Services Australia staff are striking for 24 hours on Monday over a pay dispute. Workers walked off the job on Monday, with the strike possibly impacting Centrelink and health insurance …
Australian welfare recipients may notice a disruption to services after Services Australia staff announced they would soon be striking early next month. The workers are expected to walk off the …
People moving off income support payments and into the workforce will soon be able to still use concession cards and access other benefits for nearly six months. The adjustment to …
Millions of Australian pensioners will have their benefits increase in the coming weeks, as the nation deals with a mounting cost-of-living crisis. From September 20, pensioners across the country will …
Millions of Australians receiving government payments will have their benefits increase in the coming weeks, as the nation deals with a mounting cost-of-living crisis. The rise is part of the …
As many as 100,000 Centrelink debts were miscalculated by two federal government departments between 2003 and 2020, a report published on Wednesday said. Comparisons are being drawn between these debt …
Welfare recipients are in line for a $40-a-fortnight boost with parliament passing the increase, despite calls for the rise to be higher as the nation deals with a cost of …
Australians on JobSeeker can expect a bump in their payments as the cost of living rises, but other welfare recipients will need to wait to find out what’s happening with …
Sunrise host Natalie Barr has slammed those responsible for the “mathematically flawed” illegal Robodebt scheme that ruined the lives of countless Australians and drove some to die by suicide. Barr’s …
Senior public servants will be referred for civil and criminal prosecution over the unlawful Robodebt scheme. Royal commissioner Catherine Holmes on Friday handed a 990-page report containing 57 recommendations to …