People on social security need enough to live on and the end of abuse
Contributed by Joe Montero We’re coming out of the Christmas period, and it won’t be long before the denigration of people on social security payments…
Centrelink
COVID payments to end and this will hurt Australia
Contributed by Ben Wilson The Morrison government’s decision to start withdrawing emergency support is a kick in the teeth for those who find themselves out…
Centrelink payments must rise to avoid a looming poverty crisis
Contributed by Joe Montero An Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) survey has shown that 96 percent of those on Centrelink payments say they are…
Centrelink attacks JobKeeper payments and support for a Universal Basic Income rises
Contributed by Ben Wilson The contrast between Centrelink’s move to ordering some of those out of work to pay back $32 million in JobKeeper payments…
Video: Cashless Welfare Debit Cards: Lived experience and other facts and stats
The LIFE campaign held its first online tutorial on 6 June. It concerned the Cashless Welfare Card, what it’s doing to people put on it…
Government fights to keep secret Robo Debt documents
The government is fighting hard to prevent the disclosure of documents that stand to expose the political nature of the Robo Debt program. Allegations that…
A new attack on the unemployed is on the way and there is good reason to oppose it
Contributed by Adam Carlton The federal government is trying to rush a bill though parliament, imposing measures to make it even harder to get unemployment…
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…
JobSeeker and JobKeeper end today to open the door to neoliberalism on a new level
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,…
More Australians to be forced onto the Cashless Debit Card
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…
