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Jobseeker services to get first overhaul in 30 years

The one-size-fits-all scheme will be replaced by three streams as Labor grapples with the best way to assist the country’s growing cohort of long-term unemployed people.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos

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More than two dozen people have set up semi-permanent residence in Wilks Park and near Wagga beach, where a woman gave birth.

Nineteen years old, Mia is sleeping rough near the makeshift camp where a newborn died

The young woman is just one of dozens of people making their homes in tents in riverside parks around Wagga Wagga.

  • Amber Schultz
Providing an early inheritance to your children can be a good move, as long as it doesn’t disadvantage your situation.

Should we take out a reverse mortgage to help our kids buy a house?

Embarking on an early inheritance strategy can work to tackle the generational imbalances caused by high home prices.

  • Paul Benson
Lawyers are reporting growing demand for advice about child support. Proving paternity is a key battleground.

Warring parents, child support and the fight over DNA

Lawyers are reporting growing demand for advice about child support. Proving paternity is a key battleground.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Single parent Logan Bell is one of thousands of low-income earners struggling to afford basic living expenses, according to a new report by QCOSS.

‘Spread so thin’: Single parents among those hardest hit by cost of living pressure

Logan Bell worked two jobs, studied full-time and looked for housing during the three months she spent living in a hotel with her daughter.

  • Courtney Kruk
The emails mimic government correspondence about Medicare, JobSeeker payments, Superannuation, and Family Tax Benefits with alarming accuracy.

Cybercriminals unleash fake Centrelink scam on vulnerable Australians

More than 270,000 malicious emails impersonating Services Australia and Centrelink have flooded Australian inboxes.

  • David Swan
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Rick Morton has won the Prime Minister’s Prize for Non-fiction for Mean Streak. 

How robo-debt turned this prize-winning author into a ‘vengeful god’

Rick Morton has won a Prime Minister’s Literary Award for his non-fiction book Mean Streak. He’d trade it all for justice for the victims.

  • Linda Morris
The agency that overseas Medicare payments says more technology will help it tackle fraud.

From Medicare to unfair dismissals: Where the government is waging its red-tape war

The government asked bureaucrats for ways to cut red tape. They say new tech and AI can help make savings and stop criminals.

  • Shane Wright
Renting is unaffordable in almost every city.

Where even a modest home costs 99 per cent of incomes

Some households face spending more than their entire income to keep a roof over their head. The situation is starving industries of workers.

  • Jim Malo
The jobless rate has held steady.

Anti-corruption body decided against robo-debt probe. Now it is being investigated

Last week, the anti-corruption commission said it would not launch an inquiry into robo-debt. That decision is now the subject of an investigation by the NACC’s inspector.

  • Paul Sakkal