Video: Should there be a universal basic income?
The following video published by the World Economic Forum on 12 June 2017, raises the concept of a universal basic income as a solution…
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Calls made in Tasmania for changes to Centrelink payments
Centrelink’s cruelty is being felt in Tasmania too. Lucy Stone (The Examiner 21 July 2017) writes that this has prompted Anglicare, a key welfare provider, …
Australia one of worst developed countries to be unemployed
Contributed by Adam Carlton It does not take a brains trust to work out that payments by Centrelink are poor, and Newstart, the payment for…
The proposed changes to disability support pension are dangerous and unfair
This article by Toby Hall (The guardian Australia 21 June 2017) takes issue with the federal government’s intention to disqualify people with disabilities, who also…
Centrelink’s unanswered calls blow out
Contributed by Ben Wilson No matter how much evidence piles up to show that Centrelink is mistreating those who go to is for help, change…
Federal budget outcomes for single mothers and their children
The following is from Jenny Davidson of the Council of Single Mothers and their Children Vic and it was first published in the Fair Go…
Centrelink continues its nasty tricks to deny payments
Contributed from Queensland The mistreatment of people by Centrelink is not changing, as those working the system continue to cling on to processes designed to…
Turnbull’s ‘based on love’ drug welfare testing is no joke
Contributed by Joe Montero Malcolm Turnbull’s reference to the introduction of random drug testing for welfare recipients, as “a policy based on love,” is either…
Time to end vilification of people unemployed
Contributed from New South Wales The Australian Council of Social Service has called for an end to media attacks on people who are unemployed and…
Centrelink debt collectors are being paid by commission
Contributed by a Centrelink recipient No doubt many will find that news that the Department of Human Services has farmed out its debt collecting on…
