ACOSS in the News | 2012 December Business lobby slams Swan’s economic nous – Jessica Marszalek, The Daily Telegraph, Dec 21, 2012 The great Australian nightmare – Travis Gilbert, Homelessness Australia, The Drum, Dec 21, 2012 Aid cash for asylum-seekers a nonsense: Fraser – Joe Kelly, The Australian, Dec 20, 2012 230,000 seek help as housing affordability bites – Rachel Browne, Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 18, 2012 Every night, 19,000 need shelter – Stuart Rintoul, The Australian, Dec 18, 2012 The poor get poorer while the rest get the handouts – Suzy Freeman-Greene, National Times, Dec 15, 2012 Joint call for new unemployment measures (radio) – SBS World News, Dec 4, 2012 Business, welfare groups and unions will convene their own jobs summit before Christmas – Phillip Hudson, Herald Sun, Dec 4 , 2012 Move to place pressure on Gillard government regarding a new social welfare system – Patricia Karvelas, The Australian, Dec 4, 2012 Business and unions unite in jobs drive – Joanna Mather, Australian Financial Review, Dec 4, 2012 We should dole out more money for the unemployed – Ged Kearney, The Punch, Dec 4, 2012 November ‘Compelling’ case for Newstart boost – Peter Martin, Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 30, 2012 Panel split as Labor pair seek dole rise – Patricia Karvelas, The Australian, Nov 30, 2012 Push to increase ‘inadequate’ dole rejected – ABC PM, Thursday Nov 29, 2012 No dole increase: Newstart inquiry – AAP, Herald Sun, Nov 29, 2012 People on the dole are ‘too poor to look for work’ – Tory Shepherd, news.com.au Nov 29, 2012 Newstart (video) – The Project, Channel Ten, Nov 29, 2012 Political will needed on dole raise – Lisa Martin, AAP, Wed Nov 28, 2012 NewStart Senate report – ABC Radio National Breakfast, Nov 29, 2012 Push for rise after dole surge – Patricia Karvelas, The Australian, Nov 29, 2012 Single parents – Channel Ten News at 5, Nov 27, 2012 Hard-up mothers told to try charities – Patricia Karvelas, The Australian, Nov 27, 2012 Centrelink clients unhappy, as services pushed to call centres (radio) – Simon Lauder, The World Today, ABC, Nov 22, 2012 ACOSS calls for wider review of system – Australian Financial Review, Nov 21, 2012 PM, Abbott slam door on GST changes – Fleur Anderson, Katie Walsh and Greg Earl, Australian Financial Review, Nov 21, 2012 1 in 8 Australians living in poverty – Shae Courtney, Right Now, Nov 20, 2012 Disparate groups join forces for common good – Laura Tingle, Australian Financial Review, Nov 20, 2012 More than just the job – rise in single mothers in full-time work – Clay Lucas, Craig Butt, Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 17, 2012 More single mothers seek full-time work – Clay Lucas, Craig Butt, The Age, Nov 17, 2012 Community Sector Must Address Issue of Climate Change – Jackie Hanafie, Pro Bono News, Nov 16, 2012 Council seeks consensus on the big questions – Lenore Taylor, Canberra Times, Nov 16, 2012 Kim Carr gives ground on dole push for single mums – Patricia Karvelas, The Australian, Nov 15, 2012 Should the dole be increased? (television) – A Current Affair, Nov 14, 2012 ACOSS: the widening gap between housing costs and social security is behind climbing homelessness (audio) – ABC Newsradio, Nov 12, 2012 October Cuts to single parent help after concession limit lowered – Sue Dunlevy, Herald Sun, Oct 28, 2012 Homelessness does not always look like this – Toby Hall, The Punch, Oct 26, 2012 Foes unite in call for welfare overhaul – Patricia Karvelas, The Australian, Oct 26, 2012 Stop grumbling about tax, we all benefit along the way – Ross Gittins, The Age, Oct 24, 2012 Gap between the dole and pension too great – Patricia Karvelas, The Australian, Oct 23, 2012 Welfare Groups welcome Shorten’s support on Newstart payment reform – Patricia Karvelas, The Australian, Oct 23 ‘Mean, nasty’ cut an attack on poor and bigger families – Patricia Karvelas, The Australian, Oct 23, 2012 We’re awash with benefits, yet so many still go without -Mungo MacCallum, The Drum, Oct 23, 2012 Tessa Boyd-Caine on The Political Spot – Australian Christian Lobby, Oct 23, 2012 Shorten slammed over low Newstart – Pia Akerman, The Australian, Oct 22, 2012 Jobless payment too low, says Bill Shorten – Patricia Karvelas, The Australian, Oct 22, 2012 Being Poor in a Rich City – ABC Radio National Life Matters, Oct 19, 2012 What life looks like for 2.2 million Australians below the poverty line – Chris Paine news.com.au Herald Sun, Oct 18, 2012 One in six Australian childen ‘living in poverty’ – Bangkok Post, Oct 17, 2012 I went from designer clothes to a homeless hostel – Julie Powell SMH, Oct 18, 2012 Cuts overload Centrelink – Patricia Karvelas The Australian, Oct 19, 2012 96 put on basics cards in trial sites – AAP The Australian, Oct 18, 2012 What do we expect of welfare? – Radio National Life Matters, Oct 12, 2012 LISTEN>> Rich excuses and poor outcomes on poverty – Michael Perusco