This year was an annus horribilis for the poor — but the tireless campaigning of low-income advocates offers some hope for the future.
The government's scheme to force job-seekers to send 40 applications a month will definitely increase employment -- among entrepreneurial app developers.
'Labor by name and Labour by nature' may be a catchy title but it does little for those society excludes and then rejects. Julia Gillard ignores the evidence the problem with unemployment is as much a demand side problem as the fault of the unemployed.