Yes, these may be ‘once-in-a-generation’ reforms. But for those ‘languishing’ in the system without the help they need, there’s much more still to be done.
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The ruling has allowed the Department of Social Services to resume pursuing historical welfare debts, which the Ombudsman has previously found to be unlawful.
Research shows a possible return to society of $1.24 for every dollar invested in increasing the JobSeeker rate.
Trade unions want the Commonwealth Employment Service brought back, in part because the government manages contracts with private providers poorly. But it might also manage the service poorly.
The JobSeeker payment is set to increase by an extra $40 a fortnight from September, but only if the budget measure gets through parliament.
Behavioural economics is a discipline that seems blind to empathy. Robodebt showed what it could do.
Welfare advocates in this country can now forcefully critique any government program that trades on stigma or vulnerability and ignores real-life suffering.
Robodebt affected hundreds of thousands of people and undercut trust in our political and social welfare systems. Unless we act on today’s royal commission report, something like it will happen again.
Beware those who offer ‘cultural’ fixes and non-binding reassurances. The government shouldn’t fall back on the very institutions that never fully acted until a royal commission.
My new report for the royal commission examines why the practice of income averaging is so problematic.
Robodebt should never again be framed as a technological glitch or a legal oversight. It was the active and direct exploitation of people’s vulnerability.
ParentsNext requires the parents of very young children to perform monitored activities in return for Centrelink payments. Eve Vincent talks to single mothers about ‘the indignity of investigation’.
As a woman living on the disability support pension put it: ‘You don’t have the flexibility that a rich person has to respond to crisis, so you have to beg for help. And you know you’ll be judged’.
Robodebt sent a clear message to Australians that their government did not trust them.
Instead of applying for 20 jobs a month, from Monday July 4 Australians on JobSeeker payments will have to earn 100 points a month. So what will you actually need to do?
You might be surprised to know that many unemployed Australians are not on unemployment benefits. And then came COVID – which saw a big shift in how many people were able and willing to claim.
With the end of JobKeeper come changes that will force more people to search for work.
Two-thirds of those surveyed want it linked to wages.
The combination of community activism, journalistic investigation, political scrutiny and the legal aid system has ultimately provided a remedy to the victims.
ParentsNext compels mothers into makework rather than work and devalues the work they do.
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