Amount of time people spend on Newstart has leapt
Contributed by Adam Carlton The report in The Guardian (Luke Henriques-Gomes 21 October 2019), which reveals more people are unemployed for a long period of…
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Anti-Poverty Week comes as poverty rises in Australia
Contributed by Ugly and Joe Montero According to the annual Foodbank Report for the last year, one in five Australians went without food at some…
Frydenberg announces review into retirement income and we should be worried
Contributed by Ben Wilson Australia’s Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced a sweeping review of the nation’s retirement income system. In the first such review in…
Video: Morrison government intends to force cashless debit card on more people
A brief outline of some of the new government bill’s changes, showing the intention is to spread it from First Nations people to all Australians…
The truth about unemployment in Australia must be told
Contributed by Joe Montero Just about everyone is talking about the dark economic clouds on the horizon. The numbers and politics don’t look good. The…
Cashless Welfare cad expansion intention draws fire
Contributed by Ben Wilson The move to extend the cashless welfare card by stealth is being condemned from many quarters. Welfare organisations, indigenous groups, Labor…
Time for Centrelink to be scrapped and replaced
Contributed by Joe Montero The personal stories of mistreatment by Centrelink just keep on coming out, as the current system continues along in just the…
Video: Families demand answers about debts Centrelink says are owed by disability pensioners
Centrelink’s robo debt stem is continuing to hurt Australians. Here are some examples that show the situation is getting worse, even though there is widepread…
How the Centrelink system works up false debts and does so deliberately
Contributed by Ben Wilson Here are the significant parts of a letter from someone working in the Centrelink system. It provides an insider view of…
Legal Aid Victoria takes on robo-debt in the Federal Court
Contributed by Ben Wilson A test case against Centrelink’s robo-debt recovery system is being pursued by Legal aid Victoria. The stepped up action in the…
