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23.01.2022 They always had the money to raise Newstart: it only took 6 months of drought, bushfires, a pandemic and global recession to make them temporarily boost it. We should keep this raise!

19.01.2022 The plan (currently being 'trialled'): give tennants 6 months to find employment and if they fail kick them out. Between this and her unprecedented transition o...f contracts to private "Community Housing Providers", it seems clear that the NSW Liberal Party intends to create a privatized emergency-housing sham of a safety net. See more

19.01.2022 Inner West/Sydney members!

16.01.2022 Alarmingly accurate?! Try it for yourself! unemployment is at least three weeks later the year later on the left lane of a major major issue

15.01.2022 And when you think they couldn’t make things hard enough for those liv ng below the poverty line...

15.01.2022 From all the team on our National Advocacy Hotline we wish you and your family a safe and happy holidays. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

14.01.2022 Sad to say this is just one story out of many. Keep fighting the good fight!

12.01.2022 Have you heard about the February training in Sydney?Have you heard about the February training in Sydney?

12.01.2022 Thanks to all who stood for our National Day of Action to end Work for the Dole and demand #JusticeForJosh. To Jim Casey, Greens who supports us and our demand that the scheme be abolished and to those from Retail and Fast Food Workers Union who talked/gave flyers to WftD participants at Marrickville Salvos. See you at the next action!

07.01.2022 Yesterday was human rights day. I think we need to remind our government about article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

07.01.2022 Homelessness Inquiry: Time to make a submission - DO IT NOW! For further information, click link www.parliament.vic.gov.au/lsic-lc/inquiries/article/4284... If you would like to receive news alerts from the Parliament of Victoria about this inquiry, email: [email protected] and ask for ‘homelessness inquiry news alerts’.

06.01.2022 5 Days and going strong! AUWU members are supporting the 10-day vigil on the steps of Parliament, Spring Street, Melbourne, leading up to the Victorian state election. Lack of affordable housing hits unemployed workers especially hard. Help make public housing a major election issue. Yes, these folk are on the steps 24/7. Support them with food, drinks (this is an alcohol and drug-free zone), chairs, umbrellas and great conversation, and by sharing this post. https://www.facebook.com/PublicHousingEverybodysBusiness/

06.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/349971545141556/posts/1202065596598809/

06.01.2022 More evidence that jobactive needs an urgent overhaul. Social security payments were suspended more than 1.5 million times in 2017-18 due to missed appointment...s with a job agency, even when people were slightly late or weren’t notified of the appointment. More info here (please note the article is paywalled): https://www.theaustralian.com.au//0bb23490a5d3503176025c33 See more