The Punch, Oct 18, 2012 Income inequality figures renew Newstart push – Lanai Vasek and Patricia Karvelas The Australian, Oct 17, 2012 Taking the big stick to single parents is not the answer – Morag McArthur The Conversation, Oct 17, 2012 Call to boost Newstart benefit as people slip into poverty – Lachlan Thompson The Daily Examiner, Oct 17, 2012 Advancing human rights in Australia – Frank Brennan Eureka Street, Oct 16, 2012 Cat’s eye view on Australia’s poor – Fatima Measham Eureka Street, Oct 16, 2012 Think the dole is generous? I did, until I tried living on it – Rebekah Devlin The Punch, Oct 18, 2012 Thousands go hungry – Radio National Drive, Oct 16, 2012 LISTEN>> Foodbank report finds 70 per cent of welfare agencies have seen an increase in people needing help – ABC Newsradio Afternoons, Oct 16, 2012 LISTEN>> Laura Tchilinguirian is speaking to the CEO of Foodbank Australia, John Webster – Triple J Hack, Oct 16, 2012 LISTEN>> Poverty, always the poor relation – Ross Gittins SMH, Oct 17, 2012 Relative Or Not, Poverty Matters – Ben Eltham New Matilda, Oct 16, 2012 Poverty is not just somewhere else, but right here, right now, next door – Ross Womersley adelaidenow, Oct 15, 2012 One in six Australian children living in poverty: report – Radio Adelaide The Wire, Oct 15, 2012 LISTEN>> Poverty report reveals regional ‘challenges’ – abc.net.au, Oct 16, 2012 Have you ever lived below the poverty line? – Justine Davies news.com.au, Oct 15, 2012 More people caught in grip of poverty cycle – Mike Derry NewsMail, Oct 16, 2012 Pisasale puts hard sell on the big issue – Emma Sykes 612 ABC Brisbane, Oct 16, 2012 1 in 6 Australian kids live in poverty: report – AFP, The China Post, Oct 16, 2012 Parents missing meals to feed their children – Patricia Karvelas The Australian, Oct 16, 2012 Anglicare says thousands going hungry – Miriam Hall The World Today abc.net.au, Oct 16, 2012 WATCH >> Aussie school children left hungry: report – AAP World News Oct, 16, 2012 Income divide widens for rich and poor – Patricia Karvelas The Australian, Oct 17, 2012 Push to lift dole, spread boom profit – AAP Canberra Times, Oct 15, 2012 One in six Australian childen ‘living in poverty’ – AFP Google News, Oct 16, 2012 Infographic | Which seats have the highest unemployment? – Edmund Tadros AFR, Oct 15, 2012 What is ‘poor’? Finding the bread line in an affluent Australia – Bernard Keane Crikey, Oct 15, 2012 Poverty a Persistent Problem in Australia – Report – Pro Bono News, Oct 15, 2012 2.26 Million Aussies Live in Poverty – Vittorio Hernandez International Business News, Oct 15, 2012 Community groups highlight poverty problem – abc.net.au, Oct 15, 2012 More than two million Aussies in poverty – Sky News, Oct 13, 2012 State’s great financial divide – Brisbane Times, Oct 14, 2012 Almost 25% near poverty – Bruce Mounster The Mercury, Oct 15, 2012 Going without food in some households is the norm, says study – Dan Harrison and Daniella Miletic SMH, Oct 16, 2012 Poverty forcing families to forego food – ABC Radio National Breakfast, Oct 16, 2012 LISTEN>> Growing number of children hungry due to poverty – AAP Daily Telegraph, Oct 16, 2012 Harsh realities of a policy that moves more into poverty – Veronica Sheen The Conversation, Oct 12, 2012 Sole Parents Deserve Better – Eva Cox New Matilda, Oct 11, 2012 A blow to single parents, on the eve of Anti-Poverty Week – Ged Kearney The Punch, Oct 15, 2012 One in eight living in poverty – ABC Radio National Breakfast October 15, 2012 LISTEN>> More than two million Aussies in poverty – AAP Brisbane Times, Canberra Times, The Australian, Oct 14, 2012 More than two million living in poverty – Vince Chadwick SMH, WA Today, Oct 15, 2012 1 in 8 Australians living in poverty: report – abc.net.au / 7pm news, Oct 15, 2012 WATCH>> Report says 1 in 8 Australians living in poverty – Radio New Zealand, Oct 14, 2012 More than 2 million Aussies in poverty: report – AAP SBS News, Oct 14, 2012 One in six children living in poverty – Jared Owens The Australian, Oct 15, 2012 South Australia has one in every eight people living below poverty line – Lauren Novak adelaidenow, Oct 14, 2012 Jobs and housing costs mean more live in poverty in NSW – Vince Chadwick SMH, Oct 15, 2012 14 per cent of Tasmanians live in poverty – Dinah Arndt Launceston Examiner, Oct 14, 2012 No special deals for single mums – Patricia Karvelas The Australian, Oct 13, 2012 ‘If you look at the cost of living, it’s barely enough to get by’ – David McCowen SMH, Oct 15, 2012 Record electricity price hikes leave customers cold – Karen Collier and Matt Johnston Herald Sun, Oct 10, 2012 Revealed: Why you pay so much for power – Matt Johnston News Ltd adelaidenow, Oct 9, 2012 Julia Gillard fights off welfare revolt – Patricia Karvelas The Australian, Oct 10, 2012 Parent welfare cuts pass parliament – Lisa Martin and Andrea Hayward AAP The Herald Sun, Oct 9, 2012 Parents show unity for a single cause – The Australian