Published: December 10, 2018
People on Newstart are now amongst the poorest living in the developed world
In 1974 Gough Whitlam said “for too long Australia has demeaned herself and millions of our fellow-citizens by the idea that those unable to work … deserved charity, but lost their right to self-respect”.
At this week’s National Conference the Australian Labor Party must confront the fact this same undignified status is still being imposed on unemployed Australians.
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