Income support
Many current income support payments are less than half the poverty level. One in 200 people are homeless in Australia and many more are struggling with sky-high rents. The statistics …
Increasing income support
No Australian should live in poverty Many current income support payments are less than half the poverty level. One in 200 people are homeless in Australia and many more are …
What motivated the release of refugees? The possibility of an election loss …
Democrats refugee spokesperson, Chris Simpson: Imagine being incarcerated for nine years for nothing more than seeking a better life. Imagine being locked up at 24 years of age and finally …
Disaster payments to stop regardless of lockdown
This is really mean. The Treasurer announced today that once vaccination rates reach 70 percent, disaster payments will start to be phased out. They will then be tapered off over …
JobKeeper comes to premature end
The number of workers on JobKeeper dropped by more than half from 3.6 million individuals last September to 1.54 million in December but it is clear that there are many …
Dob in a job seeker unethical
The Government’s JobSeeker hotline for employers to dob in job seekers who are ‘not genuine about their job search’ is punitive, subjective and unethical, resulting in more people being ‘breached’ …
When we give our nations highest honour to a bigot, we undermine the whole system.
As I’m sure anyone reading the news now knows, Margaret Court was awarded a Companion of the Order of Australia this year. Her award this year was virtually the same …
An unlawful act by Government costs $1.2 billion and no one gets the sack?
The Robodebt settlement yesterday allowed the Prime Minister and Government Services Minister to walk away from responsibility for this sorry case and avoid facing court. It means we, the taxpayers, …
Community, not curfew
Last week the Queensland opposition leader Deb Frecklington announced plans for a trial of curfews in Cairns and Townsville. Children under 14 would be subject to a curfew of 8pm, …
Not a good day for job-keeping
~2.2 million Australians are relying on the supplement for JobSeeker, Youth Allowance and parenting payments and this week JobSeeker payments will reduce by $300 to $1,200. Those who worked less …