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  1. Government backs income management, despite evidence

    income management client out of roughly 2,500 having been eligible for the payment. This is hardly ... surprising: saving $500 from a yearly income of roughly $6,000 (half the yearly income of someone on Newstart ... income support payments. Roughly half of those forced onto income management reported feeling judged or ...

  2. Resisting the 'War on the Poor'

    a fortnight. Over the course of a year, Newstart is roughly $13,000 below the poverty line. The final attack is ... expanded the powers of the privately-owned job agencies to penalise any unemployed worker by roughly $60 if ...

  3. Inequality makes us sick, forum says

    capitalism). This should not surprise us: 1975 roughly marks the start of the neoliberal project. Why does ...

  4. The myths and facts of welfare in Australia

    830,000 people on the DSP, or 5.4% of people aged 18-64, down from 5.5% two years earlier. This is roughly ... experts. In 2012-2013, 212 DSP recipients were found to be no longer eligible for the payment, roughly ...

  5. Conference discusses stories and struggles from below the poverty-line

    still looking for work. Combined they make up roughly three million jobseekers. Despite this clear ...

  6. Fighting back against poverty

    as not worth prioritising. This why Newstart, now roughly $195 per week, has not been raised in real ...

  7. Poor are not bludgers: report

    circumstances where there are roughly five jobseekers for every job, a fact routinely confirmed by Australian ...

  8. Cashless welfare trial begins in South Australia

    All working-age welfare recipients in the region — roughly 800 residents or 20% of the population, 72% ...

  9. Life on compulsory income management

    is nevertheless a modest payment, at roughly $20,300 a year, slightly below the poverty-line. Sally ...

  10. Youth boot camps to punish unemployed

    a fortnight), is roughly 50% below the poverty line. Youth Allowance is even lower than Newstart. Yet Youth ...