise
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Socialist Project
Slovenia: Manifesto of the Initiative for Democratic Socialism
Socialist Project
... development of quality public services for all inhabitants. Healthcare, education, social security, public transport, cultural goods, legal assistance, and retirement and disability pensions must all be provided by public and not-for-profit ...

County Board Increases Local Rabies Tag Costs
thejournal-news.net
For the third month in a row, Health, Welfare and Elections (HWE) Chairman Connie Beck made a motion to increase the fees to help fund the Animal Control Facility. "I don't give up very easily," Beck said. "And I'm coming back to ... Congressman Rodney ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Gillard Labor's budget: The class issues
World Socialist Web Site
They are the start of a program aimed at ending the entire social welfare system established in the period after World War II, and bringing to a final close what Liberal shadow treasurer Joe Hockey, supported by Swan, has called “the age of entitlement ...
Flawed beauty in back-to-the-wall BudgetEureka Street
Federal budget 2013: business and community groups respondThe Conversation
A bid to hold heartland at all costsThe Australian
Pro Bono Australia
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VietNamNet Bridge
GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 16/5
VietNamNet Bridge
The ceremony was organised by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Ministry of Education and Training in Bac Ninh Province, where the campaign was first launched 50 years ago. It marked the 123rd birthday of President Ho Chi Minh and the 72nd ...

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Reliance on 457 visas blunts the vision of the NDIS - The Conversation
The Conversation
This avenue is already available for skilled positions such as nursing, special education, and social work, as well as some mid-skill welfare occupations. The use of temporary visas to ensure sufficient supply of lower skill personal carers seems a ...

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Bill English: Full Budget Speech 2013
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
New Zealanders were conditioned in the 2000s to believe that Budgets should be about the novelty of new, expensive spending programmes that held out promises of economic and social transformation, arranged by the Government. Those promises .... Annual ...

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Budget 2013 - Meridian Energy next off rank
Radio New Zealand
Extra spending over the next four years includes $173 million for early childhood education and $92.4 million for Greater Christchurch Education Recovery and Renewal and 21st Century Schools. ... Health spending in this year's budget has risen to $14.7 ...

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3News NZ
Budget: Welfare reform gets $188M boost
3News NZ
... the Government's welfare reform programme. Social Development Minister Paula Bennett will have an extra $188 million at her disposal over the next four years, aimed at getting more people off benefits and into work. ... Parents receiving benefits ...

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Coming Events...
Wyalusing Rocket Courier (subscription)
All proceeds will benefit the music and art education. Come out and ... True Friends Animal Welfare Center will hold a benefit walk “In Memory of Zeus” on Sunday, June 2 at 1 p.m. at their location on Route 706 and 29 in Montrose. All proceeds .... An ...

Christians rebuke God
Sonoran News
One of the primary justifications for the welfare state comes from Christians. They say that the welfare state demonstrates the willingness of the American ... Social Security and Medicare, it is said, demonstrate the willingness of Americans to honor ...

U.S. News & World Report
The IRS scandal no one's talking about
MSN Money
... "social welfare" organizations that serve their communities, writes Michael Hiltzik of The Los Angeles Times. You can see on the IRS' own application what groups are intended to receive this status -- educational and health care organizations ...
The White House field guide to scandal (David Weigel, Slate)Syracuse.com (blog)

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Parents Urged to Report When Missing Children Return Home
Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service
As a consequence, she informed that psycho-social support will be given to a recovered child and his/her family to aid in the healing process and to equip caregivers with the requisite knowledge and skills to protect the children in their care ...

UCSF Recognizes 11 for Extraordinary Contributions
UCSF News Services
She constantly works to improve the quality of care, educating faculty, staff and students along the way. Laughlin's work has raised the profile of and appreciation for the critical role that social workers play on the health care team. Laughlin's work ...