My Week on Welfare

7 hours ago

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My Week on Welfare

1 day ago

"Front and center in much of the conversation was the Community Services Transformation initiative, something we are told will change the way income assistance is delivered, but that has otherwise been low on details. “I call it the peekaboo process,” said human rights lawyer Vince Calderhead. “I’d say the signs are not good, Community Services says that it is even possible some people will receive less after implementation.” ...

My Week on Welfare

2 days ago

"Six weeks without benefits is the harsh punishment meted out by Community Services to people on social assistance who don’t engage in employability activities, things like missing an appointment or not showing up for a training course. We meet Kate, who got hit with the six week cut off when she was forced to quit her job when her son got very sick. And through a Freedom of Information request we find out that it happens to hundreds of social assistance recipients each year. Some of them are innocent family members who did nothing wrong." ...