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Gerard Thomas, Media and Policy Officer, Welfare Rights Centre, Sydney, (W) (02) 8217 9909

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gerardt@welfarerights.org.au

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30-Dec-11

New Year heralds good and bad news for low income Australians

21-Oct-11

Life is no picnic on just $243 a week:poll reveals poverty and despair on Newstart

21-Oct-11

New Poll shows rate of Newstart Allowance for unemployed people is too low

07-Oct-11

Tax Forum offers opportunity to restore balance and fairness to the welfare system

02-Sep-11

1 million Australians slide deeper into poverty as benefits rise 85 cents a day

11-Jul-11

Warm reception for carbon price compensation plan

11-May-11

A mixed welfare budget creates winners and losers

05-May-11

Young mums need support, not a ‘crackdown’

18-Apr-11

Centrelink penalties surge 100% and Indigenous job seekers hardest hit

14-Apr-11

Warm reception for carbon price compensation plan

14-Apr-11

Clean Energy Package should be passed with ongoing monitoring of assistance

14-Apr-11

Disability Support Pension changes untested, unfair and unacceptable

04-Apr-11

Mr Abbott's - welfare reform is deficient and divisive

16-Mar-11

Ombudsman exposes Centrelink’s broken review process

07-Feb-11

Majority of Australians want the Government to curb government payments to high income earners

07-Feb-11

Fact sheet: Sole parents and pensions

07-Feb-11

Flood levy supported, but fears for welfare and service cuts

03-Feb-11

Relocation policy for flood jobs good news but must be handled with care

05-Jan-11

New poll paints bleak picture for jobless

31-Dec-10

New Year heralds good news and bad news for Australians on social security

16-Dec-10

New poll urges action on tax loopholes for the wealthy

14-Dec-10

Government, Coalition and Greens unite to condemn unfair social security debt rules

03-Dec-10

Quality of Centrelink decisions under attack as review tribunal cuts costs

17-Aug-10

Coalition jobs policy: lack of skills the problem, not motivation

11-Aug-10

Is Labor real about modernising welfare?

10-Aug-10

Parties must address real issues with welfare, rents and unfair Centrelink rules

05-Aug-10

Coalition jobs plan for older people positive but “assets test” trap will deny assistance to many

03-Aug-10

Both major parties are wrong on welfare quarantining

02-Aug-10

$150 a fortnight boost to family payments welcome

10-May-10

No frills Budget should not leave unemployed on the shelf

21-Apr-10

Ban on income support will not solve the youth jobs crisis

01-Apr-10

Pensioners treated like April fools as bank profits hit $10.4 billion

11-Mar-10

A house of review? Welfare Rights anger at failure of the Senate

11-Mar-10

No justification for “income management” roll out, says Welfare Rights

05-Mar-10

Letter to Senator Claire Moore

25-Feb-10

Senate inquiry told income management rules “unmanageable”

23-Feb-10

Hardship provisions not so super – unfair rules cause hardship

10-Feb-10

Weekly Centrelink payments on the money

09-Feb-10

Government funding for independent information about Social Security hits the spot

09-Feb-10

Government funding for independent information

08-Feb-10

Time to end the uncertainty for students

17-Dec-09

Challenges ahead for improved Centrelink service delivery

25-Nov-09

Little to celebrate in Indigenous communities as NTER welfare quarantining wound back

22-Nov-09

Plan to control spending of poor is “draconian, disempowering and down-right dangerous”, says NWRN

09-Nov-09

Centrelink errors found in 1 in 2 cases

01-Nov-09

NT intervention shows claims for some Centrelink payments up 30%

15-Oct-09

Words not enough to createsocial inclusion in Anti-Poverty Week

14-Oct-09

Bar on access to employment assistance perverse and counterproductive, says Welfare Rights

11-Oct-09

Surveillance of welfare recipients may undermine payment reforms, says Welfare Rights

28-Sep-09

States’ grab for pension increase is heartless

20-Sep-09

Pensioner joy but welfare shock as difference between pensions and allowances tops $108 a week

12-Sep-09

New independent help when dealing with Centrelink and Social Security problems launched by Federal Minister

09-Sep-09

Doc noEight week Centrelink penalties fall by 12,000; homelessness averted for some

09-Sep-09

Eight week Centrelink penalties fall by 12,000; homelessness averted for some

14-May-09

Welfare challenge to backbenchers-live on $227 a week

13-May-09

Government delivers historic increase for pensioners but where is the “fair go” for parents and the unemployed?

11-May-09

The most vulnerable need protection in Budget of tough choices urges National Welfare Rights Network

01-May-09

Youth compact could save a generation, but handle with care

11-Apr-09

Single parents seek refuge as pension anxiety starts to bite

12-Mar-09

Single parents neglected by Pension Review

24-Feb-09

National Welfare Rights Network welcomes help for unemployed people

13-Feb-09

Government and Greens deal to help newly unemployed

21-Jan-09

Government study reveals Centrelink penalties leads to homelessness

18-Nov-08

Tough Rudd welfare changes to leave parents with children and mentally ill out in the cold

12-Sep-08

New independent help when dealing with Centrelink and Social Security problems launched by Federal Minister

23-Sep-05

New "welfare to work" measures slug savings and claw back Government benefits

11-Sep-05

Newstart Allowance Waiting Periods Background Paper

21-Aug-05

"Welfare to work" package still fundamentally flawed

11-Aug-05

Parents of children with disabilities "hidden victims" of "welfare to work" plans

28-Jul-05

Cameos demonstrating the financial impact of the abolition of PPS for parents once youngest child turns 6

28-Jul-05

New flaws in welfare reform plans found -families to lose up to $68 pw.

01-Jul-05

How the Newstart Allowance waiting periods strip savings and claw back Government benefits after 1 July 2006

13-May-05

Older and younger students sidelined by "welfare to work" changes, Senate inquiry into student income support told

13-May-05

Submission to Senate Select Committee on Mental Health

11-May-05

Budget of wrong choices gives people on welfare few choices

05-May-05

Flaws in the current approach to suspension of Disability Support Pension

05-May-05

Experts discover major hole in Govt's disability plans

29-Apr-05

More punishment for disadvantaged job seekers not the answerlogo

31-Mar-05

Centrelink wrong on de-facto relationships

07-Sep-04

ALP family package strikes at Social Security debt traps

26-Jul-04

More than window dressing needed to address Centrelink debt traps

14-May-03

Wrong priorities again - response to the Commonwealth Budget

27-Mar-03

Social Security penalty reductions unblock welfare reform package

24-Mar-03

New data reveals Social Security penalties cost unemployed people $1 billion

11-Nov-02

New report reveals 1.2 million to be at risk from tough Centrelink penalties in "welfare reform" legislation

20-Oct-02

NSW Government joins Centrelink in double punishment

16-Oct-02

Call for urgent action to address massive youth debt

11-Mar-02

Breaches and Penalties in the Social Security System

 

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