SHOCKING: Parentsnext - What They Never Told You

From JobSeeker to rent assistance and the single parenting payment: The budget's Centrelink changes explained

Millions of people receiving Centrelink payments such as JobSeeker and rent assistance will see a boost after the federal budget goes through. Learn about what it means for you here.

ABC News · May 9, 2023

Now it's Labor promising the budget will be (briefly) back in black

Tuesday’s budget will forecast a surplus of about $4 billion for this financial year – the first Commonwealth budget surplus in a decade and a half.

The Conversation · May 8, 2023

ParentsNext has finally been axed but it remains to be seen if other punitive programs will be abolished

Its abolition was long overdue and the Albanese government is to be commended for heeding the calls of experts and advocates

The Guardian - AU · May 5, 2023

Controversial ParentsNext program to be scrapped next year

The unpopular ParentsNext program is to be scrapped by the Albanese government from July 1 next year.

The Conversation · May 4, 2023

Albanese government urged to increase rent assistance and childcare workers’ pay in budget

Labor downplays delivering on women’s taskforce wishlist all at once but promises to ‘build upon’ investments in future budgets

The Guardian - AU · Apr 18, 2023

Hopes rise for single parent payment increase as Labor aims to ‘support the most vulnerable’ in budget

Finance minister Katy Gallagher says government working through reports that recommend eligibility changes to payment

The Guardian - AU · Apr 6, 2023

Australia’s welfare system puts disadvantaged at risk, inquiry told

Mutual obligation system subjects some participants to ‘punitive conditions’, commonwealth ombudsman says

The Guardian - AU · Mar 12, 2023

YWCA welcomes report to scrap ParentsNext program

YWCA Canberra CEO slammed the program for putting parents under surveillance.

The Canberra Times · Mar 6, 2023

ParentsNext welfare scheme ‘does too much harm’ and should be replaced, inquiry finds

Parliamentary panel calls for sweeping changes to Coalition’s $484m program including easing harshest compliance requirements

The Guardian - AU · Mar 1, 2023

Friday essay: parents of 9-month-old babies as 'workers in waiting'? How ParentsNext monitors single mothers

For the first two months of Svetlana’s daughter’s life, the pair couch-surfed and lived on the streets. Granted public housing, Svetlana then worked to “stabilise” herself and slowly form “new ties”. A “former addict”, she had been “clean and sober for six years”.

The Conversation · Feb 16, 2023