Video: It’s not a choice for most people to be on welfare
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,…
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Video: How people are getting rich from your unemployment
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…
Big business rorted JobKeeper and others are expected to go without enough to live on
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…
Forcing job seekers to move is just bad policy
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…
Campaign to reverse JobSeeker cut to be launched
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….
Class prejudice and greed fuels attack on the poor, unemployed and wage earners
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…
Miserable $25 a week JobSeeker rise is really a cut
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…
Older people and disabled have a right to be treated properly
Contributed from Victoria The Covid-19 pandemic has showed that much more must be done for those in aged care and with disability needs. They have…
Expansion of cashless debit card another move to punish the vulnerable
Contributed from Victoria A move to extend the cashless debit card is before the Australian parliament right now. If it gets through, Many more marginalised…
Top ranking economists call for big increase to JobSeeker
Contributed from Victoria Unemployment benefits in Australia, under whatever name, have fallen over several decades, to well below poverty level. In its present incarnation as…
