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Centrelink income streams including Newstart, Sickness Allowance, Wife Pension and Bereavement Allowance will be axed next week, with the majority of welfare recipients set to be transferred onto JobSeeker payments – prompting criticism that the change will confuse people who aren’t required to look for work.
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Welfare recipients will continue receiving payments if they’re under isolation because of the coronavirus, government officials say.
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The Australian Taxation Office has collected more than $200 million in the past three years from the tax refunds of Centrelink recipients to recoup overpayments.
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has been criticised for calling for mandatory sentences for people who break the law while protesting, and for suggesting protesters on welfare should have their payments cancelled.
Thousands of dole recipients could soon be tested for drugs, with those found positive shunted onto cashless welfare cards and into counselling sessions.
An audit system used by Zoos South Australia to gauge the mental and physical health of animals under its care is about to made available so the public can check the wellbeing of their own pets.
