DAVID CROWE
FEBRUARY 12, 2014 12:00AM
TONY Abbott has signalled that personal benefits could be scaled back in the May budget by declaring that “everyone” had to live within their means, amid signs yesterday of tough measures to repair the nation’s finances.
As the government heralds the end of an “age of entitlement” in federal spending, the Prime Minister acknowledged that individual benefits would be under scrutiny just as much as those going to companies.
(AUU: Note, this ‘plan’ has passed both houses. See here for more details on bill. Unfortunately, the lack of reporting on this bill means this is the most up to date article on the subject. Strange.)
RENEE VIELLARIS
THE COURIER-MAIL
DECEMBER 03, 2013
READERS have reacted angrily to Abbott Government moves to claw back almost $3 billion in family and welfare payments under laws to tighten eligibility.
Pensioners, students and families have been included in the savings measures that will start from January.
The story has attracted more than 300 comments on couriermail.com.au and hundreds more on social media, many saying the moves are misdirected
14th November, 2013
The number of long-term unemployed rose to an 11-year high in October.
Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Thursday showed there were 145,400 people counted as unemployed for a year or more, more than double the low of 65,900 recorded in July 2008, just before the world’s financial system weet haywire.
The October level was the highest for this seasonally-adjusted measure since April 2002.
The Courier Mail
3 December, 2013
READERS have reacted angrily to Abbott Government moves to claw back almost $3 billion in family and welfare payments under laws to tighten eligibility.
Pensioners, students and families have been included in the savings measures that will start from January.
The story has attracted more than 300 comments on couriermail.com.au and hundreds more on social media, many saying the moves are misdirected.
ABC NEWS
29 Oct 2013
For tens of thousands of older Australians who are stuck in limbo on Newstart, the age pension will seem like a windfall.
There are 140,000 unemployed Australians aged between 50 and 64 receiving the Newstart allowance from Centrelink.
Many have been out of the workforce for years and face daunting odds of ever finding a full-time job again.
Wayne Dunoon, 55, never dreamed he would struggle to find work after he was stood down at Ford eight years ago.
But he has had little work in Geelong since.