Let JobSeeker recipients work more without penalty,economists say

Let JobSeeker recipients work more without penalty,economists say

The major political parties revealed different plans to help job seekers this week. Economists say reducing disincentives to work should be key.

  • byRachel Clun

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Welfare isn’t a dirty word,says new Aston MP amid JobSeeker debate

Welfare isn’t a dirty word,says new Aston MP amid JobSeeker debate

Labor’s full caucus took time out of a busy parliamentary session to watch Mary Doyle explain how her pathway to the nation’s capital had been “riddled with challenges”.

  • byPaul Sakkal
‘Life goes on’:Meet the Ukrainians who stayed to help the most vulnerable

‘Life goes on’:Meet the Ukrainians who stayed to help the most vulnerable

The ravages of war means violence has increased in everyday society in Ukraine and people need social support more than ever before.

  • byAisha Dow
Perth woman owed $200,000 in child support,with nothing anyone can do

Perth woman owed $200,000 in child support,with nothing anyone can do

Trish Price and her children are living in poverty while being owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in child support.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
From the Archives,1973:Australia to lower the voting age to 18

From the Archives,1973:Australia to lower the voting age to 18

On February 28,1973,the newly installed Labor government introduced its first piece of legislation to parliament,a bill to allow 18-year-olds to vote in Federal parliament. It was described by one government minister as “an historic occasion – an occasion too long delayed.”

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Our middle-class bubble made robo-debt disgrace possible
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Our middle-class bubble made robo-debt disgrace possible

The Canberra bubble conceived an unthinkable attack on vulnerable Australians and left the dirty work to robots,then too many of us missed the human element.

  • byMalcolm Knox
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Albanese announces $1.5b in bill relief from April as states agree to cap coal price

Albanese announces $1.5b in bill relief from April as states agree to cap coal price

The financial assistance will flow through the states to help Australians on income support and other federal social services programs.

  • byDavid Crowe
Lift RBA inflation target or Australians will lose jobs:ACOSS

Lift RBA inflation target or Australians will lose jobs:ACOSS

Community groups have called for the RBA’s long-standing inflation target to be increased,saying thousands will lose work in the fight to cut inflation.

  • byShane Wright
Youth Allowance,Austudy payments to get biggest lift in decades

Youth Allowance,Austudy payments to get biggest lift in decades

About a million young people will see their social welfare payments rise by the largest amount in years when they increase from January 1.

  • byRachel Clun
Labor’s plan to stop social services worker exodus

Labor’s plan to stop social services worker exodus

A NSW Labor government would extend funding arrangements for the state’s community service providers in a bid to address an exodus from the sector due to short-term and sporadic financial support.

  • byTom Rabe
High farce:Public housing residents find lighter side of life in FLATS

High farce:Public housing residents find lighter side of life in FLATS

Meet the Fitzroy social housing tenants using comedy drawn from reality to provide a glimpse of life in the towers in a new web series.

  • byJackson Graham