The Federal Government will shortly announce the extension of income management Australia-wide as part of its reintroduction of the Racial Discrimination Act in the Northern Territory.
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Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The Left
Crikey readers debate Guy Rundle’s views on the Left. Plus, discrimination debate and the full time mess that is dealing with Centrelink.
Fighting for a fair deal from Centrelink
Dealing with Centrelink is a full-time job for someone applying for a Disability Support Pension, getting punted from payment to payment, filling out forms and going to pointless reviews and assessments, writes an anonymous disability carer.
Dealing with Centrelink is a full-time job for some pensioners
Aged pensioners who supplement their pensions with paid employment, even occasionally, must now report their circumstances to Centrelink every fortnight, writes Ava Hubble.
Tips and rumours: Lobbyists on the move
Labor spinner Alex Cramb will be returning to lobbying outfit Government Relations Australia next week, a tipster tells Crikey today.
No fairy floss, no show, for NT kids under income management
Thousands of Aboriginal Territorians, half of whose income is controlled through income quarantining and management, won’t be able to access money through their Basic Cards to get into the Royal Darwin Show this week.
Tips and rumours: Something NQR about Australian of the Year ad?
In Tips & Rumours today: Foster’s feels the pinch as premium wine sales drop, white kid plays Lionel Rose?, Centrelink heading overseas, Sunday Age gets racy…
Tips and rumours: The SMH drops out of London
Regarding Monday’s commentary on The Sydney Morning Herald’s rapidly dwindling world coverage, it’s worth noting the reduced SMH presence in London in the past few weeks, says one Crikey tipster.
Political snippets: Find the correct unemployment number
Richard Farmer un-fudges the unemployment figures and welcomes the return of Jeff Kennett to Page One, where his hair belongs.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The word ‘pandemic’ becomes a pandemic
Crikey readers lay into the media’s obsession with pandemics, Richard Pratt, and Bernard Keane’s uncanny resemblance to Samuel Beckett.
Tips and rumours: A new logo for NSW?
Is there a better way to bust a recession that pay a design team squillions to come up with a new logo?
Students can live with the poverty, but not the indignity
Could you live on $26 a day? That’s how much the Austudy allowance for a full-time student is, writes Danu Poyner.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Not time to cut and run from Afghanistan
Today, Crikey reader James Burke challenges Guy Rundle’s argument for immediate withdrawal from Afghanistan: “It’s a familiar tactic, to claim moral superiority while following the path of least resistance.”
Tips and rumours: Job losses at the Trading Post?
Trading Post job losses … Sunday Age’s conflict of interest … Recession boon for Centrelink
ACCC alert: Macklin decides where dollars go in Yuendumu
Kevin Rudd’s Christmas bonuses will flow right past the Big Shop, straight into the tills of Outback Stores or down the 300 kilometres of rough roads to Alice Springs, writes Bob Gosford.
Tips and rumours
Further to tips given to Crikey earlier in the year that Ausenco would struggle to complete their Lumwana Copper Project on time, Ausenco have announced to the ASX that the main transformer compound on the site caught fire, further delaying commisioning of the Plant. The project was due for completion 30 June, so was already […]
NT Intervention: How income management is hurting my mum
It was deeply distressing to me to witness the devastating and debilitating effect that aspects of the intervention have had on my Elcho family, writes Darwin resident John Greatorex.
Abolishing CDEP: Coming soon to a community near you
The abolition of CDEP under the federal government’s Northern Territory intervention is proceeding in many Indigenous communities, but the transition process isn’t always a smooth one, reports Thomas Hunter..
Tips and rumours
The Widow’s Allowance includes women who separated or divorced prior to turning 40 years of age. These women have Centrelink approval to stay home and grieve whilst other separated or divorced women over age 40 must get a job or die trying! The above can be confirmed at the Centrelink website.
No matter the outcome of […]
Big government conservatism sparks Canberra building boom
Increasing public service numbers are changing the real estate map of Canberra, writes Christian Kerr.
Crikey Policy Comparison Pt 4: Indigenous affairs
The government’s 500 page bill on the Indigenous intervention raced through the lower house of federal parliament and stopped to catch its breath — albeit fleetingly — in a senate committee before becoming law. So how do the two major parties differ on the issue?
Maningrida: Watching the intervention roll out
They came, they saw, they left. Hamish Townsend reports on the Federal Government’s flying visit to Maningrida.
