Submissions

Welfare Reform Review Interim Report Submission

12 August 2014
Welfare Reform Review Interim Report Submission

UnitingJustice Australia has made a response to the Interim Report to the Minister for Social Services from the Reference Group on Welfare Reform chaired by Patrick McClure. 

We recommend that poverty alleviation and social equity be articulated as key pillars of reform, that all payments, especially the Newstart allowance, be reviewed for their adequacy and that income management should not be extended without a full consideration of the evidence about the effects of the program.