Tag: poverty
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7 welfare realities for disabled people that SBS’s “Could you Survive on the Breadline?” skated over.

How does job-seeking work in Australia if you are disabled? That’s the elephant in the room of the latest reality TV offering from SBS, with a social conscience twist, “Could you Survive on the Breadline?”. The show invited three Australians with public profile to dip their toes into the world of living on welfare for…
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Don’t make us more Vulnerable

Over the last few years, the language used by politicians and the media to describe those of us who are less than privileged has changed. “Vulnerable people” has become a commonly used phrase.