AUWU Policy Blog: Fighting back with a seat at the table

My daughter this week received an automatically generated notice from Centerlink saying that she owes a debt of $9k, because her tax records don’t match centerlink declared income in 2010 to 2012. During this time she was a student, at times working weekends and holidays  and she also did some full time work when she received no benefits,  An automatically generated debts merely with tax records could not possibly take into account all of her

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One of the first legislative acts of the Whitlam government in 1973 was to increase social security benefits. On February 28, 1973, the Minister for Social Security, Bill Hayden, introduced the Social Services Bill 1973 into the House of Representatives. The bill sought to increase all pensions and unemployment and sickness benefits by amounts ranging from $1.50 to $14.00 a week. Hayden said the cost of the measures would be $126 million in a full

Unemployed Workers Rights Booklet November Edition Fully updated and now including a new section on unemployed workers rights at Disability Employment Services. To download and view the guide, please click here. Please send any questions, comments and suggestions to advocacy@unemployedworkersunion.com National Advocacy Hotline If the unemployed workers guide does not address your question or concerns, please call us on (03) 8394 5266 Hours of operation: 10am-2pm, Monday-Friday. Answering machine messages will be responded to within 10 business

Hi, I am waiting to hear back about my request to transfer away from my current Disability Employment Services Providers. I submitted three different transfer requests to various agencies via the mutual consent forms filled out by myself and my current provider at an appointment roughly 2-3 weeks ago. I have tried calling 1800 805 260 but it seems the line is closed after 3pm, and not open before 9am, or the call is simply