Financial Review, Oct 10, 2012 How some children miss out from the start: will telling their stories help make a difference? Melissa Sweet Croakey, Oct 9 From Centrelink to success – Today Tonight Yahoo7 News, Oct 9, 2012 WATCH>> The welfare lobby’s dodgy logic – Andrew Baker CIS InCise, Oct 9, 2012 Welfare cuts worry Labor backbenchers – Lisa Martin AAP Adelaidenow, Oct 8, 2012 UN appeal for sole parents – Northern Star, Oct 8, 2012 MPs up in arms over wheat and welfare – Philip Coorey SMH, Oct 9, 2012 Parties to come out (in)fighting as Parliament resumes – Ross Peake Canberra Times, Oct 9, 2012 Could cutting sole parent payments cost Australia UN votes? – Eva Cox Crikey ,Oct 8, 2012 Backbenchers bid to halt ‘crazy’ welfare reforms – ABC Lateline, Oct 8, 2012 WATCH>> Call to rethink cuts to single parent payments – ABC PM, Oct 8, 2012 LISTEN>> Claymore residents defend their suburb following Four Corners report – Dennis Clough Macarthur Chronicle, Oct 2, 2012 See original Four Corners program here>> Alleviating homelessness – Dr Cassandra Goldie St James Ethics Centre, Oct 1, 2012 September Power price increases ‘not states’ fault’ – Mark Ludlow & Angela Macdonald-Smith AFR Sept 27, 2102 Will A Charity Commission Cut Red Tape? – Eleanor Gibbs New Matilda September 26, 2012 Paying people to relocate for jobs has failed – Patricia Karvelas The Australian Sept 25, 2012 Growing Up Poor – Sarah Ferguson ABC 4 Corners Program Monday Sept 24, 2012 Single-mother cuts to hit hardest in PM’s seat – Patricia Karvelas The Australian September 22, 2012 Australians who don’t pay tax: what would Romney say? – Edmund Tadros & Katie Walsh AFR Sep 23, 2012 18,000 homeless sleep at shelters – Natasha Robinson The Australian Sep 24, 2012 Boom-time policies lack vision – Don Owers Newcastle Herald Sept. 22, 2012 – Don Owers is a retired TAFE teacher who lives at Dudley and has an interest in our economic system Parent welfare delay urged – Dan Harrison The Age September 20, 2012 Budget hole looms as MPs want dole for single mums delayed – Patricia Karvelas The Australian Sep 21, 2012 Welfare agencies urge parliament to delay or reconsider plan for sole parent payments – Alex Kirk AM Sep 21, 2012 Gag clauses help ‘stop grant abuse’ – Daniel Hurst Brisbane Times Sep 19, 2012 Govt Moves to Ban NFP Gag Clauses – Pro Bono News Sep 20, 2012 Prison mentoring program needs money – Toby Mann AAP The Australian Sep 19, 2012 Pensioners gain, but little joy for those on allowances – Peter Martin The Age Sep 20, 2012 NFP Directors Sceptical About Impact of ACNC – Pro Bono News September 17, 2012 Seven misleads viewers over Newstart – Kate Ausburn New Matilda Sep 14, 2012 Coalition to oppose charity reform bill – The Australian Financial Review Sep 13, 2012 (paywall) Sector Gender Audit Revealed – Pro Bono News Sep 12, 2012 Shortage of top women in welfare sector – Patricia Karvelas The Australian Sep 12, 2012 EDITORIAL: Women at the top still a distant reality – Caroline Lambert, Cassandra Goldie and Ruth Medd Canberra Times Sep 12, 2012 Newstart Inquiry – ABC RN Sep 12, 2012 Newstart comparisons ‘misleading’ – ACOSS media release Sep 10, 2012 ACOSS push for dole increase – Bianca Hall The Age Sep 10, 2012 Minimum wage better than dole, ACOSS tells Labor – Patricia Karvelas The Australian Sep 10, 2012 Pension, dole payments drifting further apart – Dan Harrison The Age Sep 8, 2012 Some unemployed paid above minimum wage – Mark Riley, 7News September 7, 2012 WATCH>> Fruitless search for jobless who can live on $35 a day – Cassandra Goldie and Maree O’Halloran The National Times September 6, 2012 Minister in vow on homeless targets – Patricia Karvelas The Australian September 6, 2012 Concern wording to mask homeless reality – Patricia Karvelas The Australian Sep 5, 2012 (paywall) Hard times, but dole rise opposed – Stephanie Peatling Sun-Herald Sep 2, 2012 August 2.5 million Australians living in poverty – 2SER August 31, 2012 LISTEN>> Government promises dental care for millions – 7.30 Report, ABC WATCH>> ACOSS Deputy CEO Tessa Boyd-Caine. Labor and Greens grinning over dental plan – Julian Drape, AAP WATCH>> Channel 7 News ACOSS Deputy CEO Tessa Boyd-Caine Millions set to benefit from new dental care scheme that will also save $2.5bn – Ben Packham The Australian August 29, 2012 Shorten opens the door to debate on Newstart rates – Dan Harrison SMH August 30, 2012 Apologetic Shorten open to increasing dole – Milanda Rout The Australian August 30, 2012 Newstart a road to poverty, not jobs, say welfare groups – Lanai Vasek and Milanda Rout The Australian August 29, 2012 Revealed: dole recipients too poor to buy food, medication or heating – Peter Martin, Dan Harrison SMH August 29, 2012 MPs challenged to try living on $35 a day – Anna Caldwell The Courier-Mail August 29, 2012 It’s a hard dole life – Adam Creighton The Australian August 29, 2012 Inadequate welfare humiliating: St Vinnies – Lisa Martin