The sad and punitive history of Newstart
Pro Bono Australia ...
No questions about LGTBQ rights at the Democratic debates
No questions about LGTBQ rights at the Democratic debates
A candidate at the podium for every fuck given about queer rights We're erased from the Census and...
One in three Australians don't view child abuse as a big deal
One in three Australians don't view child abuse as a big deal
Child abuse in Australia is at crisis levels, with the effects on the children and the adults they'll...
Childbirth practices must protect mothers as well as babies
Childbirth practices must protect mothers as well as babies
Too often, maternity care in Australia seems to reflect a desire for a healthy baby at all costs,...
Inner city poverty smashes elitist myths
Inner city poverty smashes elitist myths
We're always hearing about the so called inner city elites but a lot of people in inner city...
Our punitive welfare system is destroying people's mental health
Our punitive welfare system is destroying people's mental health
Mental health issues can sometimes occur for no apparent reason, when life seems to be going well. But...
The welfare rights law where Australia lags the US by 50 years
The welfare rights law where Australia lags the US by 50 years
Anyone who's had to deal with Centrelink knows their onerous requirements, including supplying details of your relationship status....
Why the lockout laws are a feminist issue
Why the lockout laws are a feminist issue
We care about violence when it happens to men in public, but give women "safety tips" when they...
Ways to mark Melbourne Cup day (without hurting horses)
Ways to mark Melbourne Cup day (without hurting horses)
As someone who has been left at the office more than once to take calls while coworkers went...
NDIS rollout fails to reduce the number of young people in nursing homes
NDIS rollout fails to reduce the number of young people in nursing homes
Gaps in support approved, difficulty finding supports with the funding provided, a lack of suitable housing for people...
NDIS system wearing people with disabilities and their families down
NDIS system wearing people with disabilities and their families down
The NDIS is ideologically grounded in the idea of "choice". Rather than funding being allocated to service providers who...
One million Australians don't receive mental health care
One million Australians don't receive mental health care
Younger people and people in rural and regional areas at most risk. The Sydney Morning Herald...
Shattering myths on out of home care
Shattering myths on out of home care
Kirsten Gray, a Muruwari/Yuwalaraay child protection solicitor, Indigenous policy officer and former "care kid" on how the system meant to...
Australia is bracing for a tsunami of homeless older women
Australia is bracing for a tsunami of homeless older women
https://probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2019/10/australia-is-bracing-for-a-tsunami-of-homeless-women/ ...
Debunking the myths about self injury
Debunking the myths about self injury
The Conversation ...
Use of isolation in juvenile detention must stop
Use of isolation in juvenile detention must stop
The use of isolation as punishment in juvenile detention falls under the wider ideology of punishment and control...
Robodebt whistleblowers reveal true horror of system
Robodebt whistleblowers reveal true horror of system
Opponents of the government's horrific Robodebt scheme have long been saying that it is arbitrary, cruel and driven...
Newstart participants explain what a $75 a week increase would mean to them
Newstart participants explain what a $75 a week increase would mean to them
ACOSS have surveyed Newstart recipients asking what a $75 a week increase in payment would mean to them....
More support needed for child carers
More support needed for child carers
One in ten Australian children care for a relative with a substance use issue or disability - and they...
Five lessons Australia could learn from Wales on ending homelessness
Five lessons Australia could learn from Wales on ending homelessness
Make the right to housing law; Change the culture on housing; Tackle the issue before it reaches crisis...
Aboriginal kids aren't removed because their parents don't love them
Aboriginal kids aren't removed because their parents don't love them
Aboriginal children are fifteen times more likely than non-Indigenous children to be removed from their parents by child...
Neoliberalism has been a political success but an economic failure
Neoliberalism has been a political success but an economic failure
More essential reading... excellent long read by Robert Kuttner of American Prospect. "Neoliberalism’s premise is that free markets...
Fact Check: is it true rates of unemployment relief haven't increased in over 20 years?
Fact Check: is it true rates of unemployment relief haven't increased in over 20 years?
Spoiler alert: yes, it is. The Conversation...
Surprise! Half baked scheme to have the unemployed toiling in the fields fails
Surprise! Half baked scheme to have the unemployed toiling in the fields fails
A "poorly targeted and infeasible" scheme to recruit Newstart recipients to fruit picking jobs has been scrapped after...
Government accused of criminalising homelessness
Government accused of criminalising homelessness
We've seen it with spikes on the ground, benches you can't lie down on and sprinklers in parks....
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