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Video: Homeless in the streets of Los Angeles
These are not scenes from a poor country in Africa, Latin America or Asia, but the reality of life for many in the United states of America. These scenes were witnessed in Los Angeles.
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Unemployed Workers Union Melbourne public welfare Forum for 2 March
From the Unemployed Workers Union (Melbourne) On Friday the 2nd of March, the Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union will be hosting its Public Action Forum Against the Welfare Crackdown at Victorian Trades Hall (Cnr Lygon and Victoria Street) […]
Centrelink
New Disability Support Pension recipients down by almost 60,000
From Jane Norman (ABC News) Around 60 per cent of people who apply for the Disability Support Pension (DSP) are getting rejected, because of a crackdown that started under the Gillard government.
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UN officials warn Australia against imposing “extreme penalties” for Journalists
Paul Farrell Senior Reporter at Buzzfeed Australia (19 February 2018) reports that United Nations rapporteurs are seriously concerned about the impact of the Turnbull government’s new security law, and its effect on freedom of the press.
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Rhianna who has cystic fibrosis and needs a lung transplant denied support by Centrelink
From Queensland Rhianna Johnson lives in Bundaberg in Queensland and she is one in the long list of sick people denied a disability pension by Centrelink. They say she is not sick enough.
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More public housing not less
As a group of community organisations we say NO to the sell-offs and NO to a program that will see public tenants forced to move from their homes and unlikely to return. Please support us […]
Corruption
Joyce affair reveals Australia’s corrupt and crony political culture
By Joe Montero In many ways, the controversy over Barnaby Joyce’s affair is a distraction. The focus on the personal affair with a former journalist, who became a staffer in the media has the flavour […]
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Prisoners with disabilities are neglected and abused in Australia
By Human Rights Watch (7 February 2018) People with disabilities in prisons across Australia are at serious risk of sexual and physical violence, and are disproportionately held in solitary confinement for 22 hours a day, Human Rights Watch said in a […]
