Newstart no start when diet, friends and health go begging
Category: NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, The Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald “Instead of spending their energy looking for a job these people are worried all the time by the very basics of survival.” Photo: Kate Geraghty One in four people on the dole for more than a year in inner Sydney have been forced to beg on the streets, and six in 10 have approached a charity for help, says a grim new academic study into life on unemployment benefits. The scale of deprivation
Welfare trap gets harder to break the longer jobseekers collect dole payments
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THE COURIER MAIL MAY 22 2o14 ONE in two unemployed young people stay on the dole for more than six months and one in four for a year, new data reveals. And in signs of a growing welfare trap, the number of young people stuck on the dole has increased in the past year. As the Government prepares to roll out tough new “learn or earn” rules on under-30s, the figures show a growing number of people who
RED FLAG, 15 MAy 2014 If you think you can beat the carnival of misery that is the Centrelink queue by rocking up at 8am, think again. By this time in the morning, the busier offices already have a pre-queue queue outside the locked glass entrance. If you’re lucky, it might take only an hour and a half for an overworked staff member to flick through your job seeker diary; usually it takes much longer.
Abbott to crack down on dole but will avoid harshest recommendation
Category: NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, The Sydney Morning Herald
The Abbott government is set to make young people wait until they are 25. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen The Abbott government is set to make young people wait until they are 25 to receive the dole but will avoid the Commission of Audit’s most draconian recommendation to force unemployed people off benefits. Young Australians are currently allowed to receive the Newstart unemployment allowance when they turn 22 but they are expected to be forced to wait until
Job snobs who refuse work because it’s too far to travel are in the sights of the Federal Government as they look to overhaul system
Category: NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, The Sydney Morning Herald
OB snobs who refuse work because it’s too far to travel are in the federal government’s sights under reforms that would also collapse the disability support pension and unemployment benefits into a single universal welfare payment. Determined to remove the “perverse incentive’’ to claim the disability pension because it is worth an extra $250 a fortnight compared to Newstart, Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews says the growing gap must be addressed. But any changes would