Channel Nine August 28, 2012 We just want a normal life, says struggling family – Milanda Rout The Australian August 29, 2012 Will a Newstart boost actually deter jobseekers? – Peter Whiteford The Conversation August 28, 2012 Will Shorten’s short comment haunt him? – Richard Farmer Crikey August 28, 2012 Newstart payments too low, say DHS staff – AAP Courier-Mail August 27, 2012 ACTU flags its backing for jobless insurance scheme – Pia Akerman The Australian August 28, 2012 Community groups call for dole tribunal – Anna Caldwell Herald Sun August 28, 2012 Old prejudices leave Newstart recipients cut adrift – Kasy Chambers SMH August 27, 2012 Dole’s far too low: report – Bianca Hall SMH August 27, 2012 National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling for church welfare agencies 15pc on dole can’t pay basic expenses – John Ferguson The Australian August 27, 2012 Push to delay cut in parent payment – Dan Harrison SMH August 24, 2012 Bill Shorten holds the line on parenting payments – Patricia Karvelas The Australian August 24, 2012 Hold off on parent pay cuts: committee – AAP The Courier Mail August 23, 2012 Labor MPs urge delay of Gillard’s single parent pension bill – Patricia Karvelas The Australian August 23, 2012 Cutting dole would ease labour crisis: bank chief – Peter Kerr The West Australian August 22, 2012 ANZ chief executive Mike Smith said welfare payments could be cut to encourage workers to move to labour-starved. Bank boss calls for cut in Newstart to force jobless to move – but welfare lobby says dole should be increased to $50/day – ABC Newsradio Breakfast: August 22, 2012 LISTEN >> Marius Benson talks with Cassandra Goldie, head of the Australian Council of Social Service. Welfare agencies report national food shortage – abc.net.au August 21, 2012 A new survey of Australian welfare agencies by Foodbank shows they are struggling to meet the demand for food relief. Shorten backs push for low dole – Patricia Karvelas The Australian August 20, 2012 Unions call for $50 dole boost – Clay Lucas The Age August 20, 2012 Lest we forget the moral principle of fairness – Peter Saunders The Australian August 18, 2012 Paxtons have gone but dole trap remains – David Hetherington The Australian August 18, 2012 Community welfare groups face big cuts to vital funds – Adele Horin SMH August 16, 2012 Money, money, money – Radio Adelaide Breakfast LISTEN >> CEO of the Business Council of Australia, Jennifer Westacott, speaks to Tim Brunero about possible plans to raise the welfare allowance and minimum wage. SBS Radio, Melbourne >> LISTEN >> World News Australia: August 14, 2012 Interview with Dr Cassandra Goldie. Legal aid and homelessness services in crisis: ACOSS Report >> LISTEN >> syn.org.au August 14, 2012 Reporter Chad Phillips spoke with ACOSS deputy CEO Tessa Boyd Caine about the troubling findings of the Australian Community Sector Survey 2012. Radio Adelaide, Adelaide >>LISTEN >> The Wire, August 13, 2012 ACOSS: Cut negative gearing to help poor – AAP SMH The Age August 15, 2012 ABC Q&A: WATCH>> Big Ideas and Big Society, August 13, 2012. Featuring Cassandra Goldie, Peter Singer, Mark Butler, Philip Blond, Pru Goward. ABC TV Breakfast Interview: Watch>> August 13, 2012. ABC RN Breakfast with Fran Kelly: LISTEN>> August 13, 2012. ABC TV News: Nation’s vulnerable are being turned away by welfare organisations: WATCH>> August 13, 2012. Community legal service ‘in crisis’ – The Wire >> LISTEN >> August 13, 2012. Increased demand stresses community sector – AAP SMH / Ninemsn / Herald Sun August 13, 2012 Cut negative gearing to help poor: ACOSS – Yahoo7 News August 13, 2012 Why has dental health been getting the brush off? Melissa Sweet, crikey.com.au August 14, 2012 Nation’s vulnerable are being turned away by welfare organisations – Antonette Collins ABV TV News August 12, 2012 WATCH >> Housing top worry for disadvantaged, agencies’ poll shows – Adele Horin SMH, The Age, Brisbane Times, Canberra Times August 13, 2012 20,000 refused help with housing – Nicola Berkovic The Australian August 13, 2012 DWINDLING RESOURCES Services struggle to help needy – Shane Wright, West Australian August 13, 2012 Welfare groups brace for impact of APS cuts – Canberra Times August 13, 2012 States leave consumers clueless on pricing – Alexandra Smith SMH August 9, 2012 ACOSS & Choice accuse the states of putting ”political squabbles” before consumers by not signing up to a national energy customer framework. Children hide poverty to protect parents, study finds – Adele Horin SMH August 8, 2012 Making a Difference report by the Social Policy Research Centre and the Smith Family. Charities fear fallout as winter bites – Karen Collier and Nathan Mawby August 08, 2012 St Vincent de Paul Society energy analyst Gavin Dufty Welfare Groups struggle to cope with hundreds of thousands in need – Laetitia Lemke ABC TV News August 05, 2012 Shared political will is crucial to halve