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1. Meagre dole payment doesn't just hurt the unemployed: Toby Hall
(Daily News/Blog)

... economists to the small ‘l’ liberal left, there is furious agreement that unemployed Australians are barely scraping by. The inadequacy of the Newstart Allowance has a number of ramifications – for individual ...

2. How fair are unemployment benefits?
(Daily News/Blog)

... unemployment benefit, or Newstart Allowance, is too low. They say it's penalising the jobless, making it harder for people to get work and condemning the long-term unemployed to poverty. This came on ...

3. How fair are unemployment benefits?
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... unemployment benefit, or Newstart Allowance, is too low. They say it's penalising the jobless, making it harder for people to get work and condemning the long-term unemployed to poverty. This came on ...

4. Inequality is growing in Australia: ACOSS
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... to get paid work - have not had commensurate increases in their social security payment - the Newstart Allowance. "Although there have been some efforts by the Australian Government to alleviate these ...

5. Grandparent support group launched in Goulburn
(Daily News/Blog)

... and financial strain. “As almost two-thirds of grandparent families rely on a government pension, benefit or allowance as their main source of income, many find themselves tapping into their lifetime ...

6. Commonwealth assistance for Queenslanders impacted by TC Yasi
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... a loss of income as a direct result of Tropical Cyclone Yasi. The Disaster Income Recovery Subsidy is a fortnightly payment of up to the maximum rate of existing Newstart Allowance for a period of 13 ...

7. Lee’s new enterprise
(Daily News/Blog)

... Solutions. NEIS helps participants gain TAFE-level small business qualifications free of charge while receiving a government allowance. After conducting market research, Lee identified a need for an ...

8. Mission Australia NEIS
(Employment Services/Providers)

... requirements. Not be an undischarged bankrupt. Not have received the NEIS Allowance in the last two years, and not have received NEIS Assistance previously for a similar business activity. Agree ...