Campaign to reverse JobSeeker cut to be launched
By Joe Montero Pretending to offer a small increase in JobSeeker, the Morrison government is really handing out a massive cut on 29 March. During […]
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Miserable $25 a week JobSeeker rise is really a cut
By Joe Montero We now know that government ministers have agreed to permanently lift the JobSeeker payment by $50 a fortnight or $25 a week. […]
Older people and disabled have a right to be treated properly
Contributed The Covid-19 pandemic has showed that much more must be done for those in aged care and with disability needs. They have experienced more […]
JobActive agencies are abusing unemployed people and must be stopped
Contributed Something’s got to be done about the jobActive agencies and their exploitation of the unemployed. An article in The Saturday Paper revealed that $500 […]
Scott Morison announces JobSeeker payments are to be slashed
By Joe Montero It was officially announced yesterday by Scott Morrison. Unemployed Australians will have $100 per fortnight taken form their JobSeeker supplement by December.
The government’s new generosity toward those out of work is a hoax
By Joe Montero Praise over the Morrison government’s generosity with JobSeeker and JobKeeker is misplaced and premature.
Morrison government refuses to promise not to keep on pressuring robodebt victims and stop chasing those targeted
By Ugly Scott Morrison’s government can no longer hide behind the Robodebt system. It blew up in its face. Now there is no choice but […]
Big movement for economic and social justice is taking off
By Joe Montero The new fast-growing national movement to hit Australia, Living Incomes For Everyone, was launched on Tuesday 21 July.Thousands watch online during the […]
We need to consign the term ‘dole’ and its nasty derivatives to pre-Covid history
Cassandra Goldie, the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) wrote the following opinion piece (The Guardian 2 July 2020), about […]
Government promotes the bullying of people on JobSeeker payments
By Ugly The private operators in the Job Network program and nowadays called Jobactive providers, have been showing just what a caring lot they are, […]