homelessness – Eleri Morgan-Thomas National Times August 6, 2012 Problem gamblers’ Salvation – The Daily Telegraph August 06, 2012 Government betrays its most needy citizens – ABC’s Jonathan Green The Drum August 02, 2012 Born to run for the fair go – Wayne Swan National Times August 1, 2012 Treasurer Wayne Swan annual John Button lecture July Reforming the GST a tough sell – Claire Stewart and Natalie Gerritsen AFR July 31, 2012 Cassandra Goldie says the time is not right to increase GST Employment Minister prepared to look at welfare reform – Milanda Rout The Australian July 30, 2012 Employment Minister Bill Shorten tells SKY News ‘I am fully aware (that) trying to get along on $249 a week is an incredibly difficult ask, so certainly we think that what the Senate investigation comes up with will be something which we’ll look at with great interest.” Western Sydney tackles homelessness – Lindy Kerin ABC AM Program July 27, 2012 Mission Australia Report Child support formula baffles 90% of parents – study – Adele Horin SMH July 23, 2012 Single parents dole policy to hurt children, ACOSS warns – Patricia Karvelas The Australian July 20, 2012 One-stop shop for regulation of charities and not-for-profits – by Elisabeth Sexton SMH July 28, 2012 ACOSS concerns over the income management scheme – By Cameron Wilson Bush Telegraph ABC RN Wednesday, 18 July 2012 – Dr Cassandra Goldie Listen here >> Centrelink income management plan goes regional – By Claudette Werden Bush Telegraph ABC RN Tuesday, 17 July 2012 – Karen, volunteer for the income management program, Western Australia; Jenny Macklin, Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs – Listen here >> Aboriginal group defies criticism with income management plea – Jeff Waters 7.30 ABC TV, July 17, 2012 Aboriginal elders ask for income management – Jeff Waters PM Program ABC Radio, July 17, 2012 Act of clarity: non-profit tax issues under review – Elisabeth Sexton SMH July 17, 2012 Social outcomes in sight – Elena Douglas AFR July 17, 2012 Elena Douglas is convenor, Centre for Social Impact, UWA Business School Single parents deserve support, not scapegoating – Emma Davidson The Drum July 16, 2012 – Equality Rights Alliance is managed by YWCA Australia I want to provide people with the skills they need to best manage their money in the interests of their children – By Jenny Macklin & Dr Tessa Boyd-Caine Herald Sun Sunday, 15 July 2012 Unemployed Australians and the Dole – Sunday Nights ABC RN July 15, 2012 Guests: Greens senator Rachael Siewert; Lin Hatfield Dodds, UnitingCare; Roland Manderson, Anglicare; Paul O’Callaghan, Catholic Social Services Welfare dependency continues to shrink – ABC PM Program July 10, 2012 Dr Tessa Boyd-Caine LISTEN >> Centrelink’s new Basics card – Damien Hansen Today Tonight July 9, 2012 Rethinking Welfare: Is the Newstart Allowance too low? Weekend Sunrise July 8, 2012 Dr Tessa Boyd-Caine, ACOSS and John Roskam, Institute of Public Affairs – Watch >> No state deal yet on welfare trial – Dan Harrison SMH/The Age July 9, 2012 Swan claim on tax ‘deceptive’ – Katie Walsh AFR July 9, 2012 Cash to help kids see other parent – Patricia Karvelas The Australian July 4, 2012 Greens call for rethink on Newstart – Patricia Karvelas The Australian July 03, 2012 Sole parents marooned on dole – Patricia Karvelas The Australian July 3, 2012 Minimum Wage Is Increased – Pro Bono Australia July 3, 2012 Taxing times for households – Julieanne Strachan The Canberra Times July 1, 2012 Australians not impressed by carbon tax, finds poll – Madeleine Genner ABC Radio Australia June 29 2012 Mind the gap between carbon tax fears and reality – John Connor Climate Spectator July 1, 2012 June On carbon tax eve, how is the health system placed? Melissa Sweet Croakey June 29, 2012 Impact of Climate Change on Social Services Investigation – Pro Bono Australia May June 29, 2012 Carbon Pricing: How will it impact your household? – RN Breakfast Guests: Cassandra Goldie CEO, ACOSS, June 28, 2012 – Listen >> Impact of Climate Change on Social Services Investigation – Pro Bono Australia June 28, 2012 Income Management welfare program extended – RN Breakfast, Guests: John Falzon, CEO, St Vincent de Paul Society, June 28, 2012 – Listen >> Newstart increase has Alan Jone’s support! Kings of talkback – Sunrise Alan Jones is a strong advocate of raising Newstart! June 27, 2012 Watch here >> Mind the gap between carbon tax fears and reality – John Connor, Climate Spectator June 27 2012 Inquiry into dole amount – RN Breakfast June 27, 2012 Guest: Maree O’Halloran, President of the National Welfare Rights Network. Listen >> Income management expansion gets mixed response – 7.30 ABC TV June 27, 2012 Watch >> Inquiry into dole amount – Maree O’Halloran, RN Breakfast, President of the National Welfare Rights Network, interviewed by Fran Kelly, June 27, 2012 Hopes Senate probe will raise ‘low’ dole – Patricia Karvelas, The Australian