Wendy Williams, Monday, 4th December 2017 - The federal government’s move to abandon its controversial drug testing scheme will “stop unnecessary harm being inflicted on thousands of Australians” but the welfare …
Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 22nd November 2017 - Social Services Minister Christian Porter has detailed the federal government’s efforts to overhaul the welfare system during a speech in Canberra on Wednesday including what…
Luke Michael, Thursday, 12th October 2017 - The federal government’s response to the Centrelink robo-debt inquiry has come under fire, after the government rejected the recommendations and said many of the statements …
Wendy Williams, Monday, 26th June 2017 -
The social sector has called on the government to abandon its proposed welfare changes after legislation to help people “move from welfare into work” was introduced into the…
Wendy Williams, Thursday, 22nd June 2017 -
Centrelink’s controversial robo-debt program should be put on hold and drastically overhauled, according to a Senate Committee report.
The report by the Community Affairs References…
Rachel McFadden, Tuesday, 30th May 2017 - The Turnbull government’s proposed drug trials to test 5,000 new welfare recipients could be a violation of human rights, a Victorian law centre has confirmed.
The Law Institute…
Rachel McFadden, Monday, 15th May 2017 -
Australia’s peak bodies for advocating for the rights of single mums have slammed the government’s latest amendment to the single parent payment.
In the 2017 budget,…
Lina Caneva, Monday, 10th April 2017 - A report by the Commonwealth Ombudsman into the operations of the federal government’s controversial Centrelink auto-debt recovery program has found that the system had poor…
Lina Caneva, Thursday, 6th April 2017 -
More than 100 submissions have been made to a Senate inquiry into the federal government’s controversial Centrelink debt-recovery program – with less than half being available…
Wendy Williams, Wednesday, 15th February 2017 -
The social sector is calling for the government to “shut down” the Centrelink “robo-debt policy” despite the announcement that Centrelink will no longer demand immediate…
Lina Caneva, Thursday, 9th February 2017 -
The Greens and Labor have secured support for a Senate inquiry into the government’s controversial Centrelink automated debt recovery system.
“The automated debt recovery…
David Tennant, Thursday, 2nd February 2017 - Is there a simple solution to Centrelink’s debt collection problems asks not-for-profit CEO David Tennant.There has been a lot of public discussion about Centrelink’s automated…
