Welfare Articles

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November 02, 2025

ATO is paying private debt collector $42m to pursue taxpayers, including welfare recipients

The tax office’s increased reliance on Recoveriescorp has coincided with a spike in complaints to the watchdog

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November 01, 2025

Centrelink threatening payment suspensions at rate of five a minute, new analysis suggests

Exclusive: As jobseekers continue to have payments suspended, advocates call for the regime to be stopped until it’s proven to be lawfulGet our

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October 25, 2025

Revealed: some Australians have overpaid their Centrelink debt by more than $20,000

Exclusive: Services Australia spokesperson says automatic BPay payments and Centrelink being unable to contact customers may be to blame

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August 12, 2025

Number of Channel migrants reaching 50,000 under Labour is ‘unacceptable’, says education minister – UK politics live

Jacqui Smith, an education minister, says number shows ‘criminal gangs have an absolute foothold in the tragic trafficking of people’Rachel Reeves...

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August 07, 2025

Reeves confirms Treasury reviewing gambling taxes – UK politics live

Gambling tax reform is being strongly promoted by Gordon Brown, the former Labour PM who also spent 10 years as chancellorRushanara Ali, the...

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August 05, 2025

Hundreds of jobseeker payments cancelled illegally by government IT system, watchdog finds

Ombudsman says staff at DEWR were wrong to rely on an automated system to stop money for claimantsGet our

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July 29, 2025

Tens of thousands at risk of poverty despite Labour’s benefit U-turn, MPs warn

Changes to welfare reforms not enough to protect newly sick and disabled people from financial hardshipAbout 50,000 people who become disabled or...

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