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Tag: Poverty

01/05/2020

Submission to Senate Inquiry into Adequacy of Newstart, 30 May 2019

Author’s CV I am a medical doctor and retired NSW MLC with some practical experience of the welfare systems and some knowledge of economics. Currently I am working with injured people who receive (or do not receive) Workers Compensation or CTP insurance benefits and who transfer to or are rejected by Centrelink for the DSP […]

01/05/2020

Newstart Inquiry Reports- Pretty Tepid

30 April 2020 The Senate Inquiry into the adequacy of Newstart reported yesterday 30/4/20. It had 3 ALP members, 2 Liberals and a Green Chair. It does recommend Jobseeker (ex-Newstart) be increased and draws attention to the fact that the Newstart allowance is/was so low that it becomes a hindrance to job seeking. The report […]