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We Must Crack Down on the Disability Support Pension: Opinion

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 12th October 2011 - In this article from The Punch, Jessica Brown, Research Fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies calls for a crackdown on the Disability Support Pension to move more people from…

Cape York Welfare Reform Trial Extended

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 23rd August 2011 - The Cape York Welfare Reform trial – which includes controversial measures such as welfare quarantining – has been extended until the end of 2012 by the Federal and Queensland…

Failing Welfare System Highlights Need for Reform: Greens

Staff Reporter, Monday, 15th August 2011 - Green Senator Rachel Siewert.
Photo: Ryan Witcombe A sharp increase in the number of people being turned away from community support services highlights the need for…

One in Twenty Australians Seeking Help Turned Away

Staff Reporter, Monday, 15th August 2011 - Flickr image Some rights reserved by garryknight Australian community and social service organisations are unable to meet the demand for their services…

Welfare Reform in a Tight Budget

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 11th May 2011 - The 2011 Federal Budget has a strong focus on moving people off welfare and into the workforce, through measures such as providing wage subsidies for the long-term unemployed and…

Sector Crisis Meeting On Budget

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 28th April 2011 - Leading community service and consumer groups – including Australia's major charities, disability organisations, representatives of single parents, and people…

Government, Business Support Critical to Breaking Welfare Dependency

Staff Reporter, Monday, 18th April 2011 - Australian welfare agencies have called on the Government to provide greater support for long-term unemployed people looking to enter the workforce, following the Prime…

Welfare Dependency Debate – Past its Use-by Date

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th April 2011 - The Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies (ACWA) says the “get tough on welfare recipients” mantra is well past its use-by date. The ACWA says the latest…

Welfare Sector Fights ‘Crackdown’

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 31st March 2011 - Just one day after the ACOSS Conference, the Federal Opposition has outlined a crackdown on welfare, with Tony Abbott unveiling a raft of measures including abolishing the dole to…

Scrap Corporate Tax Cut, Fund Welfare Programs : Greens

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 29th March 2011 - The Australian Greens will move to scrap the Gillard Government's planned corporate tax cut for big businesses, arguing the money could be better spent on establishing a national…

Housing Affordability Should be Centre of Election Agenda

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 4th August 2010 - Peak welfare council, ACOSS is calling for political leaders to commit to measures to improve the critical shortage of affordable housing in Australia and to alleviate acute financial…

Parties Wrong on Welfare Quarantining – Welfare Rights Centre

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 28th July 2010 - The ALP and the Coalition need to re-think their support for income management and develop workable policies to lift Australians out of welfare and into employment, according to…

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