Media Contact
Gerard Thomas, Media and Policy Officer, Welfare Rights Centre, Sydney,
(02) 9211 5389
gerardt@welfarerights.org.au
Media Releases
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| 23 September, 2005
New "welfare to work" measures slug savings and claw back Government benefits | 11 September, 2005
Newstart Allowance Waiting Periods Background Paper | 21 August, 2005
"Welfare to work" package still fundamentally flawed | 11 August, 2005
Parents of children with disabilities "hidden victims" of "welfare to work" plans | 28 July, 2005
Cameos demonstrating the financial impact of the abolition of PPS for parents once youngest child turns 6 | 28 July, 2005
New flaws in welfare reform plans found -families to lose up to $68 pw. | 01 July, 2005
How the Newstart Allowance waiting periods strip savings and claw back Government benefits after 1 July 2006 | 13 May, 2005
Older and younger students sidelined by "welfare to work" changes, Senate inquiry into student income support told | 13 May, 2005
Submission to Senate Select Committee on Mental Health | 11 May, 2005
Budget compliance measures have a sting in the tail for Centrelink clients | 11 May, 2005
Budget of wrong choices gives people on welfare few choices | 05 May, 2005
Flaws in the current approach to suspension of Disability Support Pension | 05 May, 2005
Experts discover major hole in Govt's disability plans | 29 April, 2005
More punishment for disadvantaged job seekers not the answerlogo | 31 March, 2005
Centrelink wrong on de-facto relationships | 07 September, 2004
ALP family package strikes at Social Security debt traps | 26 July, 2004
More than window dressing needed to address Centrelink debt traps | 14 May, 2003
Wrong priorities again - response to the Commonwealth Budget | 27 March, 2003
Social Security penalty reductions unblock welfare reform package | 24 March, 2003
New data reveals Social Security penalties cost unemployed people $1 billion | 11 November, 2002
New report reveals 1.2 million to be at risk from tough Centrelink penalties in "welfare reform" legislation | 20 October, 2002
NSW Government joins Centrelink in double punishment | 16 October, 2002
Call for urgent action to address massive youth debt | 11 March, 2002
Breaches and Penalties in the Social Security System |
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