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‘Reintroducing the liquid asset test is mean spirited and unfair in the midst of a recession’

Rachel Siewert, Wednesday, 29th July 2020 - If you make people spend all of their hard-earned savings before receiving income support then they are left in a precarious position, argues Greens Senator Rachel Siewert.

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Towers response shows politicians need to be reacquainted with the humble power of soap

Kate Austin, Wednesday, 15th July 2020 - The pandemic has been a stark reminder that hygiene products are not “nice-to-haves” but “must haves” – yet soap is rarely included in government aid supplied to Australians living in crisis conditions, writes Kate Austin.

Charity sector calls for JobSeeker to be raised permanently

Luke Michael, Tuesday, 14th July 2020 - Anti-poverty advocates say that welfare payments must be raised above the poverty line, following new survey findings

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Faith without work(ers) is dead

John Falzon, Saturday, 4th July 2020 - To slash JobSeeker and kick people off JobKeeper is not an act of faith, it is an act of unmitigated viciousness, writes Dr John Falzon, who says it’s time we reaffirm the connection between people and the economy.

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Through no fault of their own

Augustine Zycher, Wednesday, 6th May 2020 - It took COVID-19 for people to recognise that without the unpaid, low paid or the lowly paid work of women, society could not function, writes Augustine Zycher, who highlights three things that need to happen in post-COVID Australia to create a faire