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Penalty rate cut will depress Australia and help to destroy the Turnbull government
Contributed by Joe Montero It is obvious that the move by the Turnbull government to cut penalty rates for many Australians is producing a backlash.
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OECD says one third of Australian age pensioners live in poverty
By Ugly There is something terribly wrong, when older Australians living on the Age Pension are forced to live in poverty. According to a recently released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), […]
Welfare Report
Government hitting the poor again
By Lew Wheeler As part of the latest round of cruel attacks, the Turnbull government continues to characterise welfare recipients as the undeserving poor and to add to their punishment and humiliation now wants to: […]
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Federal budget outcomes for single mothers and their children
From Jenny Davidson: Council of Single Mothers and their Children Vic The 2017 Federal budget includes a requirement for new and existing single parents who receive government benefits to prove they are not in a relationship […]
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Uluru Indigenous Convention goes for a treaty
Contributed by Jim Hayes The Uluru Convention of 250 leaders of Australia’s First Nations has ended up rejecting the focus on constitutional recognition, in favour of working to secure a sovereign treaty. A second proposal […]
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We are not being told the true story of unemployment
By Joe Montero The claim that Australia’s unemployment rate went down from 5.9 in March to 5.7 in April is not true. My short response is based on the latest jobs figures from the Australian […]
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Successful rally protests government let down of pensioners
By Ugly The Fair Go For Pensioners 24 May rally at the front the State Library in Melbourne’s Swanston Street went very well and attracted a decent crowd of participants. The rally had been organised in […]
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Turnbull’s ‘based on love’ drug welfare testing is no joke
By Joe Montero Malcolm Turnbull’s reference to the introduction of random drug testing for welfare recipients, as “a policy based on love,” is either the revelation of a cruel mind, or display of incredible ignorance. […]