June 27, 2012 Newstart inquiry given green light – Peter Martin The Age June 27, 2012 Greens work to revamp Newstart – Peter Martin The Age June 25, 2012 Carbon tax marks biggest overhaul since the GST – Clancy Yeates The Saturday Age June 23, 2012 Cuts to single mums breaches human rights – Julia Holamn, Hack Triple J, June 21, 2012 ACA breaches Code for identifying child – David Knox, TV Tonight June 22, 2012 Watchdog to test cuts to single pensions – Patricia Karvelas The Australian June 21, 2012 Human rights scrunity of pension cuts – Patricia Karvelas The Australian June 21, 2012 Parenting payment cuts to be investigated – AAP/Tracker June 20, 2012 Welfare Peak Body to Appear Before Parliamentary Committee – Pro Bono Australia June 20, 2012 Unemployed struggle as dole’s value declines – Patricia Karvelas June 19, 2012 Coalition pursues work-for-dole scheme a dud in UK – Peter Martin The Age June 19, 2012 Qld to scrap scheme linking school attendance to welfare payments – Rosanne Barrett The Australian June 19, 2012 Gillard asked to let inquiry assess bill’s legality – Patricia Karvelas The Australian June 16, 2012 Welfare changes will punish single parents who work – Stephanie Peatling Sun Herald, Maree O’Hallaron, National Welfare Rights Network June 17, 2012 Dr Cassandra Goldie on Sunday Extra: Outsiders on ABC RN Presenter: Jonathan Green; Guests: Toby Ralph, Marketing strategist; Chris Berg, Research Fellow, Institute of Public Affairs; Dr Cassandra Goldie, ACOSS CEO. Listen >> June 17, 2012 Stop charity meddling, urges opposition – AAP The Australian June 15, 2012 Gillard wants business to talk up economic strength – ABC News June 13, 2012 Ombudsman slams Centrelink on NT income management decisions, communication – Sue Dunlevy The Australian June 08, 2012 PM to parents: I feel your pain – Patricia Karvelas The Australian June 08, 2012 Tighten the rules on welfare payments – Peter Saunders Online-Opinion June 8, 2012 Labor MPs take up cause of single parents – Patricia Karvelas The Australian June 07, 2012 Solar funds redirected to councils, poor – AAP Ninemsn June 6, 2012 Labor MPs fume over budget’s penalising of working single mums – Patricia Karvelas The Australian June 05, 2012 Budget crackdown will penalise single working mums – Patricia Karvelas The Australian June 02, 201 Unions and business unhappy with minimum wage increase – ABC Online June 1, 2012 May Groups say no to single mum welfare cut – Lisa Martin AAP Daily Telegraph May 31 2012 ACOSS leads call to MPs and senators to stop pension cut – Patricia Karvelas The Australian May 31, 2012 Greens call for welfare inquiry – Lisa Martin AAP SMH May 31, 2012 MPs protest over payments – Fleur Anderson AFR May 30, 2012 Sole parents ‘demonised’ in jobs plan – Dan Harrison The Age May 30, 2012 Study shows nation’s economic resilience – Adele Horin SMH May 30, 2012 (Professor Peter Saunders, of the Social Policy Research Centre at UNSW. Professor Saunders, the study’s author, is Australia’s leading poverty researcher) Truants will get Gillard Government’s $820 bonus – Anna Caldwell Courier Mail May 30, 2012 Pensioners to get paid for carbon price – Peter Martin May 28, 2012 After a pregnant pause, the phoney mummy wars resume – Suzy Freeman-Greene The Age May 26, 2012 Some absent fathers paying just $7 a week in child support – Samantha Maiden News Limited May 26, 2012 ACOSS Appeals for Budget Re-Think – Pro Bono Australia, May 24, 2012 ‘New start needed for broken welfare system’ – Patricia Karvelas The Australian May 24, 2012 ACOSS Appeals for Budget Re-Think – Pro Bono Australia May 24 2012 Jobless need help and motivation – Alan Mitchell AFR May 23, 2012 The fair go has fairly gone – Chris Middendorp The Age/SMH May 23, 2012 (Chris Middendorp is a writer and community worker) Carbon reform critics are taxing credibility – John Connor The Daily Telegraph May 23, 2012 (John Connor is CEO of the Climate Institute) Bitter tears hide super self interest – Ross Gittins SMH May 23, 2012 Could you live off $35 a day? – 4BC Brisbane Dr. Tess Boyd-Caine, Acting CEO, ACOSS May 22, 2012 Is the dole enough? – The Project Channel 10 Sunday May 20, 2012 Labor MPs push for dole increase – Misha Schubert and Stephanie Peatling Sunday Age May 20, 2012 Anger as lone parents face benefit cuts – Yvonne Roberts The Observer, Sunday 20 May 2012 Unemployed remain under the line – Jason Marshall City Hub May 20, 2012 Poor singles also in need, say Salvation Army – Angus Thompson, Herald Sun May 18, 2012 Delay for not-for-profit sector reforms – Ninemsn May 17 2012 Newstart programs slammed by Howe – Ninemsn May 16 2012 Surplus on the backs of the poor – John Falzon The Guardian May 16, 2012 Those seeking charity go without meals, medication to make ends meet – Sophie Gosper The Australian May 16, 2012 Single parent families: the pain our politicians don’t feel – Stephanie Peatling The Age May 17, 2012 VCOSS Podcast: Wayne