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[Link] Scott Morrison says he 'misspoke' after incorrectly quoting increase to JobSeeker payment
Read: 18/4/2022 www.abc.net.au
The Prime Minister had been asked about what the Coalition had been doing to ease cost-of-living pressures, particularly for Australians experiencing rental stress. Mr Morrison cited the increase to the JobSeeker rate last year as evidence his government was working to boost support.
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[Link] Free Community College in the US Is Officially Dead
Read: 7/2/2022 www.vice.com
The Biden administration’s more than $45 billion plan to offer free community college to Americans is officially dead. The lofty promise from the president’s 2020 campaign, would have provided eligible students with the option to go to college for at least two years without any cost to them.
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[Link] Why Can’t You Buy Hot Meals With Food Stamps?
Read: 2/2/2022 www.vice.com
But they’re off-limits to people using food stamps. The reason is precisely that the food is warm and already prepared—a justification that’s often derided as cruel, anti-poor, and arbitrary.
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[Link] ‘It’s really scary’: welfare recipients forced to attend in-person appointments despite Omicron surge
Read: 19/1/2022 www.theguardian.com
A woman with chronic illnesses and an immunocompromised partner and the single mother of a toddler are among those being told they’ll have their benefits cut if they don’t attend face-to-face job agency appointments, despite an unprecedented surge of Covid cases.
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[Link] Park lands hub helps Aboriginal rough sleepers return to Country
Read: 9/12/2021 indaily.com.au
Puti on Kaurna Yerta in the southern park lands. Photo: Tony Lewis/InDailySince opening in October, the Puti on Kaurna Yerta hub has helped 75 Aboriginal people – approximately half of whom came from the Northern Territory – to travel from Adelaide back to Country.
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[Link] The COVID-19 pandemic positives for Australians living with disabilities
Read: 28/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
The pandemic has brought with it different challenges for everyone. But for some Australians with a disability, it's been a chance to find joy, independence and new passions.
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[Link] Why are the Last 4 Digits of an SSN Important?
Read: 11/11/2021 www.stilt.com
Social Security Numbers are issued by the government and they are used for various purposes. A lot of times, different companies will use the last four digits of your SSN. However, these four digits are crucial and you need to protect them. But why are the last 4 digits of an SSNso important?
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[Link] If Americans can’t have basic things like childcare, our democracy is a sham
Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
In 2014, Northwestern and Princeton researchers published a report statistically documenting how lawmakers do not listen or care about what most voters want, and instead mostly care about serving their big donors.
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[Link] Even tent sites could soon be out of reach as the rental crisis deepens
Read: 31/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
The region is bracing for an influx of visitors as intrastate travel bans lift from November 1. Rental vacancies are already at record lows and many long-term locals have been priced out of the market.
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[Link] Sure Looks Like Democrats Are Killing Paid Family Leave to Please Joe Manchin
Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Democrats have been toiling to push through their own New Deal—a massive social spending bill covering climate, health, and child care—and secure President Joe Biden’s legacy.
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[Link] Tennant Creek Aboriginal leaders say $80m aid package prompted by toddler's rape is being misdirected
Read: 23/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
John Fitz Jakamarra and the other members of Tennant Creek's Apurtu traditional owner group feel the Central Australian town is descending into chaos.
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[Link] Indigenous Nation Stopped BC Social Workers From Apprehending Child, 6, on Their Land
Read: 21/10/2021 www.vice.com
Leaders and community members of Gitxsan Nation gathered in northeastern B.C. on Saturday evening to block social workers from apprehending a 6-year-old girl and “end the tragic legacy of our children being stolen.”
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[Link] Paris Hilton Just Spoke Out About Her Time in the “Troubled Teen Industry”
Read: 20/10/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. This week, Paris Hilton showed up in a somewhat unusual spot for the queen of early-aughts reality TV: Congress.
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[Link] ‘Not above the law’: warning for Australia’s Department of Social Services over threat to ignore tribunal
Read: 7/10/2021 www.theguardian.com
The Department of Social Services has been warned it is “not above the law” after a tribunal heard government officials threatened to ignore an order to reinstate a man’s jobseeker payments.
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[Link] GOP Finally Backs Unemployment Benefits, But Only for the Unvaccinated
Read: 15/8/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Wisconsin Republicans have been fighting for months to limit or eliminate unemployment benefits for their state in the face of the coronavirus. But they’ve found one group they want to help: the unvaccinated.
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[Link] GOP Finally Backs Unemployment Benefits, But Only for the Unvaccinated
Read: 14/8/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Wisconsin Republicans have been fighting for months to limit or eliminate unemployment benefits for their state in the face of the coronavirus. But they’ve found one group they want to help: the unvaccinated.
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[Link] This couple downsized after 40 years and helped solve overcrowding
Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
Elaine and Rod Smith didn't take long to say no when their community housing provider first asked them to consider moving out of the house they had lived in for 42 years.
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[Link] Centrelink pauses welfare and childcare debt repayments during lockdowns
Read: 7/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Centrelink will no longer issue or recover welfare and childcare debts during lockdowns, including in parts of New South Wales and Queensland currently under stay-at-home orders.
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[Link] Lauren Boebert rants against welfare at CPAC but oversees counties with highest state unemployment
Read: 14/7/2021 www.independent.co.uk
Colorado Republican Rep Lauren Boebert bombastically told the US federal government during the CPAC conference to “leave us the hell alone”.
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[Link] 'Rushed' welfare overhaul will cost JobSeeker recipients up to $457
Read: 14/6/2021 thenewdaily.com.au
More than 140,000 JobSeeker recipients will be up to $457 worse off under a planned job services crackdown, a Senate hearing has heard. The Morrison government is trying to save $191.