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Probe into disability service rating error

The social services minister has launched an investigation into a coding error which impacted performance ratings of disability employment service providers.

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Calls for boost to social security payment

An inquiry into poverty in Australia has heard calls to increase social security payments to help meet the rising cost of living.

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Youth allowance, Austudy and carer payments to rise 6.1% in biggest lift in decades

Routine indexation comes amid soaring inflation, but social welfare advocates say it is still not enough

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Youth allowance will go up by the largest amount since 1998 — but it remains stuck below the inflation rate

Youth and student payments will go up by 6.1 per cent on January 1 — but the increase still won't be enough to cover the cost of living amid rising inflation.

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Welfare, study payments to increase

The social services minister says boosts to welfare payments indexed by up to $20 a week will help vulnerable people keep up with the rising cost of living.

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Seniors to earn more without pension cut

New measures to allow older Australians to earn more before their pension gets cut will come into effect on Thursday.

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Changes to paid parental leave on table

The first of several changes to the paid parental leave scheme aiming to make the program fairer and more flexible have been presented to parliament.

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Minister flags more changes in disability employment overhaul aimed at boosting 'stubbornly low' employment rate

An overhaul of the federal government's controversial Disability Employment Service could see people with disabilities given more power to rank their job providers.

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The Govt’s Workforce Incentives Bill Is An Insult To Every Welfare Recipient Under 66 Years Old

The Government's Workforce Incentives Bill allows age pensioners to work and earn more. But it's left other welfare recipients in poverty.

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Labor drops plan to reduce access to disability pension for drug and alcohol-related conditions

Albanese government backs away from controversial change as part of once-in-a-decade review of disability pension eligibility criteria

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Federal government announces early childhood summit

The summit will focus on developing a national strategy for children up to the age of five.

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Fair go push on parental leave

Employers are being urged to offer equal parental leave to mothers and fathers as the federal government looks to increase time off among men.

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Labor pledges extra $15m to child abuse redress scheme as backlog grows

Social services minister Amanda Rishworth says funding will boost staff levels to cope with influx of claims from survivors

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More staff to be hired for National Redress Scheme in aim to clear backlog as applications grow

The scheme has been widely criticised for being painstakingly slow and re-traumatising for those forced to relive their abuse.

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Centrelink a barrier to Australian pensioners filling skills gaps, advocates say

Advocates say the barrier of Centrelink penalties is keeping the "grey economy" away from the workforce, despite moves in the budget to fix the problem.

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Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth tells National Press Club of government's pledge to end domestic violence within 'one generation'

Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth says it's time to "stop shying away" from evidence that shows men are overwhelmingly the perpetrators of domestic, family, and sexual violence.

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Further gambling law reform still to come

Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth says she will work with her state and territory counterparts to determine the next steps of gambling law reform.

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Extra funds to support violence survivors

Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth has announced additional funding for safe places for women and children who need to leave violent situations.

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What are the new taglines online wagering companies will be required to show?

Online betting companies will have to ditch the tagline "gamble responsibly" next year under new rules. What are the new taglines and are they enough?

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Trial to connect NDIS with job services

The federal government hopes to improve job prospects for people with disabilities through a pilot program connecting NDIS clients with employment services.

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Crowds gather for national Cassius Turvey vigils – as it happened

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Labor to launch trial to help NDIS participants who want to work

Social services minister Amanda Rishworth to announce pilot scheme aimed at lifting employment rates among people with disability

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Albanese government to enforce new advertising requirements for online betting companies

Gambling companies will soon be forced to include new warnings on all their advertisements about the risks of taking a punt, in what the federal government hopes will help problem gamblers.

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Micaela Cronin a former social worker named the new domestic violence commissioner

Micaela Cronin will begin at the newly established commission next week and will be responsible for tracking the implementation of the new national plan to end violence against women and children within "one generation".

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Housing, Indigenous and domestic violence services to receive extra $560m in federal budget

Exclusive: The partial indexation of funding aims to help community organisations cope with rising costs

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