Swan post-budget address to community sector – VCOSS May 15, 2012 Cheques to Stay Following Push from Community Sector – Pro Bono Australia May 15, 2012 Wayne Swan’s class war budget lifts Labor base vote in Newspoll – Dennis Shanahan The Australian May 15, 2012 Pitch from welfare welcomed – Patricia Karvelas The Australian May 15, 2012 Business tax still on Swan’s agenda – Lucille Keen and Laura Tingle May 15, 2012 Strong economy linked to fairness, Swan – Sky News May 14 2012 Strong economy supports fair society: Swan – Colin Brinsden AAP May 14, 2012 NDIS will right wrongs of the past: Swan – AAP May 14, 2012 Welfare Community Pushes Treasurer on Budget Shortfalls – Jackie Hanafie Monday, May 14, 2012 Swan enters debate on class warfare – Peter Martin The Age May 14, 2012 Welfare groups set to grill Wayne Swan – AAP News May 14, 2012 ACOSS on The Project Sunday Night – WATCH >> 2.45 minutes into clip. Dr Tessa Boyd-Caine, Acting CEO, Parents to go ‘from welfare to poverty’ – Patricia Karvelas The Australian May 11, 2012 Single mums to bear brunt of $200m job agencies cut – Patricia Karvelas The Australian May 10, 2012 Labor’s desperate bid to get re-elected – Michael Gill SMH May 10 2012 Report finds hungry kids as parents struggle – Laetitia Lemke ABC TV News May 10 2012 Single Parent Budget Cuts – Fran Kelly interview Tony Nicholson May 10 2012 Changes to hurt single parents – Fleur Anderson Australian Financial Review May 10 2012 Most vulnerable still fall between cracks, says agency -Adele Horin SMH May 10 2012 Fair overall: welfare groups -Lauren Wilson and Lanai Vasek The Australian May 9 2012 Coalition finds cracks in Government’s debt ceiling -Anna Caldwell Courier Mail May 9 2012 Medical claims to be means tested -Annette Sampson May 9 2012 SMH How Swan got his surplus -Peter Martin SMH May 09 2012 Health offset Medical claims to be means tested -Annette Sampson Canberra Times May 9 2012 How Swan got his surplus -Peter Martin Canberra Times May 09 2012 Swan’s Robin Hood Act Disappoints Some -Lisa Martin Ninemsn May 9 2012 WA will be left $1.lb worse off, says Porter -Natasha Boddy West Australian May 9 2012 Welfare Groups Respond to Budget -ABC News May 9 2012 Health: Michael Marmot and the other budget lock-up -Melissa Sweet Crikey May 9 2012 Welfare lobby “generally happy” with budget (AUDIO): ABC News Radio May 9 2012 As it happened: Budget 2012 reaction – Ben Atherton , Katie Franklin and Matthew Liddy ABC May 9 2012 Welfare advocate lobbied for Timor -David Scott SMH May 8 2012 Punishing single parents to save some money – Lin Hatfield Dodds, UnitingCare May 8 2012 ‘Labor values’ drive bid to get in the black -Andrew Probyn West Australian May 8 2012 Mining tax to fund budget families boost -AAP Ninemsn May 8 2012 Business not happy with Swan cut -AAP SMH May 8 2012 Single parents hurt by budget: ACOSS -AAP Ninemsn May 8 2012 Wayne Swan delivers a budget surplus -ABC Radio National May 8 2012 (Guest: Dr Cassandra Goldie) Budget 2012 -ABC Radio National May 8 2012 (Interview with Tessa Boyd Caine & Peter Martin) Plea to spare single parents from budget cuts -Peter Martin SMH May 7 2012 ACOSS wants PM to increase payments -AAP Ninemsn May 7 2012 PM urged to increase welfare payments -Big Pond News May 7 2012 ACOSS wants PM to increase payments -AAP Business Spectator May 7 2012 Council tries to stop cuts to 100,000 sole parents -Peter Martin SMH May 7 2012 PM urged to increase welfare payments -Sky News May 7 2012 Plea to spare single parents from budget cuts -Peter Martin WA Today May 7 2012 Plea to spare sole parents from ‘disturbing’ Newstart push -Peter Martin Canberra Times May 7 2012 Should we abandon the goal of a budget surplus? -Cassandra Goldie The Age, SMH May 5 2012 Welfare bodies hit bite on benefits -Dan Harrison The Age May 5 2012 Nudge nudge, wink wink, nanny soaks the poor to fatten the budget -Julie Novak The Australian May 01 2012 April Budget casts shadow on middle class welfare – Samantha Hawley ABC April 29 2012 Urgent Call to Increase the Dole – ABC April 29 2012 ACOSS suggests tax reform would save billions – Fran Kelly ABC RN Breakfast April 26 2012 LISTEN >> New savings suggestions from welfare lobby group ACOSS, as treasurer crunches Budget numbers – ABC News Radio April 26 2012 LISTEN to interview with Marius Benson>> Government urged to trim $8bn in tax breaks – ABC News April 26 2012 Want $8 billion in savings? Attack welfare for the well-off – Peter Martin Fairfax April 26 2012 Welfare lobby suggests budget cuts – David Uren, The Australian April 26 2012 Cut tax rebates, save $8bn, says report – AAP The Australian April 26 2012 Cut tax rebates and save govt $8bn: report – AAP Ninemsn Apr 26 2012 Welfare groups want tax discounts on golden handshakes for executives – Phillip Hudson Herald Sun April 26, 2012 Poor bear brunt of ‘nanny taxes’ – Exclusive: Adam Creighton, The Australian April 26 2012 The painful truth about