Docking welfare payments for unpaid court fines could save people from prison, #estimates has been told: https://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/docking-welfare-could-save-people-prison/news-story/91bf9032d664a8e05c53d9a47437a4f8 … #auspol via @AAPNewswire
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Making migrants wait four years before accessing welfare benefits would affect 66,000 families and 47,000 individuals receiving various payments: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/longer-welfare-wait-times-for-migrants-would-affect-66-000-families …
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More than 90,000 older Australians would be able to earn an extra $50 per fortnight through an expansion of the pension work bonus: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-5789553/More-90-000-pensioners-earn-more.html …
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Changes to disability support pension payments are expected to affect 2200 prisoners - and people held on remand for more than 13 weeks, regardless of whether they're ultimately found not guilty - each year: https://au.news.yahoo.com/pension-changes-hit-thousands-prisoners-043803728--spt.html …
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Senior government officials have defending choosing Logan in Queensland as a proposed trial site to drug test welfare recipients, despite criticism of a part-reliance on waste water: https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/05/31/15/37/officials-defend-qld-welfare-drug-testing …
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Department officials have not been asked to provide (and have not volunteered) advice to federal government ministers about raising the Newstart rate: https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/05/31/15/45/no-advice-sought-on-raising-newstart-rates …
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"I'm not declaring 'mission accomplished' yet but we are saying we're seeing a positive trend in the right direction."
Centrelink callers have copped 10 million fewer busy signals this financial year, bucking a long-running trend. #auspol
https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/05/31/15/48/ten-million-fewer-centrelink-busy-signals … @AAPNewswire
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