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…
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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….
Wages not rising largely because of rising casual and insecure work
Contributed by Adam Carlton Last week’s new ABS figures continue the gloomy outlook for the Australian economy, and especially for the prospects of an improvement…
Pensioner group demands a fair go
From Fair Go For Pensioners (FGFP) – Victoria Fair Go For Pensioners (FGFP) in Victoria, an independent non- profit Coalition of community organisations, retired unionists and concerned…
Government gives a little way on Robo Debt but still refuses to bring about real change
Contributed by Ben Wilson Responding to an ongoing community campaign and a landmark class action on behalf of Australians being seriously disadvantage by the Robo…
Expansion of robodebt to age pensioners has not been ruled out
Contributed by Ugly I thought the Morrison government couldn’t sink any lower. But they have, now that they are targeting aged pensioners with the Centrelink…
