It’s potentially the biggest change to welfare since ACC and would favour those on higher pay – so why does the public know so little about it?
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With cuts to JobKeeper and JobSeeker set to bite, Social Services Minister Anne Ruston has cast doubt over the idea of a poverty line.
Pensions are indexed twice a year. But COVID-19 has put a spanner in the works of what should be a regular increase next month.
Unemployed Australians were characterised as ‘lazy’ and ‘underserving’ of government support in the 1930s. Sound familiar?
While politicians ignore calls to raise Newstart, alarming levels of financial stress among private renters, particularly in low-rent outer suburbs, show why current welfare payments are too low.
The government may be backing tech innovation, but it doesn’t mean Govcoin gets a free pass into the heart of civic life.
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Professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney