The Australia We Want - Launch at the National Press Club, 27 Oct 2016

Launched at the National Press Club on 27 October 2016, The Australia We Want, First Report triggered high interest and discussion around Australia. 

Rev Tim Costello spoke to 'Achieving the Australia We Want' in the Press Club address, and the Report’s release and findings was covered by TV, major news, national and regional radio and online, including:

Guardian: Australia is no longer the home of the ‘fair go’ says report

Canberra Times: ACT ranked first in the Australia We Want report

News Limited:  Shocking statistics which reveal the truth about Australian life

Adelaide Advertiser: ‘We have to think about how we talk’

Pro Bono Australia: The Australia We Want is Going Backwards

Daily Telegraph: Where has all our kindness gone?

The Advertiser:  Where has all our kindness gone?

Sydney Morning Herald: Half of Australian women feel unsafe walking alone at night, report says

The Age: Half of Australian women feel unsafe walking alone at night, report says

The Australian: Welfare report card ‘wake up call for nation’

West Australian: Statistics paint a grim picture of WA life

The Saturday Paper: Fate of the nation

ABC News online: Australia falling behind in gender pay gap, women’s safety and incarceration rates, new report shows

SBS online: Tasmania, ACT best societies in Australia, report says

AMPAG News: Is this the Australia We Want?

ABC Radio National: Charity leaders describe ‘the Australia we want

Fran Kelly interviews Tim Costello

The Wire: A snapshot of the Australia we want

3AW: New report says Australians have become less generous when it comes to charity

6PR: We’re stingy and miserable?

 

'Achieving the Australia We Want', Rev Tim Costello addresses the National Press Club:

Twitter reaction on the day:

Just, fair, inclusive, safe, generous? The Australia We Want is slipping away - important new @ComCouncil report: https://t.co/Zxo4Kbk8u3

— Hugh de Kretser (@HughdeKretser) October 27, 2016

'Inequality causes popularism which summons' the gods of blood and soil' - @TimCostello #Auswewant @ComCouncil #auspol pic.twitter.com/iJuyLKrxyC

— Jed Goodfellow (@JedGoodfellow) October 27, 2016

'Growth without proper safety nets, allows populists to say those people are to blame': @TimCostello #Auswewant @ComCouncil @DavidCrosbie2 pic.twitter.com/HrlhV7g7ll

— David LockeACNC (@DavidLockeACNC) October 27, 2016

We are judged as society about how we treat vulnerable people. #Auswewant report judges us harshly on incarceration rates @TimCostello

— Not-for-profit Law (@nfp_law) October 27, 2016

Why when we are so affluent are we not flourishing? Asks @TimCostello launching CCA #auswewant report

— Com Council for Aus (@ComCouncil) October 27, 2016

Powerful words from @TimCostello about the importance of community wellbeing @ComCouncil https://t.co/WrTVmKofs4

— MHCC ACT (@MHCCACT) October 27, 2016

Austs income distribution has become less equal says @TimCostello at #auswewant launch

— Com Council for Aus (@ComCouncil) October 27, 2016

Excellent report: ..'the start of a journey to a better Australia'. Congrats @DavidCrosbie2 @TimCostello @ComCouncil https://t.co/DUxYM20ouc

— Dr Anne Sorensen (@marketingisus) October 27, 2016

Philanthropy has compassion fatigue - the NFP sector needs to work together to achieve coherence @TimCostello @ComCouncil #AusWeWant

— Volunteering Aus (@VolunteeringAus) October 27, 2016

Giving is an attutude says @TimCostello launching #Auswewant @ComCouncil report in Canberra today @PressClubAust pic.twitter.com/hRAF9HOYZW

— Equity Trustees (@Equity_Trustees) October 27, 2016

WHY aren't more Australians #volunteering when they have the time? Volunteering is an expression of community #AusWeWant @ComCouncil

— Volunteering Aus (@VolunteeringAus) October 27, 2016

.@TimCostello 'We are slipping down the global index of Govt transparency' #Auswewant @ComCouncil

— For Purpose (@purposeaus) October 27, 2016

.@TimCostello 'The full time gender pay gap still stands at 17.3% nationally' #Auswewant @YWCACanberra @ComCouncil

— For Purpose (@purposeaus) October 27, 2016

Values we need inc hope that things can be improved says @TimCostello pic.twitter.com/xwUQtJb17x

— Com Council for Aus (@ComCouncil) October 27, 2016

Incarceration up 6% per year, 1in2 women feel unsafe walking at night, we're less generous than ever, and 8 people commit suicide every day. https://t.co/7XjQvkKHCk

— Omar Sakr (@OmarjSakr) October 27, 2016

Check out the #Auswewant National Dashboard. Much work to be done by all!! @ComCouncil pic.twitter.com/ZX7kySbpEu

— For Purpose (@purposeaus) October 27, 2016