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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Contributed by Ben Wilson I came across this terrible article, blaming the crisis of housing affordability and homelessness experienced by older women on the younger…