Maureen Germein

  • Sole parents' pension threatened

    Sole parents' pension threatenedThe federal budget announced that from next March the sole parent pension will be merged with the parenting allowance in a new payment called "parenting payment". While the government says

  • Can income support for young people get worse?

    The answer is yes. More cuts to Austudy and the Job Search Allowance for young people are planned by the Coalition government. The August budget included a proposal to amalgamate and rationalise the major forms