News Articles for "Rachel Siewert"
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Single parents to protest over payments
Welfare advocates are planning to protest around Australia next month over the government's cuts to single parent benefits.From January 1, single parents h...
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Macklin challenged to live on dole for a week
Families Minister Jenny Macklin is challenged to take an $800 per day pay cut after declaring she could live on the Newstart allowance....
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Slipper lashes Coalition over 'flawed' wheat stance
Former parliamentary speaker Peter Slipper has lashed out at Coalition MPs, accusing them of abandoning their free market principles by opposing Labor's wh...
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Party leaders united on welfare tough love
The major party leaders admit single parents and the unemployed are struggling on the Newstart Allowance, but are united on a tough love approach aimed at ...
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