Whilst that dirty Rudd in Scores had to look forward to incessant screaming about Burke and that he was done for. You could see glee and joy in the faces of the reporters writing about Burkegate thinking they had sunk the evil threat to the Empire.

Howard got a dream run from the conservative press and they only ventured to really get stuck into him when they thought Labor had no chance.

It is pretty tiresome to see and to keep complaining about. It is like living with a ‘drop dunny’ (murdoch media) in the house, it smells all the time but not much you can do about it. And to follow the analogy we know who represents each piece of smell.

Under the Howard government welfare-to-work reforms, single parents are forced off the pension and on to the dole to look for work when their youngest child turns eight.

The Australian report linked @ 6 is incorrect – single parents are not turfed off the pension when their youngest turns eight – they are still entitled to the Parenting Payment, a pension card, etc – however they now must work 15 hours per week and sign a contract.

So similar ‘mutual obligation’ arrangements and contracts to the dole but they still receive a proportion of the Parenting Payment less Gross Income calc. and the Pension Card etc.

I thought study and volunteer work were counted towards the 15 hours – but possibly this is a discretionary Centrelink thing and not regulated…?

And I think parents are turfed off and always have been, when the kids turn 15/16???

Continue on….

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Could you elaborate on this, Paul?