Welfare
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- Robo-debt royal commission
Largest class action payout in Australian history for ‘heartless and disastrous’ scheme
Robo-debt victims and their families will receive an extra $475 million in compensation after they were wrongly hounded for welfare debt under the Coalition.
- Brittany Busch
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Echoes of robo-debt: Lawyer warns Labor after hundreds illegally denied payments
Hundreds of people have had income support payments unlawfully terminated by an automated system – described as eerily similar to the robo-debt scandal by one lawyer.
- Olivia Ireland
- Exclusive
- Education
As Clara’s world quietly unravelled, her teachers missed the signs
Clues that Clara was heading for homelessness failed to raise alarm. Now she has joined calls for better help for at-risk young people.
- Nicole Precel and Saria Ratnam
‘A wasted generation’: Starmer caves in to backbench revolt over plan to save $10b a year
Days ago the UK prime minister promised NATO he would spend more on defence. Now he is working the phones to stop open defiance over his plan to cut the country’s $100 billion annual welfare bill.
- David Crowe
- Exclusive
- Health
More women come forward with stories of abuse inside girls’ homes
NSW is the only state that has not held an inquiry or offered redress to survivors of abuse inside its institutions. Survivors say it is long overdue.
- Angus Thomson
- Opinion
- Child protection
Women who endured horrific treatment in state care should be heard
The invasive practices Jenny Tuita experienced happened not just in Glebe, but are known to have occurred at Wilson Youth Hospital and the notorious Parramatta Girls’ Home.
- The Herald's View
- Exclusive
- Health
Aged 15, Jenny was charged with being ‘uncontrollable’. Now she’s on a mission for justice
The NSW government is facing potential legal action over invasive medical examinations performed on teenagers at a girls’ shelter in Glebe.
- Angus Thomson
- Opinion
- Victoria
Dear Jacinta Allan, thanks for the $400, but I really didn’t need it
Millions of parents are under intense pressure. But plenty are in cruise mode – financially chastened, but hardly on the bones of their bums. So why are we all getting free money?
- Tom Ormonde
A landlord wanted April out to move in a family member. VCAT said no
Recent changes to tenancy law means a valid notice to vacate won’t always lead to an eviction – a relief for tenants, but a headache for landlords.
- Jim Malo