Prepared by Don Sutherland Introduction Coming up, September 20, age pensioners will receive an increase in their AP equal to the CPI, that is 6.1%. About 2.6 million people receive the AP, 62% of 65’s […]
Contributed A few days into the election campaign and two big issues are already being ignored, the falling share of wages and the even worse opposition faced by those trying to live on social security […]
By Joe Montero We’re coming out of the Christmas period, and it won’t be long before the denigration of people on social security payments gets into full swing again. A budget and election coming up. […]
By Ben Wilson The Morrison government’s decision to start withdrawing emergency support is a kick in the teeth for those who find themselves out of work because of Covid. Contrast this with the generous loan […]
By Joe Montero An Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) survey has shown that 96 percent of those on Centrelink payments say they are struggling harder under the lockdowns. Most have had no government assistance […]
By Ben Wilson The contrast between Centrelink’s move to ordering some of those out of work to pay back $32 million in JobKeeper payments and an Anglicare poll that found 77 percent of Australians, perfectly […]
The LIFE campaign held its first online tutorial on 6 June. It concerned the Cashless Welfare Card, what it’s doing to people put on it and the plan to roll it out to all pensioners, […]
The government is fighting hard to prevent the disclosure of documents that stand to expose the political nature of the Robo Debt program. Allegations that the creation of debt was deliberately engineered to discourage applying […]
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