{"id":5513,"date":"2020-03-18T17:32:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T17:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=5513"},"modified":"2020-03-18T17:32:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T17:32:14","slug":"greens-call-on-treasurer-to-support-the-not-for-profit-and-community-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/03\/18\/greens-call-on-treasurer-to-support-the-not-for-profit-and-community-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Greens call on Treasurer to support the not-for-profit and community sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian Greens have written to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, calling for a $2 billion investment in the not-for-profit and community sector as Australia faces the continuing health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis.<br \/>\n<strong>Senator Rachel Siewert, Greens spokesperson for Family, Ageing and Community Services said:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cIf not-for-profits and community organisations are forced to close, disabled and vulnerable people will have nowhere to turn. It is critical that they are supported.<br \/>\n\u201cThese organisations are the backbone of our community. Childcare, disability, community and aged care services are at the front-line of Australia\u2019s response to this crisis. They need funding certainty to continue to play their vital role.<br \/>\n\u201cAs Australia weathers the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, these organisations are more important than ever. The Treasurer needs to commit additional funding to keep them operating.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Adam Bandt MP, Leader of the Australian Greens said:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cIf the government wants to stimulate the economy and protect the wellbeing of some of the most vulnerable in our community, they should be investing in the not-for-profit and community sectors.<br \/>\n\u201cOver 10% of the Australian workforce is employed by the not-for-profit and community sector. The government needs to protect this sector by investing at least $2 billion now.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Treasurer has made a commitment to stimulating the economy and keeping Australians in work. If he is serious about making this a reality he needs to use the next stimulus package to support the not-for-profit and community sector.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian Greens have written to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, calling for a $2 billion investment in the not-for-profit and community sector as Australia faces the continuing health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. Senator Rachel Siewert, Greens spokesperson for Family, Ageing and Community Services said: \u201cIf not-for-profits and community organisations are forced to close, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/03\/18\/greens-call-on-treasurer-to-support-the-not-for-profit-and-community-sector\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Greens call on Treasurer to support the not-for-profit and community sector&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5513\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}