Advocacy organisations oppose plans to revive harmful welfare penalties
Members of a government reference group strongly oppose plans to restart some penalties – which have been unlawfully administered – for people on Centrelink payments.
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New report exposes aggressive tax minimisation tactics by employment services
A new report has exposed tax minimisation techniques used by employment services, who receive $5 billion in public money each year to enforce welfare compliance.
JobSeeker recipient comes to parliament sharing her journey to reveal abuse of welfare compliance rules
Cheyanne, a young woman from Ballarat, used FOI to access personal records to demonstrate abuse of rules by employment services
TONIGHT: Inside the welfare compliance scandal + mini documentary launch (online event)
Rick Morton joins welfare rights campaigners to discuss the moral and legal questions hanging over the regime of compulsory activities that dominate poor people's lives
100,000+ unlawful Centrelink payment cancellations, DEWR admits in estimates hearing
New information revealed yesterday by the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations in senate estimates hearings suggests upwards of 100,000 people may have had their Centrelink payment unlawfully cancelled under the Targeted Compliance Framework – roughly
Employment services overhaul set to ignore legal quagmire as Rishworth prepares for NPC address
You can’t punish people into employment in an economy designed to keep at least 4% of us unemployed and with the RBA aggressively pursuing higher unemployment.
TONIGHT: Post budget briefing – The most important broken promises (online)
Join Amy Remeikis alongside housing and welfare advocates for post budget analysis of measures affecting people in poverty.
Targeting migrants over “welfare” only exposes how cruel and unequal the rules really are
We stand in solidarity with all racialised people in the face of vicious attacks from Angus Taylor. It is convenient for people in power to use welfare recipients and migrants as scapegoats for problems they have not caused.
The poor and disabled finance Albanese's "most ambitious" budget
Behind the headlines and spin this budget shows actual broken promises – to the people who are being harmed the most
New analysis reveals more than 1.6 MILLION in energy debt as campaign calls for immediate relief
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Advocacy groups push for Chalmers to scrap $20b housing tax breaks before budget
Australia is in a housing crisis. Rents are unaffordable. Homelessness is rising. Public housing waitlists stretch decades. And every year, the federal government hands $20 billion in tax breaks to property investors.
RALLY FOR JOSH PARK-FING: 10 years since Work for the Dole site death
To mark the ten years since Josh’s death, Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union members will be gathering at Minister for Skills and training, Andrew Giles’, office in Thomastown today 17 April at 1pm
Fuel crisis means Rishworth must urgently stop penalties for welfare recipients
People in poverty cannot afford to pay even higher prices for their own punishment
Welfare recipients struggle to stomach pitiful indexation “increase” as prices soar
As the government celebrates its generosity, the cold reality is that what lands in our bank accounts is a pittance that leaves us further behind
Welfare not war: Albanese must prioritise support for people struggling with high living costs
The Antipoverty Centre is urging the Albanese government to withdraw material support and diplomatic cover for the US and Israel’s imperial wars and to instead prioritise investment in welfare, education, healthcare and other essential supports that benefit the public.
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.
Energy justice advocates call on government to wipe growing energy debt
New AER data shows hundreds of thousands are struggling with rising energy debts as Australians demand more government intervention to lower bills.
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.
Experts calling on the government to abandon Schedule 5
More than 100 academic and legal experts plus 64 civil society organisations oppose the introduction of new powers to cancel welfare payments for someone accused of a serious violent of sexual offence