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Media release The Brotherhood of St. Laurence celebrates 90 years of working towards an Australia free of poverty

8 December 2020
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Media release The great disruptor: COVID-led recession deals another blow to youth

7 December 2020
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Media release Compassionate state budget takes bold and big steps to fix society’s inequalities

25 November 2020
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Media release Cuts to Coronavirus Supplement “a cause for dismay”

11 November 2020
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Media release Too many left behind as government misses historic opportunity

6 October 2020
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Media release Single mothers and their kids to be forced back into poverty

16 September 2020
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Media release Calling on all Australians to help save JobSeeker

11 September 2020
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Media release Building a stronger and cleaner post-pandemic Australia

25 May 2020
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Media release Not OK: one in five young jobseekers in Australia long-term unemployed

30 December 2019
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Media release Hobart Australia’s most unaffordable city for renters: across the nation individuals on Newstart are struggling

26 November 2019

Rents across Australia are untenable for Newstart recipients and unaffordable for pensioners, the Rental Affordability Index reveals.
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