Nearly 90% of jobseekers unable to get long-term work despite millions spent on private job agencies

Sometimes defective, maybe unlawful: what can be done about Australia’s crisis-ridden welfare system?

They found three groups are more likely to be rejected from the scheme (NDIS) than others: people aged 55 and older, women and girls, and those who live in disadvantaged areas. @caitkelly.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

He has been backpaid just over $53,000 (3 years), but Daniel wants to fight it further. He knows there are others like him who would not have received anything. He’s made a complaint with the commonwealth ombudsman, which is now investigating Centrelink. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

"Last year, Guardian Australia revealed a Victorian-based welfare recipient had his payment suspended while he was in hospital after surgery to remove a brain tumour. He was also homeless." @caitkelly.bsky.social Despite #robodebt 'lessons', Labor still dehumanizes welfare recipients. #auspol

Job provider courses ! Have you done one in the last 12 months or are you currently doing one? Can we please chat? I am looking into them for a story. Can 💯 be anon. Please share far and wide.

Can't believe in the 2 years since I did this interview with @caitkelly.bsky.social the condition of my #socialhousing has worsened, rather than improved. My ceiling remains unchanged from the thermal imaging in the article. Remember me as #AusVotes2025, #AusPol. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Expect a lot of talk about Australia’s deficit, but remember the golden rule: budgets are always about choices. @grogsgamut.bsky.social bang on as usual: www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

Lynette is on the pension, a casual teacher, a golf instructor – and homeless

Welfare recipients told to perform mutual obligations as Tropical Cyclone Alfred bears down on Queensland

“While women do significantly more paid work than they used to, this divide of unpaid work at home has not changed significantly since we started measuring in 2002.” 🙃 By @caitkelly.bsky.social & @joshnicholas.com www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

3.3m Australians now live below the poverty line: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Well over a thousand people at the national day of action to protect trans youth in Melbourne today, so great to see

The Commonwealth Ombudsman has announced it will investigate the mutual obligations framework after thousands of illegal payments. More here on the blog: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Hi Bluesky - I am looking to speak to people who have been doing their mutual obligations for Centrelink in the heat the last couple of days. If this is you, please ping me if you are comfortable chatting!

@natashamay.bsky.social this morning on Australia’s completely cooked dental system: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Last few days the Brunny FB community has been buzzing about the local Elon Musk mural. Today - it is gone.

Jamaine left rehab and went straight into homelessness. In just over 12 months he was dead. I spoke to his family and case workers - they all said, there just isn't enough social homes. From me and Christopher Knaus: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

No fear of getting cancelled but they still granted the top banker anonymity hey

Shopping at Australian food charities can be more expensive than supermarkets. What’s gone wrong?

A strong, independent media is one of the only things that can prevent the complete destruction of democracy under a would-be autocrat. These media owners have chosen to look after their own $$$ interests, and in doing so have decided democracy isn’t worth the trouble. “Democracy dies in the dark.”

I'm with @caitkelly.bsky.social on this one. To quote Hannah Gadsby @hannahgadsby.bsky.social , the rainbow flag is "six shouty colours stacked on top of each other". #jetlag #rainbowflag www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Just walked past an old sharehouse in Brunswick that now has this sticker on it: Smaller text reads: “please do not post this sticker. That would be illegal, unlike this property being empty...” 1/2

Property investment company Property Lovers shared the names and addresses of people going through a divorce or financial distress with people in it's wealth building class so they could try and get them on the cheap: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Over half the 12,500 deaths were people aged 35-54 years, and 160 total were children under 14. From me and Christopher Knaus: www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

There are a growing number of Australians over 55 moving into sharehouses new data out from FLatmates.com.au shows. One in two stated the cost of living and being unable to afford to live alone as their reason. More on the blog: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

For someone on the minimum wage of $24.10 ph, they would need to work 20.6 hours to afford a ticket to Golden Plains ($497.95) this year.

I haven't been able to find a lot of studies on the real cost of moving, but Tenants Union NSW did a report a couple of years back that found that the average households total moving cost factoring in time loss is $4,022.10 per move and...

Every renter knows how expensive and exhausting moving is. Imagine doing it in your 70s. What I didn't put in this story is that it took them two months to pack. Time for the renting market to normalise longer leases: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...