Welcome to the NWRN website
The National Welfare Rights Network (NWRN)
provides free and independent information, advice and representation
about Social Security law and its administration. NWRN member
organisations operate in all states and territories of Australia and
consist of specialist community legal centres and services and
individual advocates. They are independent of Centrelink and all
government departments. [Read
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News and events
New Year heralds good and bad news for
low income Australians
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December 2011
2012 heralds some welcome and some not
so welcome changes for disadvantaged and
low income households. Most beneficial
is the significant boost to Family Tax
Benefit A for older students aged 16-19.
A further, small but welcome
bonus is the 10,000 six-month wage
subsidies on offer to Australia’s
230,000 unemployed people who have been
out of work for over two years. Both of
these are really important reforms and
we congratulate the Government on these
measures.
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"rights review"
Social Security changes -what’s happening when
- Extract from
"rights review" December 2011 edition. [Read
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Domestic violence exemptions not working- Article from "rights review" page
6 - September 2011
edition
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