Burke must immediately pause Centrelink payment suspensions following Workforce Australia inquiry report
Government inquiry admits deeply flawed system – millions of suspension notices were issued in the year of the inquiry
Burke must protect welfare recipients affected by WA fires
70,000 people on Centrelink payments in WA are being subjected to unsafe heat and bushfire risk under threat of payment cuts
Not fit-for-purpose: Shorten must immediately suspend “debt” collection activity
More stress, more physical and psychological harm and more suicides is the inevitable result of pursuing welfare recipients for so-called debts they cannot afford
Rishworth’s economic “inclusion” committee bill insulting to people in poverty
Advice and policies that affect those on the lowest incomes must be led by us, but we are again excluded. The minister cannot expect to be taken seriously with this proposal.
SURVEY: 93% of welfare recipients say “mutual” obligations harm mental and physical health
$4 billion-a-year privatised employment services system does not find people work
Government must support lifting how much welfare recipients can earn before payment cuts
People on JobSeeker currently lose up to 79 cents in the dollar from paid work
Labor betrays welfare recipients on cashless welfare in reversal of election promise
New compulsory income control bill passes despite Linda Burney’s promise that income control would be voluntary and that compulsion is not Labor’s position
Budget shows politicians can’t be trusted with the lives of welfare recipients
The Labor Party leaves millions behind, it's time to take the power to set rates out of the hands of politicians.
684,360 left behind: shameful proposal to restrict JobSeeker increase to over 55s
Welfare recipients urge government not to introduce more age discrimination in response to reports of JobSeeker increase for over 55s
Antipoverty Centre response: Government rejects key proposal of pointless report on raising welfare payments
It’s what we all knew would happen, and it happened.