The slow dismantling of Australia’s COVID-19 security net
Amid the confusion, and sometimes misinformation, over the future of JobKeeper and JobSeeker, Lauren Kelly (Jacobin) provides some much needed clarity. Both were introduced as…
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The government’s new generosity toward those out of work is a hoax
Contributed by Joe Montero Praise over the Morrison government’s generosity with JobSeeker and JobKeeker is misplaced and premature. Enough has been said to reveal the…
Thousands on JobSeeker contact their MPs in National Day of Action to Raise the Rate for Good
Contributed by Raise The Rate For Good Across the country, people on JobSeeker and Youth Allowance are contacting their local members of Parliament to tell…
Morrison government refuses to promise not to keep on pressuring robodebt victims and stop chasing those targeted
Contributed by Ugly Scott Morrison’s government can no longer hide behind the Robodebt system. It blew up in its face. Now there is no choice…
We need to consign the term ‘dole’ and its nasty derivatives to pre-Covid history
Cassandra Goldie, the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) wrote the following opinion piece (The Guardian 2 July 2020), about…
Government promotes the bullying of people on JobSeeker payments
Contributed by Ugly The private operators in the Job Network program and nowadays called Jobactive providers, have been showing just what a caring lot they…
Newly unemployed Australians ‘harassed and threatened’ by job agencies
Cait Kelly and Christiane Barro write (The New Daily 5 May 2020), about harassment being faced by those who have lost their job because of…
Virus unemployment higher than expected and many are missing out on help
Contributed by Ben Wilson The number of unemployed in Australia have spiked during the coronavirus lockdown. This is no surprise. Treasury had estimated that unemployment…
Centrelink is not designed to help and may ignite anger into something more potent
Contributed from Victoria A visit to the local Centrelink office turned out to be an ordeal. Not that I am any different from anyone else…
The present crisis is pushing Australia to make a choice about which road we take from here
Contributed by Joe Montero It hasn’t sunk in yet how serious the social and economic impact from the Covbid-19 outbreak will be. But it will….
