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Raise the Rate Survey 2024: Australian income support payments still failing to prevent poverty

Raise the Rate Survey 2024: Australian income support payments still failing to prevent poverty

Politics & Economy The Wire

The Australian Council of Social Service recently released their 2024 Raise the Rate Survey, revealing the majority of Australians on...

New report highlights growing rental stress for low-income Australians nationwide

New report highlights growing rental stress for low-income Australians nationwide

Politics & Economy The Wire

A new report has found Australians on the lowest incomes are being priced out of rental markets across the country,...

Royal Commission into Robodebt Scheme Begins

Royal Commission into Robodebt Scheme Begins

The Wire

The Royal Commission into the Robodebt scheme has begun this morning in Brisbane. The commission will investigate a Centrelink debt...

Concerns over new mutual obligations platform: advocates

Concerns over new mutual obligations platform: advocates

The Wire

In July, the main employment service provider jobActive will be replaced by a new system called Workforce Australia. The move...

Job-dobber hotline tough on the unemployed

Job-dobber hotline tough on the unemployed

The Wire

Image:Image: shutterstock- fizkes Employment Minister Stuart Robert is taking a hard line with the tightening of the JobSeeker requirements –...