Centrelink
How fair is welfare?
According to a joint report from the Anti-Poverty Network SA and Public Health Association of Australia, receiving welfare payments can......
Centrelink complaints skyrocket
Centrelink is now the most complained about government department in Australia. There have been more than 62,000 reported grievances in......
Big enough to fail
Frustration runs deep at Centrelink centers today with 15,000 workers holding an industrial action across the country. Led by the......
Medicare Co-Payment scrapped… or is it?
The government has decided to get rid of the $7 Medicare Co-Payment in place of a new scheme which will......
Waiting for the dole a breach of human rights
A bi-partisan parliamentary committee has found the Government’s proposal to make young people wait six months to receive unemployment benefits......
Work for the dole leads nowhere
The government’s Work for the Dole expansion is receiving community backlash. Many welfare groups are saying they are locking people......
Centrelink restrictions to fight absenteeism in APY Lands
Deductions from a families Centrelink payment is being touted as a solution to absenteeism in AHY Lands. Indigenous Affairs Minister......