15 Henley Rd
(PO Box 2219)
Homebush West,
NSW 2140
AUSTRALIA
Ph: (02) 8762 4200
Fx: (02) 8762 4220
Int'l Ph: +61 2 8762 4200
Int'l Fx: +61 2 8762 4220
Email: erc@erc.org.au
Located just 100 metres to the south of Flemington Railway Station. Link to new location on Google Maps
5 Abingdon St
(Postal: 84 Park Rd)
Woolloongabba,
QLD 4102
Ph 1: (07) 3103 7376
Ph 2: (02) 8090 1976
Fax: (02) 8762 4220
Staffed part-time
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Con Jobs: Why Work Choices and Welfare to Work fail the vulnerable. Recent changes to Australia’s industrial relations and welfare systems are carrying a very real human cost – and it is our most vulnerable citizens who are forced to pay the price.
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Recent changes to Australia’s industrial relations and welfare systems are carrying a very real human cost – and it is our most vulnerable citizens who are forced to pay the price.
WorkChoices and Welfare to Work will act in conjunction to impact the most vulnerable: female sole parents, for example, may have to accept a job with an AWA which has poor conditions, or risk breaching welfare regulations.27 These laws harm those seeking to provide a decent standard of living for their families and impose penalties on those trying to escape poverty. They also undermine the ‘fair go’ in work and life which all Australians deserve.
JUST ACTION
• For more information on WorkChoices, head to www.workchoices.gov.au
• To find out more about more about changes to the welfare system, visit http://www.movingintowork.gov.au/ and http://www.welfarerights.org.au
• To find out what the unions have to say about WorkChoices, or to take action, go to www.yourrightsatwork.com.au
• Write to your political party or local member asking them to produce policy which protects all workers rights. Policy should treat welfare recipients with respect and dignity, and reward rather than punish them for working.
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Update: ERC Director, Phil Glendenning, recently returned to Australia from Afghanistan after 10 days interviewing returned asylum seekers again in Kabul.
ERC is redoubling our efforts to find a third-country resettlement option for those returnees from Australia with whom we have been able to make contact. We need financial support to achieve this.
Such work uncovers high levels of risk for the deportees (and for our researchers). Research publications are available here.
Listen to Phil speak of the visit to ABC Radio National's Phillip Adams.
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