Keywords: Income Management
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 22 March 2010
9 Comments
The cost to human dignity makes compulsory income management counter-productive. It assumes that some welfare recipients are
unable to make rational decisions that take into account the
long-term consequences of their actions. The same might be said for
some governments.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Sarah Burnside
- 19 February 2010
3 Comments
In 2009, the Federal Government embarked on consultations with
Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory about the Northern
Territory Emergency Response, commonly referred to as the Intervention. This is what they said.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Falzon
- 18 February 2010
22 Comments
Everyone has a story, and they don't happen in limbo. Tony Abbott's comments about homelessness mimic the paternalistic attitude pushed by Margaret Thatcher, where the focus is on supposed individual deficits rather than structural deficits.
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AUSTRALIA
- Frank Quinlan
- 17 December 2009
3 Comments
Governments are likely to grasp at feeble evidence
in order to support preferred policy positions. When reporting on issues such as welfare quarantining as part of the Intervention, The Australian and the ABC ought to read further than the Minister's press release.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Falzon
- 11 December 2009
7 Comments
Aside from a few fanatical poverty-deniers, there is a broad consensus that we have a serious problem. Frantz Fanon reminded us nearly 50 years ago that we need a redistribution of wealth. 'Humanity must reply to this question, or be shaken to pieces by it.' We have been shaken to pieces.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 23 February 2009
3 Comments
The largely ignored United Nations World Day of Social Justice, and the task
of the crumbling Federal Opposition, are not entirely unrelated. For
both, holding governments accountable is the name of the game, or
perhaps dream.
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AUSTRALIA
- Susie Byers
- 04 March 2008
2 Comments
Reforms need to be proposed with an eye to
compassion, providing real skills and training, and dealing with
the underlying issues of racism, mental health, poverty, and education. These have a far greater impact on workforce participation than bone
laziness.
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AUSTRALIA
- Francis Sullivan
- 03 October 2007
Political leaders attribute hospital crises to administrative bungles rather than a lack of political oversight or investment. But they can't continue to put off dealing with the rising public frustration at the inadequacy of the system's capacity to meet the demand of an ageing population.
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ECONOMICS
- Les Coleman
- 08 August 2007
Investors are buyers of financial products and services and this affords them a unique opportunity to shape the nature of markets and financial institutions. They should not be shy to use their power to promote sustainability.
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AUSTRALIA
A potentially unstable coalition government with few detailed policies and weak administrative ability is now certain to emerge following the fragmented result in the recent election. But grounds for hope remain.
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AUSTRALIA
- Jack Waterford
- 13 June 2007
2 Comments
Jigalong is a remote community in WA, best known for its association with the Rabbit Proof Fence. Remote Aboriginal communities suffer greatly from undeveloped nature of their economies, and the institutional barriers created to prevent them developing.
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AUSTRALIA
- Frank Quinlan
- 27 February 2007
After months of deliberation with Government, other church groups, our board and member organisations, Catholic Social Services Australia has advised its 61 member organisations not to participate in the Financial Case Management measures under the Government’s harsh new Welfare to Work legislation, which came into effect on 1 July this year.
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