Australian Council of Social Service

Media Highlights - 2013

May

• Single Sydney mum disappointed with budget - ABC Breakfast, May 15, 2013
• Budget Reaction - ABC TV Breakfast, May 15, 2013
• Sides spar over budget in morning media blitz - Jonathan Swan Fairfax Media May 15, 2013
• ACOSS welcomes changes to baby bonus - AAP Wed, May 15, 2013
• Key stakeholders react to Budget 2013 (radio) - ABC Radio National Breakfast, May 15, 2013
• The view from the BCA and ACOSS (video) - ABC News, May 14, 2013
• Jobless can earn $19 more a week - Stephanie Peatling, SMH, May 15, 2013
• Baby bonus cut could lead to birth boom - Nine News, May 14, 2013
• Penalising the sick, say doctors - Lauren Wilson, The Australian, May 15, 2013
• What they said about: Families - Larissa Nicholson, SMH, May 15, 2013
• Budget 2013 (radio) - Radio National Drive, May 14, 2013
• ACOSS in Redfern (radio) - Lucie Robson, 2SER, May 10, 2013
• Labor's welfare income move not enough, say lobby groups - Patricia Karvelas, The Australian, May 13, 2013
• Labor's welfare rebels lash out - Patricia Karvelas, The Australian, May 14, 2013
• Federal Budget costings won't cover boost to Newstart - APN Newsdesk, May 13, 2013
• Changes to welfare payments criticised as piecemeal (text and radio) - Emma Griffiths, ABC News, May 13, 2013
• Where is the leadership on health research and climate change? - Melissa Sweet, Croakey, May 13, 2013
• Welfare earnings change is a bandaid: mum - Nine News, May 13, 2013
• Rights group to accept 'phased-in' dole increase - Patricia Karvelas, The Australian, May 9, 2013
• Concerns over no rise in welfare payments - AAP, News.com.au, May 8, 2013
• ACOSS slams Labor's family benefits U-turn - Sid Maher, The Australian, May 8, 2013
• Federal budget takes $17 billion hit - Judith Ireland, The Age, May 8, 2013
• Government jettisons family benefit pledge - Emma Griffiths, Yahoo News, 7 News, ABC,
• Budget revenue takes another hit (radio) - ABC Radio National PM, May 7, 2013
• Families betrayed by ALP promises again - Lanai Scarr and Henry Budd, The Daily Telegraph, May 8, 2013
• Gillard cuts family payments (video) - Channel Ten News, May 7, 2013 - Cassandra Goldie on Ten News
• Rate cuts due to fiscal policy: Swan - Colin Brinsden, AAP, 7 News, May 7, 2013
• PromiseWatch 2013: Newstart Allowance comparison - Andrew Crook and Julia Hosking, Crikey.com.au, May 2, 2013
• Disability advocates back levy plan - AAP, May 1, 2013
• Should the Medicare levy for DisabilityCare be an election issue? (video) - ABC The Drum, May 1, 2013 - Cassandra Goldie on The Drum panel.
• Disability advocates back Labor's Medicare levy plan - Nine News, May 1, 2013
• PM challenges Opposition to support NDIS (video and transcript) - ABC Lateline, May 1, 2013
• Big-name Aussies join the chorus on boost to Newstart - Patricia Karvelas, The Australian, May 1, 2013
• Welfare advocates urge Govt to increase unemployment benefits (radio) - Sally Sara, Radio National AM, May 1, 2013

