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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
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
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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