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Fair go?

Why 10% of Australians are still being left behind.


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14 September 2019

  • Wendy Morgan with her dog Snoopy

    The nightmare of Australia's welfare system: 'At the push of a button, my working life was erased'

    Six people recount their interactions with Centrelink and the government’s welfare programs, which range from absurd to frustrating to insulting

16 August 2019

  • Peter Cooney

    Newstart and life on $40 a day: 'It's not living, it's surviving'

    People who depend on Australia’s unemployment benefit share details of their lives and budgets

2 July 2019

  • Amethyst DeWilde

    Although the world is dark and frightening, we can find hope in the unknown moments

    Amethyst DeWilde
    I believed that Australians were somehow different, that we cared about each other. Now we must share moments of joy

30 June 2019

  • Director of Logan Together, Matthew Cox.

    'It is not a pipe dream': five things Australia could do now to end poverty

    In New Zealand and Canada, poverty rates are falling dramatically. What would it take to lift the forgotten Australians living in poverty?

17 May 2019

  • Public housing

    'National obscenity': Australia's story of housing boom and homelessness

    An unbroken run of prosperity has created property millionaires, but it’s also left a lot of vulnerable people out in the cold

16 May 2019

  • Fair Go? spokeswoman Susan Mathewson, 64, of Melbourne

    Ask a policy expert: why is job training so difficult to access and not fit-for-purpose?

    Guardian Australia’s Fair Go? spokespeople pose a question and policy researchers from the University of Sydney’s policy lab find the answer

15 May 2019

  • Accountant and single mother Emily Lightfoot from Albury NSW

    Ask a policy expert: does Centrelink support single mothers exiting violent relationships?

  • Women over 55 are now the fastest growing category of people experiencing homelessness in Australia

    Misogyny, violence, racism, classism: the toxic forces behind our shameful poverty rates

    Cassandra Goldie

14 May 2019

  • Newstart recipient Dylan Halpin, 18

    Living on Newstart: 'I don't eat every day. That saves some money I guess'

    For those committed to alleviating poverty, raising Newstart is the urgent priority, and the easiest immediate fix

13 May 2019

  • Indigenous woman holds asthma puffer

    Inequality and climate change: the perfect storm threatening the health of Australia's poorest

  • Kate Lyons

    Australia should learn from Brexit Britain, not copy its mean-spirited welfare policies

    Kate Lyons

12 May 2019

  • Girl With Backpack

    Students going without the basics: 'I was heartbroken when I missed school'

    Worsening school inequality in Australia further entrenches disadvantage. There are children who struggle to afford attendance at free public schools

10 May 2019

  • Gavin Ritchie

    Ask a policy expert: why can’t I access my disability support plans easily?

  • In our Fair Go? series, Guardian Australia is giving a voice to the voiceless. These are the stories of the people politicians don’t want to talk about this election.

    Guardian Australia is telling the stories of the people neither party wants to discuss this election

9 May 2019

  • Amethyst DeWilde in Adelaide

    Ask a policy expert: How much do we pay for our politicians?

    Guardian Australia’s Fair Go? spokespeople pose a question and policy researchers from the University of Sydney’s Policy Lab find the answer

8 May 2019

  • Rear view of mid adult woman and baby daughter looking out of living room window

    Child support: 'When we interview women, they cry and cry and cry'

    Many women and children living in poverty are not receiving adequate child support. Experts question the political will to change it

7 May 2019

  • Nijole Naujokas

    Ask a policy expert: why is it so hard to get on the disability support pension?

    Guardian Australia’s Fair Go? spokespeople pose a question and policy researchers from the University of Sydney’s Policy Lab find the answer

6 May 2019

  • Woman sits on park bench

    Most poor people in the world are women. Australia is no exception

    Emma Dawson
    Women keep society ticking over then many retire into poverty because of the structured discrimination they face along the way

4 May 2019

  • Portrait of Mark Lanyon at his home in Foster, Victoria. Photograph by Chris Hopkins for The Guardian

    Punished by the lucrative welfare-to-work industry: 'I was contemplating suicide'

    The outlook for the most disadvantaged jobseekers is bleak: only a quarter will find work each year. The privatised system is leaving them behind

2 May 2019

  • Waterfront properties in Point Piper

    Of course rich people think inequality doesn’t matter. They don’t see it

    David Hetherington
    The ‘gated community’ effect means the more inequality grows, the easier it is for the rich not to notice
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