Her first assistant secretary also got the arse last year for tech glitches that wrongfully punished job seekers www.innovationaus.com/gig-guide-wo...

They won’t do it out of the goodness of their hearts but that doesn’t mean their hand can’t be forced. They are not on firm ground, legally speaking.

Nah unrelated – they stop MOs at the end of the year

I boycott any "charity" that uses forced labour, including "vinnies". Any "charity" that pays no tax, and is part of the "work for the dole" bullshit, will get nothing from me. This Labor gov't has the same policies of hate and punishment of the poor, as the LNP does, I despise both of them.

Don't believe Labor voters expected this. Punishing those doing it tough while allowing billion dollar corporations to escape tax altogether is now the Australian way.

*minimum wage – it goes without saying, but the gap was widening dramatically since the late Howard era, including under the Rudd-Gillard governments

Significant statement from the Ombudsman on payment suspensions - the system is unfairly and unlawfully punishing people who are "below the poverty line" and are "unlikely to find ongoing employment no matter how hard they try to comply with the requirements placed upon them"

We did one a few years ago tracking payment rates against the minimum but it's due for an update.