News
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AUWU Press Conference highlights job precarity and unsafe working environments
Among the speakers were AUWU unionists and USyd Welfare Officer Lia Perkins.
News
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Car convoy for workers’ rights takes to the streets in spite of police repression
Protestors demanded increased income support payments and vaccine, test and isolation leave for all workers.
News
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Choices we shouldn’t have to make: Online day of action demands increased welfare support during lockdown
Students are demanding increased COVID relief payments and other welfare support measures.
Opinion
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$750 a week: Better crisis support is needed from the government
Communities need support and compassion, not police violence and repression, to get through COVID-19.
News
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Welfare Action Group holds speak-out
Students spoke out about issues such as public housing and financial difficulties faced by University students.
News
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Cut to welfare ‘disregards students and young people’
Welfare payments will be raised only $50 a fortnight once the $150 Coronavirus supplement ends.
Analysis
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A look into Glebe and Eveleigh’s public housing crisis
The existing public housing, which was purpose-built to provide liveable, community space, will be demolished by developers and replaced with 70% private accommodation and 30% public housing.
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Youth Allowance, Austudy and Abstudy to be included in new Coronavirus Supplement
Eligible students will now receive additional fortnightly payments from April 27.
University error leaves Master of Global Health students without Centrelink support
After their degree was not registered by the University with Centrelink, students have been offered a one-off monetary payment.
Barnaby Joyce: Why don’t dole bludgers just sell their story for $150 000 to make ends meet?
He's a true blue Aussie—sorry—Kiwi battler