Work For The Dole Admonished As Turnbull Lobbied To Boost Newstart
A Melbourne conference has been told that fixing the payment should be a major priority…More
Tagged: welfare
Our Punitive Welfare Policies Crush The Unemployed And Keep Them Out Of Work
Low payments, waiting periods, and disempowering those without work does nothing to help them get…More
Forget ‘Dole Bludgers’, For-Profit Businesses Are Getting Rich Off Centrelink
By the time clients meet Kat Lane the decision to attain a household item has…More
The Dole Bludger’s Revenge
A new app allowing users to spam parliamentarians with job applications has been launched, so…More
The Welfare System Ain't Broke, So Why Fix It?
Nothing demonstrates the mean-spirited mentality of this government more than its obdurate desire, despite all…More
Hockey's Free Lunch, No Questions Asked
The irony is delicious. And so, hopes Joe Hockey, is the lunch. The Treasurer has…More
Get Back To Work, And Bludge No More
Recently, there’s been a lot of discussion surrounding the Coalition proposal to bring back a…More
Child Poverty Can Be Prevented
The NSW government must invest in early intervention to overcome deep and entrenched poverty, especially…More
Jamie Oliver's Budget Gourmet Delusion
Jamie Oliver would approve, I thought as my daughter and I sat down to dinner.…More
The Major Parties' War On The Undeserving Poor
Whatever happened to the idea of social security? The electoral agendas of both major parties…More