PENSIONS AND BENEFITS
BUSINESS/FINANCE
Older Australians need more financial support amid pandemic
Financial experts are encouraging pre-retirees to sharpen their financial skills as a new report from the University of South Australia shows that 31 per...
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Best Ways to Save Money Fast
What are the best ways to save money fast? From major milestones to financial emergencies, one thing is for certain: you need enough money...
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‘I don’t want anybody to see me using it’: cashless welfare cards do more harm than good
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The Australian government touts compulsory income management as a way to stop welfare payments being spent on alcohol, drugs or gambling.The Howard government...
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Robodebt failed its day in court, what now?
The government seems not to have sought independent legal advice
before demanding the repayment of debts it couldn’t prove were owned. Shutterstock
Three years after...
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There’s mounting evidence against cashless debit cards, but the government is ploughing on regardless
Coming to a community near you. Sabrina Roy with her baby Xena
at the Milingimbi general store in the Northern Territory in 2015. Dean...
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5 charts on what a Newstart recipient really looks like
Unless we know who who Newstart recipients are, we are likely
to make wrong decisions about how much to pay them and whether...
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Robo-debt class action could deliver justice for tens of thousands of Australians instead of mere hundreds
Labor’s government services spokesman Bill Shorten and lawyer
Peter Gordon announcing Gordon Legal’s robo-debt class action in Canberra
on Tuesday. Mick Tsikas/AAP
The announcement by Gordon...
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Deeming rates explained. What is deeming, how does it cut pensions, and why do we have it?
Deeming rates began as a way to stop people cheating in order
to obtain the pension. Shutterstock
Now it’s the Coalition that’s being accused of...
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