Opinion Pieces
Super breaks inefficient and unfair: tinkering won’t help
29 March 2013
By Cassandra Goldie Published in The Age March 29, 2013
Joel Fitzgibbon's claim this week that households on $250,000 annual income are struggling as much as anyone is an unfortunate distraction,... [ Read more ]
For a real new start, stop miring people in poverty
5 January 2013
By Cassandra Goldie Published in the SMH on Saturday 6 January 2013
While many of us celebrate the festive season, spare a thought for the thousands of single-parent families who have been served a... [ Read more ]
Women at the top still a distant reality
14 September 2012
Caroline Lambert, Cassandra Goldie and Ruth Medd
Published in The Canberra Times on Wednesday 15th September 2012
Not-for-profit sector leads the way but statistics tell us that leadership positions... [ Read more ]
Fruitless search for jobless who can live on $35 a day
5 September 2012
By Cassandra Goldie and Maree O'Halloran Published in National Times, Sept 5, 2012
It's good that the debate over the Newstart unemployment allowance has moved on from whether it's enough to live on.... [ Read more ]
Single parent welfare: all pain and no gain
13 June 2012
Dr Cassandra Goldie
ABC Online The Drum June 12, 2012
There's something perverse about the Federal Government's plan to cut the payments of more than 100,000 single parents - those already doing... [ Read more ]
Increase Newstart to improve health for all
7 May 2012
Dr Tessa Boyd-Caine
Published in Croakey Health Blog
In February this year, the National Advisory Council on Dental Health reported that Australia had 60,251 potentially preventable hospitalisations... [ Read more ]
Should we abandon the goal of a budget surplus?
5 May 2012
Published in National Times, May 5, 2012
THERE are good reasons to restore the budget to surplus. However, it should not be an end in itself, nor achieved at any cost. The Australian Council of... [ Read more ]
Bump up Newstart or risk abject poverty
10 April 2012
Opinion Piece published in the Newcastle Herald | Tuesday April 10, 2012
People on benefits are battling serious poverty,writes Cassandra Goldie.
If you were laid offwork tomorrow do... [ Read more ]