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Despite recent increases, JobSeeker still leaves people below the poverty line. Here’s why that affects us all

Despite recent increases, JobSeeker still leaves people below the poverty line. Here’s why that affects us all
16.03.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Peter Whiteford

Despite recent increases, JobSeeker still leaves people below the poverty line. Here’s why that affects us all

Research shows a possible return to society of $1.24 for every dollar invested in increasing the JobSeeker rate.

12.03.2025 40

The Conversation

Peter Whiteford

Populism behind unlawful robodebt exposed

At nearly 500 pages, Rick Morton’s new book Mean Streak provides a detailed account of the development and collapse of the robodebt scheme, which...

04.12.2024 40

The New Daily

Peter Whiteford

‘The social engineering of shame’: Rick Morton’s Mean Streak exposes the populism behind the unlawful robodebt scheme

At nearly 500 pages, Rick Morton’s Mean Streak provides a detailed account of the development and collapse of the robodebt scheme, which started in...

02.12.2024 6

The Conversation

Peter Whiteford