New funding to enable Centrelink payment cancellations ignores rot at the heart of welfare compliance
More public servants will not protect welfare recipients from rampant abuse by unaccountable, outsourced welfare cops
“Vague and incoherent”: Ombudsman on the government’s plan for people affected by unlawful Centrelink payment cancellations
Today the Ombudsman released a 2nd damning report into the administration of compulsory activities showing DEWR provides misleading communication to people on Centrelink payments, plus issues with the “quality, consistency and appropriateness” of provider decisions.
Shame Labor shame: New powers to cancel Centrelink payments before conviction pass the senate
Welfare recipients have a right to be treated equally under the law, and should not be subject to punishment before having access to legal advice for any reason, ever.
Growing calls for Labor to abandon new powers to stop Centrelink payments for people accused of a serious offence
Civil society organisations representing welfare recipients, First Nations people, survivors of family violence, disabled people and legal experts are calling on the government to scrap a proposed law due to be considered in the senate today that will involve police and ministers in individual social security decisions.
Civil society groups call on government to abandon police power to stop Centrelink payments without proper judicial process
Yesterday afternoon the government shamefully snuck in an amendment granting police powers to stop Centrelink payments into a bill designed to make yet another unlawful Centrelink debt collection scandal go away.
Second damning report exposes government negligence on payment suspensions
It is clear this report is nothing more than an attempt to cover the department’s ass so it can prop up the system of punishment it outsources to unaccountable welfare cops who profit from poverty.
Damning Ombudsman report shows government must stop Centrelink payment suspensions
Welfare recipients and community sector organisations are calling for an urgent intervention by government to stop Centrelink payment suspensions, which cause severe financial hardship and turmoil in the lives of poor people.
Albanese: Put your money where your mouth is for poor people in second term
It’s time for Labor to end the shameful welfare policies that leave millions in poverty and despair
This isn’t “compassion” – Albanese embarrasses himself on JobSeeker comments
Albanese has accused a journalist of verballing him, saying he “deserves respect”, when they asked what it would take for a Labor government to increase JobSeeker and if his advice to unemployed people is to “just get a job”.
Welfare recipients reject exclusion committee report and call for Centrelink payments above the poverty line
Grassroots advocacy groups led by welfare recipients reject the key recommendations of the Economic “Inclusion” Advisory Committee report released on Friday – they do not reflect the needs of our communities or what people in poverty have asked for.