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Just about everywhere you look, there are worsening signs that Australia is no longer the lucky country.From record-high rents to skyrocketing mortgages, a cost-of-living crisis to the alarming emergence of a ‘working poor’ population, the…

Former governor-general and one-time Labor Party leader Bill Hayden has been farewelled at a state funeral. The man credited as the architect of Medicare died in October at the age of 90 after a long illness. Described by some as the…

Social justice advocates have hit back at Ben Fordham over his stoush with unemployed Melburnian Jez Heywood, accusing the 2GB host of “bullying” and “scapegoating” the less fortunate.Fordham last week told the 47-year-old to “get a job”,…

A single mum claims she’s been “sl*t-shamed” online after boasting about how many men she’s bedded – a brag the opposite sex make all the time without consequence.Emily Deeley said she’s become the target of trolls after revealing her “body…

An unemployed Melburnian who complained about the $20-a-week increase to JobSeeker has hit back after experiencing a wave of backlash over his criticism of Australia’s welfare system.Graphic designer Jez Heywood, 47, last week told The…

A Sunshine Coast dad who sparked backlash for claiming he did not have the “energy” to work full-time and preferred getting a “top-up” from Centrelink recently claimed that “no one makes a lifestyle choice” to go on Jobseeker.Prior to last…

2GB host Ben Fordham has unloaded on “dole bludgers” after this week’s increases to welfare payments in the federal budget, angrily telling one unemployed Melburnian to “get a job”.Speaking to The Australian earlier this week, graphic…

Single parents who rely on welfare will not be forced back to work until their youngest child is 14 in a move that will deliver a $4,576 a year windfall to eligible families. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who has long maintained the…

A leading condom brand has made a huge change to its packaging in a bid to help boost consent education among Australians. LifeStyles Healthcare announced the boxes of its condom line would now feature a message to encourage healthy…

A quarter of Australians believe that a woman who does not leave an abusive partner is partly to blame if the violence continues, the latest National Community Attitudes Survey (NCAS) has revealed. Released today by Australia’s National…