Plot to justify cut in NDIS help exposed
Contributed by Ben Wilson Disability groups are angry about changes that threaten to make help from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) even harder to…
Contributed by Ben Wilson Disability groups are angry about changes that threaten to make help from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) even harder to…
Contributed by Joe Montero The JobSeeker payment supplement has come to an end. Longer term unemployed, those now out of a job because of Covid-19,…
Contributed by Adam Carlton The Social Services Minister has declared she wants to return to “business as usual” after ending a temporary pause on new…
It’s bloody tough. I know, because I’ve been there. Four years ago, I stood in the Senate and spoke about my experience living on welfare,…
For the hundred of thousands of unemployed people in Australia, joblessness means living in poverty. But for the people who are supposed to help us…
Contributed by Jim Hayes The proof is there. Ever since the introduction of JobKeeper last year, there had been allegations that the system was being…
Greg Jericho shows (The Guardian 11 March 2021), how the claim made by Prime Minister Scott Morrison about the unemployed refusing to take on rural…
Contributed by Joe Montero Pretending to offer a small increase in JobSeeker, the Morrison government is really handing out a massive cut on 29 March….
Contributed by Joe Montero When talking about the new cut to the JobSeeker payment, social services minister Anne Ruston said: “This is about getting the…
Contributed by Joe Montero We now know that government ministers have agreed to permanently lift the JobSeeker payment by $50 a fortnight or $25 a…