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Opinion Pieces
Tax system needs a dose of equality
28 September 2011
Published in The Australian Financial Review
28 September, 2011
The Tax Forum next week must lift its sights to focus on reforms that matter, writes Cassandra Goldie.
Whilst Australia's community... [ Read more ]
Give and take in Budget for people on social security payments
27 May 2011
Published in On Line Opinion
27 May, 2011
Well-crafted employment participation policies are a win for everyone - they lift some of the poorest people out of poverty, bolster the paid workforce, and in... [ Read more ]
Give and take in Budget for people on social security payments
26 May 2011
Well-crafted employment participation policies are a win for everyone - they lift some of the poorest people out of poverty, bolster the paid workforce, and in the long run they save the Government... [ Read more ]
Government and employers need to pull their weight too
20 April 2011
Published in National Times
Monday 18 April 2011
In recent speeches Prime Minister Julia Gillard advocates a renewed push to raise workforce participation among people on social security payments.
This... [ Read more ]
Responding to a national crisis: business not the only voice in town
25 January 2011
This past week has once again seen the Federal Labor Government give major business groups front row seats at its table - this time for one of our most important discussions of the year: how to fund... [ Read more ]
Community sector workers asked to trade pay for budget bottom-line
29 November 2010
Pulished in Crikey
Monday 29 November 2010
By Dr Cassandra Goldie, CEO, Australian Council of Social Service; and Marilyn Forsythe, Business and Professional Women Australia
If a successful equal... [ Read more ]
ACOSS wants social security payment increases on tax reform agenda
26 November 2010
Cassandra Goldie
Published in On-Line Opinion
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Further evidence has emerged this week of the urgent need for reform of Australia's social security payments system to deal... [ Read more ]
Paltry allowance gives jobless no hope of paying the bills
19 November 2010
Cassandra Goldie
The Age and National Times
November 18, 2010
Living as a pensioner is hard enough, but things are even worse for the unemployed.
There is an urgent need to reform Australia's social... [ Read more ]