Tag: Newstart
Who’s really behaving badly? Confronting Australia’s cashless welfare card
Picture: Mick Tsikas/AAP
The government’s Cashless Debit Card almost fell apart on Wednesday night.
Senator Rex Patrick’s refusal to support the government’s plans to make...
Unemployment support will be slashed by $300 this week. This won’t help people find work
Picture: Stefan Postles/AAP
This week, support to unemployed Australians will be dramatically reduced.
In April, the new Coronavirus Supplement roughly doubled the level of benefits for...
Forget JobSeeker. In our post-COVID economy, Australia needs a ‘liveable income guarantee’ instead
Picture: Kelly Barnes/ AAP
There are now less than three months to go before the expanded JobSeeker payment is due to end.
As a result,...
There’s mounting evidence against cashless debit cards, but the government is ploughing on regardless
Coming to a community near you. Sabrina Roy with her baby Xena
at the Milingimbi general store in the Northern Territory in 2015. Dean...
5 charts on what a Newstart recipient really looks like
Unless we know who who Newstart recipients are, we are likely
to make wrong decisions about how much to pay them and whether...
Are most people on the Newstart unemployment benefit for a short or long time
Most of those receiving the $40 per day have been doing
it for a long time. Shutterstock
Since parliament has resumed three Liberal members...