PM’s historic community sector pay rise leads update

Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s historic announcement on better pay for community sector workers leads our media update. Juvenile justice, a UK court ruling on church liability for abuse, and screening of carers also feature.

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Historic pay agreement for community sector 

• Gillard Government to deliver historic pay rise for social and community workers (Media release), 10 November 2011
   
• Address to social and community sector workers, Sydney, (Prime Minister’s Address), 10 November 2011
   
• Equal pay, ABC Radio National Breakfast, 11 November 2011
   
• Community sector workers to get pay rise, The Age, 11 November 2011
   
• Government backs social sector payrise, ABC News Online, 10 November 2011
   
• Federal Government pushes on equal pay, ABC Radio National PM, 10 November 2011
   
• Federal Government to spend $2b to fund pay equity case, ABC Radio National The World Today, 10 November 2011
   
• Historic pay agreement for community workers, Pro Bono News, 10 November 2011
   
• Historic moment for community sector workers, VCOSS media release, 10 November 2011
   

Juvenile justice

• Crack appears in juvenile detention plan, The Age, 10 November 2011
   
• Gross violence laws "won’t cut crime", The Age, 10 November 2011
   
• Juvenile mandatory sentencing plan deferred, ABC News Online, 10 November 2011
   

UK ruling on church abuse

• Church loses sex abuse test case, The Age, 10 November 2011
   

Need to strengthen carer screening

• Checks fail: sex offenders cleared to work with kids, Herald Sun, 8 November 2011
   
• Sex fiends beat vetting process, Herald Sun, 8 November 2011
   

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