by John Freund, CM | Oct 17, 2012 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
While the exploitation of illegal workers is often linked to the sex industry, recent reports from the Attorney-General’s Department and Australian Institute of Criminology have suggested it is on the rise in other industries. Brianna Lee said these include reports of...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 16, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
The theme for 2012: Ending the Violence of Extreme Poverty: Promoting Empowerment and Building Peace. Visit the UN website for information abut what is being done around the world this day. “Rampant poverty, which has festered for far too long, is linked to...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 12, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
An interview with Michael Perusco is the new CEO of the St Vincent de Paul Society of New South Wales. He believes tax changes are essential to free up more housing.TONY EASTLEY: At the last census 89,728 Australians were classified as homeless. It means that for...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 10, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
In an article “Vincent de Paul, Welfare Statist?”Acton Research Fellow Kevin E. Schmiesing writes on Acton Insititute Power Blog of his concern that Vincent is being used as a pawn in an election cycle. “In Thomas Worcester’s recent column on the...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 10, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
It has been said that a measure of a society is how it cares for those on the margins. The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina serves as a resource for both the community and public policy makers on issues affecting the poor is one way the Foundation...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 7, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
This video has been around since 2009 but it still quite effective in its message....
