Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 19th October 2011 -
Punishment and incentive schemes to link indigenous school attendance with welfare payments have been supported by both the Federal Government and the Opposition.
Speaking on…
Staff Reporter, Monday, 17th October 2011 -
More than one million Australians experience deep social exclusion, according to a new report by social welfare organisation Anglicare.
Anglicare Australia's 11th state…
Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 12th October 2011 - In this article from The Punch, Jessica Brown, Research Fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies calls for a crackdown on the Disability Support Pension to move more people from…
Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 23rd August 2011 -
The Cape York Welfare Reform trial – which includes controversial measures such as welfare quarantining – has been extended until the end of 2012 by the Federal and Queensland…
Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 11th May 2011 -
The 2011 Federal Budget has a strong focus on moving people off welfare and into the workforce, through measures such as providing wage subsidies for the long-term unemployed and…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 28th April 2011 -
Leading community service and consumer groups – including Australia's major charities, disability organisations, representatives of single parents, and people…
Staff Reporter, Monday, 18th April 2011 -
Australian welfare agencies have called on the Government to provide greater support for long-term unemployed people looking to enter the workforce, following the Prime…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th April 2011 -
The Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies (ACWA) says the “get tough on welfare recipients” mantra is well past its use-by date.
The ACWA says the latest…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 31st March 2011 -
Just one day after the ACOSS Conference, the Federal Opposition has outlined a crackdown on welfare, with Tony Abbott unveiling a raft of measures including abolishing the dole to…
Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 29th March 2011 -
The Australian Greens will move to scrap the Gillard Government's planned corporate tax cut for big businesses, arguing the money could be better spent on establishing a national…