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Labor To Block the Controversial Welfare Drug Testing Scheme
Experts say the Government's plan to drug test young people on Centrelink will be ineffective, and expensive.
Retailers Are Excited to Hire Unemployed Young People For Free
The government's new unpaid internship scheme is the biggest thing to happen for Australian retailers since... penalty rate cuts.
The Bill to Drug Test 5,000 Young People Hits Parliament Today
Ignoring the backlash, the Government is pushing ahead with its scheme to test Newstart and Youth Allowance recipients.
Welfare Drug Testing Will Ruin Recovering Addicts Like Me
Getting off ice is hard. Doing it broke is just about impossible.
Centrelink's Debt Crisis Shows How the Government Can Abuse Big Data
"This is a political failure dressed up as an an IT failure... [Big data is] a powerful tool. How that tool is used—for good or evil—depends on how accountable the people are who wield it."
Centrelink Has Been Stalking Your Facebook, Australia
Centrelink uncovers fraud by monitoring social media
Finding a Place to Live in Australia Is So Much Harder When You're Trans
The bigotry and lack of understanding that makes it hard to get a job are the same obstacles that put you last when applying for housing.
We Asked a Sociologist Why Australians Resent the Homeless
Scratch the surface and you'll find a lot of Australians believe the homeless are lazy. We asked Prof. Kathleen Hulse, an expert on homelessness, where these beliefs come from.
A Software Developer Created an App to Spam Employment Ministers with Job Applications
The new Work for the Dole program stipulates that people apply for forty jobs per month. We spoke to the guy behind an app that sends your job applications to forty politicians.
Benefits and Doubt in the Illawarra
Last week it was announced that unemployed people under 30 will be barred from unemployment benefits for six months out of every year. We visited the Illawarra, where youth joblessness sits at 20 percent, to talk to locals about the changes.