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The mean and nasty Welfare to Work
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$1.66 per hour? Gee thanks! Be careful if you go outside! Don’t get knocked over by single parents and disabled people dancing for joy; that is if they’re not at home bent over calculators. |
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Gently weeping, but angry
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On Thursday 29 June, the opening ceremony of the Picasso exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria was greeted by protesting security guards at the gallery entrance. |
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Snowy Hydro saved by the people
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The Prime Minister paid Australians the great compliment of admitting that he was forced to back-flip under snowballing opposition to the sale. |
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Geelong workers take on the Task Force
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Hundreds of workers forced the Australian Building and Construction Task Force to abandon an information session for employers. |
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Spotlight workers get two cents for lost conditions
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New workers at Spotlight, one of Australia’s largest fabric stores, will forfeit penalty rates, rest breaks, overtime and public holiday entitlements in exchange for a miserly 2 cents per hour pay increase. |
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Smartcard and welfare attacks part of anti-worker crackdown
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On April 27 the Federal Cabinet approved plans for a universal smartcard. This was accompanied by the news about Centrelink holding back a portion of unemployment benefits to cover utility bills and to ensure that the unemployed do not use their money unwisely. The two go hand in hand and join other measures against all on welfare that are already being applied, or are in the pipeline. |
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