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Michelle Schwensen
Senior Manager, Communications and Engagement
0491 287 359
media@bsl.org.au

Bridie Riordan
0491 159 256
media@bsl.org.au

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Media release New investment in successful early years program

13 July 2022
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Media release Budget provides short-term relief, but lacks long-term vision

29 March 2022
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Media release Travers McLeod appointed as Executive Director of Brotherhood of St. Laurence

21 February 2022
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Media release No “snap back” for lowest income earners between lockdowns

28 October 2021
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Media release Most vulnerable excluded from Disability Support Pension

14 September 2021
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Media release Accessing super and increased debt during COVID will have lifelong consequences: new BSL report

25 May 2021
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Media release Cutting JobSeeker inhumane

17 February 2021

Even with the chaos of another forced lockdown in Victoria and continuing border closures around the country, the government is still yet to announce a decision on the JobSeeker Payment, leaving over a million of Australians in limbo.
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Media release The Brotherhood of St. Laurence celebrates 90 years of working towards an Australia free of poverty

8 December 2020
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Media release The great disruptor: COVID-led recession deals another blow to youth

7 December 2020
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Media release Compassionate state budget takes bold and big steps to fix society’s inequalities

25 November 2020
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