Social services department warned Tanya Plibersek she faces uphill battle amid ‘political polarisation’

15/07/2025 15:00 The Guardian

Brief obtained under freedom of information laws shows new minister told of ‘increased risk of entrenched disadvantage’ in AustraliaTanya Plibersek has an uphill battle to justify and prioritise Australia’s multibillion-dollar social services system, her department has warned, against a backdrop of “rising geopolitical tensions and political polarisation”.The Department of Social Services, which is responsible for a quarter of federal government spending, delivered the warning to the new social services minister about the flow-on effects of global uncertainty in a brief dated 13 May and obtained by Guardian Australia under freedom of information laws. Continue reading...

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