trying to live on $35 a day – Peter Martin SMH The Age April 24 2012 Survey indicates unemployment benefits are not enough to live on – Ross Peak Canberra Times April 24 2012 Recapping a welfare week – Alexandra Lamb The Age April 22 2012 Outsiders – ABC RN Sunday Extra, April 22, 2012 Guests: Professor Peter Whiteford – Director, Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Chris Berg – Research Fellow, Institute of Public Affairs, Ben Eltham – National Affairs correspondent for New Matilda & fellow for the Centre for Policy Development LISTEN >> Hockey criticises Australia’s welfare safety net – RN Breakfast April 20, 2012 – LISTEN >> Razor gangs and welfare reformers must not lose sight of evidence – SMH Opinion April 20 2012 Super Duped – Mike Seccombe The Global Mail April 20 2012 The politics of housing: locking us out of affordable solutions – Sarah Toohey The Drum April 20 2012 (Sarah Toohey is Campaign Director of Australians for Affordable Housing) Paltry Newstart Allowance is fast becoming a poverty trap – Peter Whiteford The Conversation April 20 2012 Womersley: Getting by on $35 a day – Ross Womersley Adelaide Advertiser April 20, 2012 Hockey hits nerve with talk of chop to welfare – Phillip Coorey SMH April 20, 2012 Coalition tries to hose down talk of welfare cuts – Alexandra Kirk ABC April 20 2012 ACOSS boss says any crackdown on government payouts should target the rich, not the poor – NewsRadio April 19, 2012 LISTEN to Interview Cassandra Goldie with Kathy Bell Imagining Australia in 2030 – Radio National Big Ideas April 19, 2012 (Highlights of the Imagining Australia in 2030 session at the Australian Council of Social Service conference) LISTEN >> Panel discussion: Welfare spending – RN Drive April 19, 2012 Listen or Download Cassandra Goldie and Peter Whiteford with Waleed Aly Hockey calls for smaller welfare state, smaller government – The World Today April 19 2012 Hockey’s flagged cuts to income support short lived – ABC PM April 19 2012 Hockeynomics Eats Our Safety Net – Ben Eltham New Matilda April 19 2012 Minimal calls to welfare fraud line investigated – Patricia Karvelas The Australian April 19 2012 Abuse as a child linked to longer term homeless – Adele Horin SMH April 19 2012 Sebastopol woman calls for rise in Centrelink Newstart Allowance – Tom McIlroy Ballarat Courier 18 April 2012 Newstart benefit fails even to pay the rent – Peter Martin The Age SMH April 17 2012 Newstart not enough to make a difference – Tony Reidy, Launceston Examiner April 17 2012 (Tony Reidy, CEO of TasCOSS – the peak body for the Tasmanian community services sector) The cost of poverty is way more expensive than the dole – John Falzon The Punch April 17 2012 (Dr John Falzon is the chief executive of the St Vincent de Paul Society National Council) Sacked workers use savings before dole kicks in – Patricia Karvelas The Australian April 17 2012 It costs more to leave people homeless than it does to help them – Meredith Griffiths ABC AM Program April 17 2012 (Mission Australia) Ballarat’s welfare recipients living on $35 a day – Tom McIlroy Editorial Ballarat Courier April 16 2012 Budget figures mean little when jobs are hard to come by – Editorial Ballarat Courier April 16 2012 No charge for mailed Centrelink statements – AAP SMH April 16 2012 Extra $50 in dole will cost $117m – Staff Writers The Advertiser April 16 2012 Senator to spend week on the dole – AAP Herald Sun April 13 2012 Greens Senator’s pledge of ‘poverty’ – ABC Radio PM Program – Friday, April 13 2012 (The Greens Senator, Rachel Siewert, and Cassandra Goldie) LISTEN to Rachel Siewert interview with Fran Kelly on ABC RN Breakfast >> Dumping on charities – Salvation Army says carbon tax will be a costly load of rubbish – EXCLUSIVE by Steve Lewis The Daily Telegraph April 11 2012 Government to trial welfare shake-up – Nick McCallum 3AW Morning program April 10 2012 Should public servants run people’s lives in this extreme manner? Is this a dangerous level of socialism that Australia shouldn’t experiment with? Listen to the interview and have your say >> April 10 2012 Swan stands by negative gearing – The Australian April 9 2012 NSW leader John Robertson calls for debate on changes to negative gearing– The Australian April 08 2012 Welfare staff facing rise in violence – The Age April 7, 2012 New face of homelessness is likely to be old and female | SMH April 07 2012 Super ‘biased against lower paid’ – SMH April 07 2012 Father of super says system ‘inequitable‘ -The Canberra Times April 7 2012 Housing policies: designed to create stress, inequity and other health and social problems – Crikey April 3 2012 March Disability plan to be fast-tracked with budget cuts to bankroll scheme -Sue O’Reilly The Australian March 31 2012 Dole Rise Ruled Out -Weekend Post March 31 2012 GetUp targets billionaires -Weekend Post March 31 2012 Mixed messages but childcare rebate to escape means test – Canberra Times March