There are now three different categories of people on the Disability Support Pension depending on when they were placed on it. This article examines the effect of the changes on each of these groups. Returning to work
Q and A on welfare changes
From the December 2006 issue of Positive Living
There are now three different categories of people on the Disability Support Pension depending on when they were placed on it. This article examines the effect of the changes on each of these groups. Back to work — for $2.27 an hour
From the August 2005 issue of Positive Living
Disabled people and those with chronic illnesses will be up to $122 per week worse off and could find themselves working for just $2.27 an hour under the government’s proposed welfare-to-work program, according to a new report.
The road ahead
From the August 2003 issue of Positive Living
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Deciding to return to the workforce, for many positive people, means trading the certainties of life on the pension for the uncertainties of work. One solution, says GLENN FLANAGAN, is to combine volunteering with part time work.
Deciding to return to the workforce, for many positive people, means trading the certainties of life on the pension for the uncertainties of work. One solution, says GLENN FLANAGAN, is to combine volunteering with part time work.
Poverty and financial hardship
Submission • Contact: Rob Lake • 27 May 2003 - 12:00am
NAPWA has strongly opposed proposed changes to the Disability Support Pension (DSP) which would restrict eligibility for the DSP to people who are unable to work 15 hours a week (currently 30 hours per week).