January 

• Newstart payments not enough for unemployed to live with dignity - Susie O'Brien, Herald Sun, Jan 15, 2013
• Raising the dole? (radio) - Sunday Mornings, 3AW, Jan 13, 2013
• Bipartisan support needed to boost dole - AAP, Herald Sun, Jan 12, 2013
• ALP must make a Newstart on its broken welfare policy - Russell Marks, The Conversation, Jan 11, 2013
• Growing cabinet push for dole rise - Patricia Karvelas, The Australian, Jan 12, 2013
• Pressure to increase the dole (video) - Seven News, Jan 12, 2013 - ACOSS Deputy CEO Tessa Boyd-Caine.
• Dole increase 'can't be ducked' - Pia Akerman, The Australian, Jan 14, 2013
• Macklin apologises for 'insensitive' Newstart comments - Jonathan Swan, SMH Jan 11, 2013
• Jenny Macklin sorry for 'insensitive' dole claim - Patricia Karvelas, The Australian, Jan 11, 2013
• Rudd supports raising the dole - AFR, Jan 12, 2013
• Dole change likely in May budget - AFR, Jan 14, 2013
• Welfare system needs a new start - Toby Hall, The Australian, Jan 14, 2013
• Labor MPs push for increase in dole payments - Australian Financial Review, Jan 10, 2013
• Dole boost gaining traction in Government ranks (radio) - Alexandra Kirk, ABC Radio National AM, Jan 9, 2013
• Katter call to increase welfare for mothers - Patricia Karvelas, Pia Akerman, The Australian, Jan 7, 2013
• Could PM do it? That's the $35-a-day question - David Barbeler, Patrick Caruana, National Times, Jan 6, 2013
• Extreme weather deadly for the vulnerable - Peter Hannam, The Age, Jan 6, 2013
• For a real new start, stop miring people in poverty - Cassandra Goldie, National Times, Jan 5, 2013
• PM hasn't spoken to Macklin about Newstart - AAP, The Daily Telegraph, Jan 5, 2013
• Coalition puts increase in Newstart allowance on the table - Patricia Karvelas, The Australian, Jan 5, 2013
• Greens claim $2b will fix Newstart poverty - Bianca Hall, Border-Mail, Jan 5, 2013
• Top MPs dodge flak on benefits - Bianca Hall, National Times,  Jan 4, 2013
• How the poor are shunted into deeper poverty just for political capital - John Passant, National Times, Jan 4, 2013
• Plan to boost singles' dole payments by $50 a week under consideration by Gillard Government - Sue Dunleavy, Daily Telegraph, Jan 4, 2013
• Newstart far from a temporary payment - Patricia Karvelas, The Australian, Jan 4, 2013
• Charities prepare for surge in those seeking help - ABC News, Jan 4, 2013
• Labor MPs agree it's tough to live on dole but dodge claims made by Jenny Macklin - AAP, Perth Now, Jan 3, 2013
• Swan rejects call to raise single parent payment - ABC News, Jan 3, 2013
• Dole anger (video) - A Current Affair, Channel Nine, Jan 2, 2013
• Not easy living on Newstart: Plibersek - Milanda Rout and Patricia Karvelas, Jan 3, 2013
• Families Minister Jenny Macklin 'wants reform of dole' - Patricia Karvelas, The Australian, Jan 3, 2013
• 'If anything goes wrong, we won't be able to fix it' - Rachel Baxendale, The Australian, Jan 3, 2013
• Macklin challenged to live on dole for a week - ABC News, Jan 3, 2013
• A fine line: 'Living on the dole is no easy ride' - Vince Chadwick, Sydney Morning Herald, Jan 3, 2013
• ACOSS calls on Macklin to 'please do your job' - Bianca Hall, National Times, Jan 3, 2013
• Welfare reform by accident - Editorial, The Australian, Jan 3, 2013
• Job losses, retraining snags blamed as those at peak claim allowances - Clancy Yeates, SMH, Jan 3, 2013
• Weekly struggle to survive on payments - Leesha McKenny, Sydney Morning Herald,  Jan 3, 2013
• Bandt issues Newstart challenge (video) - The Project, Jan 2, 2013
• Macklin's dole declaration (video) - Clare Brady, Today Tonight, Jan 2, 2013
• Welfare to work (video) - ABC 7.30 Report, Jan 2, 2013
• Live off Newstart, Greens tell Macklin - Sky News, Jan 2, 2013
• Mums angered by Macklin dole comments - Rashida Yosufzai and Genevieve Gannon, AAP, The Age, Jan 2, 2013
• Changes to Newstart allowance (radio) - ABC Radio Breakfast, Jan 2, 2013
• Macklin, make the most of your moolah with some hints from the margins - Brigid Delaney, National Times, Jan 2
• Do you really need to "live on the dole" to understand? - Tory Maguire, The Punch, Jan 2, 2013
• I could live on the dole, Macklin declares - Milanda Rout and Pia Akerman, The Australian, Jan 2, 2013
• Minister riles welfare groups - Dan Harrison, The Age, Jan 2, 2013
• The great vanishing act: Macklin's dole comment disappears - Dan Harrison, National Times, Jan 2, 2013
• Macklin dole gaffe edit 'a mistake' - Sue Dunlevy, News Ltd, Jan 2, 2013
• I could live on the dole, says Families Minister Jenny Macklin - AAP, adelaidenow, Jan 1, 2013
• Find a job, Jenny Macklin tells single parents whose benefits are being slashed - Pia Akerman and Milanda Rout, The Australian, Jan 1, 2013
• Single mums (video) - A Current Affair, Jan 1, 2013
• Welfare, industrial changes start in Jan - Paul Osbourne, AAP, The Age, Jan 1, 2013
• Single parents fear payment cuts will force evictions - Annika Smethurst, Sunday Herald Sun, Jan 1, 2013 

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