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| UpdatedCentrelink payments made up almost half of the revenue of white goods leasing market leader Radio Rentals last year.
Topics: welfare, community-and-society, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedIf Scott Morrison is willing to grasp the nettle of pension reform, he would be better off looking at ways to move those with greater means off the payment altogether - that's where the real savings are.
Topics: welfare, older-people
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The chairman of the Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council, Warren Mundine, delivers a blunt personal message to Tony Abbott about his comments on remote communities.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, government-and-politics, federal-government, abbott-tony, welfare, australia, wa
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government offers to set up a three yearly independent review of pension rates in a bid to win support for changes to the way the payments are calculated.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, community-and-society, welfare, australia
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The NT Council of Social Services' CEO Wendy Morton says Tony Abbott's comments on indigenous 'lifestyle' choices show he's uninformed about Indigenous issues.
Topics: community-and-society, federal-government, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, welfare, nt, australia
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Colin Barnett says he supports a Commonwealth plan to recover fines from welfare payments to reduce the amount of people incarcerated for defaulting on the debts.
Topics: federal---state-issues, welfare, wa
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The Chief Executive of National Seniors Australia Michael O'Neill speaks about his concerns about proposed changes to the way pensions are indexed.
Topics: aged-care, community-and-society, welfare, government-and-politics, budget, social-policy, australia
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| UpdatedQueensland Liberal backbencher Andrew Laming says he wants the Federal Government to review its planned changes to the pension in what he indicates is the next big policy battle for the Prime Minister.
Topics: government-and-politics, welfare, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government signals it is prepared to compromise on contentious changes to the age pension but key crossbench senators say they remain unconvinced.
Topics: social-policy, government-and-politics, hockey-joe, welfare, community-and-society, scott-morrison, australia
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The Indian government has handed down its first full budget since prime minister Narendra Modi came to power last year promising to improve the country's economic fortunes.
Topics: budget, government-and-politics, welfare, business-economics-and-finance, india, asia
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Disability advocacy groups warn privatising the National Disability Insurance Scheme could lead to a flood of dodgy operators who are more concerned about making a profit than looking after people with disabilities.
Topics: health, disabilities, welfare, community-and-society
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The Tasmanian Government will spend more than $400, 000 over the next three years improving workplace health and safety on Tasmanian farms.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, women-in-agriculture, rural-women, rural-youth, community-development, welfare, occupational-health-and-safety, nile-7212
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Taxpayer-funded advertising by the South Australian Government takes another swipe at last year's federal budget, as the Coalition vows to respond with its own ads.
Topics: states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, federal-government, activism-and-lobbying, budget, government-and-politics, community-and-society, welfare, sa, adelaide-5000
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Making it easier for people to move from welfare to employment is laudable, but this report won't solve the fundamental problem that there are far more people looking for work than there are job vacancies.
Topics: federal-government, welfare, animal-welfare
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Minister for Social Services Scott Morrison will discuss the McClure Review into Australia's Welfare System and the Abbott Government's welfare reform strategy.
Topics: welfare, federal-government, parliament-house-2600, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedSocial Services Minister Scott Morrison says wholesale changes to the welfare system are "necessary" but he has signalled they will be introduced slowly and in stages.
Topics: welfare, community-and-society, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia, canberra-2600
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Police are urging parents to discuss safety messages with their children, after a series of incidents involving students being approached by strangers around Maitland and Newcastle.
Topics: police, children, welfare, tenambit-2323, maitland-2320, wallsend-2287
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| UpdatedA wide ranging review of the nation's $150 billion welfare system lays out a plan for five basic payments and recommends tightening the eligibility for disability support.
Topics: welfare, disabilities, government-and-politics, work, federal-government, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedA Four Corners investigation reveals the Federal Government has clawed back more than $41 million worth of false claims by private employment agencies in just the past three years.
Topics: government-and-politics, public-sector, federal-government, welfare, unemployment, community-organisations, australia
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Citizen jurors will determine this week whether the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is working, hearing evidence from people with disabilities participating in NDIS launch sites across Australia.
Topics: disabilities, health, community-and-society, welfare, australia
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The number of people seeking help to pay their water bills increases by 27 per cent in a year, but the WA Government insists price hikes are not to blame.
Topics: states-and-territories, state-parliament, government-and-politics, welfare, community-and-society, wa
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| UpdatedThe member for Page Kevin Hogan is among those lobbying for some dole relief
Topics: welfare, unemployment, federal-parliament, regional, lismore-2480, grafton-2460, coffs-harbour-2450, port-macquarie-2444
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| UpdatedThe impact of recent changes to nursing home funding is becoming clear as the Federal Government prepares to reveal its latest inter-generational report on the cost of the ageing population.
Topics: community-and-society, aged-care, welfare, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedSocial Services Minister Scott Morrison rules out including the family home in the asset test for the age pension.
Topics: scott-morrison, federal-government, government-and-politics, welfare, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedCash-strapped ACT university students say they are "dumpster diving" on a regular basis to find food, while support services report an increase in demand for meal vouchers.
Topics: university-and-further-education, federal-government, welfare, canberra-2600, act