Alison Pennington, a senior economist at the Centre for Future Work, pointed to the policy inconsistencies where a student who works part-time and receives Youth Allowance did not qualify for the payment but a wealthy student who lives at home and did not get Youth Allowance (due to their parents’ income) could receive it.
More than 1.2 million students, pensioners, disabled people and their carers and the unemployed went without support for four weeks.
But, under pressure from welfare groups, unions, the Greens and even the NSW Liberal Treasurer, the federal government extended the Disaster Payment to workers on JobSeeker and Youth Allowance.
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After serving three years in prison for selling a small amount of Xanax pills, Charles Thompson found even worse accommodations upon his release in 2015: the sand under the Atlantic City Boardwalk.
âI couldnât get housing and I hated shelters,â said Thompson, 60, of Atlantic City. âSo I slept for months with the âpossums, raccoons, and squirrels. There was no General Assistance to help me.â
People convicted of felony drug distribution in New Jersey cannot receive GA, a program that gives low-income adults with no dependent children a monthly stipend of $185, as well as job training. Thanks to a strange quirk of law, anyone who completes a prison sentence for a non-drug distribution felony â including a violent crime â can get GA. People convicted of drug possession may receive GA.
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People receive free food at St. Ignatius Church in Tokyo on Monday. | KYODO
Jiji May 5, 2021
Activities by support groups continued during the Golden Week holiday period through Wednesday in order to help people hit hard by the prolonged COVID-19 crisis.
Among those who have gathered for free meals and other services in recent months are young people and people with children, groups that were rarely seen at such venues before.
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Latest $300 million demand from PSE&G and Exelon would crush New Jerseyans reeling from pandemic
Trenton (April 23, 2021) After securing a $300 million-per-year subsidy despite failing to demonstrate need, PSE&G and Exelon are back again, using the threat of closures and job losses to demand yet another round of corporate handouts paid for by New Jersey ratepayers.
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) held evidentiary hearings on the renewal of the $300 million annual zero-emission credit (ZEC) subsidies this year. On April 27, the BPU is expected to rule on the renewal for a three-year period, which would total upwards of $900 million in higher electricity costs for ratepayers.