Ruthless budget “repair”: Unsustainable austerity will cost poor people their lives
The government knows people on Centrelink payments die by suicide at extraordinary rates yet they are pushing us to bear the cost of budget repair
Welfare recipients deliver messages to Amanda Rishworth protesting government refusal to raise Centrelink payments
People on low incomes gathered to share their stories at a protest in Adelaide before delivering messages to…
Unemployed advocates welcome new poverty inquiry, but Centrelink payment increase cannot wait
Welfare recipients cannot pay the price of further delaying action – low payment levels are harming and killing people
Indexation is no increase: Albanese government spin hides entrenched poverty crisis
Welfare recipients will be no better off despite claims that indexation is an “increase” to Centrelink payments. Government boasts of “increase” to Centrelink payments harms welfare recipients and perpetuates the same myths as Morrison.
MEDIA ALERT: Unemployed workers to hold “mini employment summit” on parliament lawns today
Event organised by unemployed advocates will go ahead despite being denied approval
Welfare recipients respond to Jobs and Skills summit
Unemployed, disabled and low income people are the real experts in what we need
Unemployed advocates hold “mini jobs summit” at Parliament House
Event organised by unemployed advocates will go ahead despite being denied approval
Robodebt royal commission rings hollow as Labor creates another debt collection “human tragedy”
Robodebt royal commission is a distraction from the government ramping up "debt" collection against welfare recipients in July. They must immediately cease raising and pursuing Centrelink debts.
Rishworth, don’t repeat past mistakes in disability employment with “reforms” that pander to providers
Hallmarks of past failures evident in Disability Employment Services Consultation Report. What disabled people need is less rhetoric and more control, not another disaster like the Workforce Australia rollout.
Unemployed workers call for Workforce Australia penalty suspension as rollout shambles see fears realised
Employment minister Tony Burke has refused unemployed people's calls for a full suspension of penalties while we adjust to the new system