Welfare cut-offs double in 8 months
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Patricia Karvelas; 15/4/08
Indigenous people have suffered the most under welfare reforms that lead to benefits being stopped for eight weeks for people who fail to comply with the regulations imposed by the Howard government. And the Rudd Government has been condemned for not ending the system, despite promising to do so while in Opposition. New figures show that the number of people who have had their payments stopped has more than doubled over the past eight months. Under the regime, recipients who make three mistakes suffer an immediate loss of payment for eight weeks.
