Nobody wants to hire a person who uses a cane
I wasn’t able to think because of COVID booster side effects. I told the assessor and still had to go through the questions.
For the first time in my life I feared for my mental health
We are not recalcitrant children to be bullied into submission.
Dangerous to me, but also not applicable
They have criminalised unemployment, turned providers into probation and parole offices staffed by quasi police officers.
These systems are humiliating, dehumanising and cause so much stress and pressure
The job was meant to be landscaping. I am physically disabled and at the time had no access to a wheelchair.
I learnt nothing
It’s bloody hard work out on the trucks picking up and delivering furniture.
Work for the Dole sucks badly
My provider caused a problem with my poverty payment
Lured to switch provider through SEEK job ads
Imagine how much better this country would be if you didn’t force jobseekers to piss away their time.
Media spotlight on employment services
A collection of news media showing the widespread abuse in the employment services system.
Submission on the equal pay bill
Fair Work Amendment (Equal Pay for Equal Work) Bill 2022 The Antipoverty Centre made a submission to the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee expressing our staunch opposition to all forms of subminimum wages, particularly Work for the Dole, Australian Disability Enterprises and prison labour.
Submission on the Housing Australia Future Fund
Housing legislative package The Antipoverty Centre made a submission to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee expressing our opposition to relying on the private market to meet the housing needs of low income people, and calling for a significant direct investment by government towards universal access to public homes. Read more about our work on the …
Submission to the poverty inquiry
The Antipoverty Centre made a submission to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee outlining our conception of the poverty machine, providing context on the nature of poverty and proposing immediate and long-term measures to address the problems it causes.