Tag: Welfare
Trickle feed same-sex welfare changes: rights group
Welfare advocates want some of the Government's moves to end discrimination against same-sex couples to be brought in gradually.[MORE]
Same-sex couples' Centrelink hotline on way
Centrelink is setting up an information line to ensure same-sex couples know how their social security payments will change now that the Federal Government has moved to eliminate discrimination from federal laws.[MORE]
Not our job to police payment spending: Centrelink GM
Centrelink's general manager says it is not up to the welfare agency to police peoples' spending.[MORE]
Centrelink weathering financial storm, says GM
Centrelink's GM says there is no evidence that the welfare agency is struggling under the burden of the global economic crisis.[MORE]
Police brace for welfare payment booze binge
Kimberley police have backed claims by Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett, who says one-off Federal Government welfare payments may be squandered on alcohol in Indigenous communities.[MORE]
Income management to begin in two WA communities
Income management will begin next week in Kununurra and the Cannington district of Perth in Western Australia, Federal Indigenous Minister Jenny Macklin has announced.[MORE]
Parental leave policy back-to-front
Rather than being a means to an end, paid parental leave has become the end itself - and the result is a back-to-front policy making process.[MORE]
Welfare recipients gambling millions: Centrelink
Police are investigating after a Centrelink probe found some welfare recipients are gambling millions.[MORE]
Support group found negligent in risk management
The Commonwealth Ombudsman has found the Child Support Agency has not been adequately managing the risks of customer fraud.[MORE]
One-off welfare payment tipped to create social woes
Police and government agencies in Bourke are bracing for problems when at least $500,000 is injected into the community next month.[MORE]
Foster care agency highlights DOCS support
Hunter-based welfare agency Life Without Barriers rejects claims that the Department of Community Services (DOCS) does not rigorously monitor its foster carers.[MORE]
Farmers urged to apply for drought aid
The Campaspe council says farmers who do not apply for drought help are putting themselves and the community at a disadvantage.[MORE]
Opposition sees benefit in extending far north welfare scheme
The Queensland Opposition has backed calls to extend the Cape York Indigenous welfare changes, in the far north, to parts of Brisbane.[MORE]
Extend welfare quarantining to Brisbane: Opposition
The Opposition has urged the State Government to extend the Cape York Indigenous welfare trial to Brisbane.[MORE]
Call for welfare quarantining extension to Brisbane suburbs
A former Queensland Magistrate wants the Cape York welfare reform trial extended to some suburbs in Brisbane.[MORE]
Pension boost 'to counter economic hurt'
The Government says about 370,000 pensioners will get a payment boost to counter losses suffered in the economic crisis.[MORE]
Fears CDEP changes to boost welfare dependency
There are fears western New South Wales communities will become more welfare dependent if Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) are axed.[MORE]
Economic crisis not good for the disadvantaged
The Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) says the global financial crisis is set to make things worse for the millions of Australians on, or below the poverty line.[MORE]
Financial crisis hits poor hardest: ACOSS
The Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) says the global financial crisis is set to make things worse for the millions of Australians on or below the poverty line.[MORE]
More Canberrans seeking help: Anglicare
Welfare agency Anglicare says more people have been accessing its services around Canberra over the last month.[MORE]
Welfare sector points to gap in federal payments
The Tasmanian Council of Social Service says the state's most disadvantaged have been left out of a $208 million Commonwealth funding package. [MORE]
Big welfare windfall for Tasmania
Nearly 150,000 payments will be made to Tasmanians as part of the Federal Government's economic security strategy.[MORE]
Concerns raised over Centrelink monitoring gamblers
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A win at the Casino should be reason to celebrate, but if the numbers are high enough the Government could be watching.[MORE]
Centrelink 'using casino records to dock pensions'
Centrelink is using gambling records provided by casinos to dock people's welfare payments.[MORE]
Praise for safe house program
The Commissioner for Children, Paul Mason, says an initiative in the Derwent Valley shows how communities can band together to help vulnerable children.[MORE]
