Welfare
Jumps racing faces more calls for bans
Animal welfare groups in Victoria are renewing their calls for a ban on jumps racing after a horse died at......
Opposition support may guarantee roll out of income management
Opposition leader Tony Abbott has backflipped on another social policy, but this time he’s unlikely to get a high five......
Proposed suspension of welfare payments
The Federal Government is set to suspend welfare payments to parents of truants in an unprecedented attempt to increase school......
Labour proposes extending welfare quarantining to non-indigenous peoples
Welfare quarantining may be rolled out across Australia under new proposals. The policy, introduced as part of the Northern Territory......
Unemployed losing out to pensioners
The government has increased the pension by $33 a week starting from today, but critically those on Newstart are struggling......
RSPCA slam jockeys over whipping law
Jockeys have been taking industrial action across Victoria as the Australian Racing Board refused to back down over new rules......
Seaside Cove the Centre of Conflict
The West Australian town of Broome has been making news this week with the premier of a documentary called The......
Race to the death for jumps horses
Over twenty race horses have died in the last two years in Victoria and South Australia, in jumps racing, a......
Welfare groups campaign against Victorian ‘slumlords’
The conditions in Victoria’s private rooming houses are apparently so bad; many of the people who live in them would......
4 deaths in 4 days- should jumps racing be banned for good?
Jumps racing involves a horse galloping and jumping over hurdles at high speeds. Only Victoria and South Australia continue to......