Centrelink debt waivers welcome but insufficient
Today the government announced significant changes to Centrelink debt policies.
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.
Latest electricity price update shows everyone pays more when poor people struggle
Energy Minister Chris Bowen must act on energy debt waivers to lower energy prices for all
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”.
Labor’s mental health plan adds insult to injury for people in poverty
Labor’s mental health funding announcement today ignores the expertise of people in poverty who been telling governments and self-interested charities for years what we desperately need to improve our mental ill health and reduce suicidality: Enough money to live.
Irresponsible budget offers no relief to millions of people in poverty
Albanese government fails its own test to "leave no one behind" in fourth budget
TONIGHT: COVID supplement 5 year anniversary event (online)
Join welfare recipients as we reflect on what the COVID supplement meant for welfare recipients, and why the Coalition government temporarily increased Centrelink payments
Employment secretary admits to questionable legality of Centrelink payment penalties, refuses to pause suspensions
Today the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations secretary Natalie James has revealed there are legal questions over tens of thousands of decisions – decisions that reduced or cancelled people’s Centrelink payments – made under the Targeted Compliance Framework.