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More than 8,000 single parents to be moved on to jobseeker before Labor’s welfare reform begins
Greens senator says it is ‘heartless’ not to make an interim provision for families until eligibility extends in September
Stephanie Convery, Inequality reporter
02, Jun, 2023 @3:00 PM
Nurses union fined $350,000 for West Australian strike; Rex Patrick loses FOI challenge – as it happened
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Royce Kurmelovs and Natasha May (earlier)
26, May, 2023 @9:17 AM
Young Australian women struggling to afford period products as inflation soars, survey shows
Plan International says stigma around menstruation at heart of problem as it calls for free products in public bathrooms
Stephanie Convery Inequality reporter
25, May, 2023 @3:00 PM
Firefighters working to extinguish fire after ‘apocalyptic’ Sydney blaze
NSW Fire and Rescue say it will be a ‘substantial and very prolonged’ effort of firefighting to extinguish the blaze completely
Rafqa Touma, Elias Visontay, Stephanie Convery, and Lisa Cox
25, May, 2023 @9:08 AM
Building partially collapses in blaze – as it happened
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Emily Wind and Amy Remeikis (earlier)
25, May, 2023 @8:35 AM
MP speaks out against voice claims – as it happened
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Emily Wind and Amy Remeikis (earlier)
22, May, 2023 @9:09 AM
The no-interest loans helping Australians get back on their feet
More than 350,000 zero-interest loans have been given to those on low income since 2003 – and experts say the financial alternative has changed lives
Stephanie Convery Inequality reporter
21, May, 2023 @3:00 PM
Meteor blazes across north Queensland sky with blast of light and sound
Footage captured from Cairns on the east coast to Normanton on the Gulf of Carpentaria shows growing fireball exploding with a loud boom
Stephanie Convery
21, May, 2023 @6:39 AM
Opposition will ‘use every tactic’ to block bill – as it happened
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Emily Wind and Amy Remeikis (earlier)
11, May, 2023 @8:30 AM
Australia’s increase in welfare payments ‘is just a Band-Aid’, say low-income earners
‘I’m not going to be ungrateful, it will help … But the reality is, people like myself, we’re trapped’
Stephanie Convery and Luke Henriques-Gomes
10, May, 2023 @3:00 PM
Commonwealth rent assistance has no effect on Australia’s housing affordability, Anglicare says
Report finds that not only is CRA inadequate in alleviating rental stress, but that the way it’s calculated neglects those most in need
Stephanie Convery
08, May, 2023 @3:00 PM
Morrison government spent $20.8bn on consultants and outsourcing public service in final year, audit finds
The equivalent of 54,000 full-time staff were employed by the federal government in 2021-22, or 37% of the actual workforce
Stephanie Convery
05, May, 2023 @3:00 PM
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