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Breadline

By the unemployed for the unemployed. Australian Unemployed Workers Union members will cover the latest inequities of the "welfare" system and how we are organising to fight back!

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Summers surviving on welfare

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2026/01/05

Breadline, the show by welfare recipients for us. This episode first aired on Monday 5 January 2026, live from the 3CR studios in Fitzroy. Presenter Jessica Harrison kicks off 2026 with reflections on surviving from fortnight to fortnight, and her childhood in the Sixties on a small group of islands in Queensland, with her family making do on the so-called "Widow's" Pension. Jessica discusses stories from the public Facebook page 'THE CENTRELINK SYSTEM IS BROKEN', which can be found at this

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Dr Antimony Deor and 'Stories of the unemployed'

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2025/12/29

Breadline, the show by welfare recipients for us. This episode first aired on Monday 29 December 2025, live from the 3CR studios in Fitzroy. Presenter Kaitlyn Blythe interviews 3CR volunteer Dr Antimony Deor, whose Summer Special series 'Stories of the unemployed' airs every Monday from 10.30am-11am until 12 January. Antimony chats with Breadline about the stigma around unemployment, and creating the series 'Stories of the unemployed'. This Summer Special focuses on humanising welfare recipients by

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Robodebt Update: Gordon Legal Suggests Possibility...

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2025/12/08

Breadline, the show by welfare recipients for us. This episode first aired on Monday 8 December 2025, live from the 3CR studios in Fitzroy. The Breadline team brings an update on Robodebt: letters are landing in MyGov accounts with information about potential compensation for victims of Robodebt. Gordon Legal, the firm that handled the Robodebt Class Action, is now asking people affected by Robodebt to register for the 'Second Robodebt Class Action Settlement'. Gordon Legal suggests that you might

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Partner Income Test out of Date

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2025/11/17

Interviewing Elle Sanders, our newest volunteer on the advice line, and she talks about the unfairness of the Partner Income Test.

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Big win for Daniel

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2025/10/20

Up date on Hank Ferguson’s court caseA good news storyCo-Health close down

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Welfare news: Cancellations pause, DES transition,...

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2025/10/13

Breadline, the show by welfare recipients for us. This episode first aired on Monday 13 October 2025, live from the 3CR studios in Fitzroy. Presenters Kaitlyn Blythe and Jessica Harrison discuss the latest welfare news, and the unfairness of so-called Australia's welfare system as a whole. Hot off the presses, Breadline covers the news that the government has paused welfare payment cancellations. We've covered the questionable legality of the 'Targeted Compliance Framework' (TCF) before on this

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Disgusting behaviour by City Council

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2025/10/06

A reminder of Hank Ferguson’s court dateFirst Nation Australians launch class actionCommunity Development ProgramInclusive Employment AustraliaHomelessness in the CBD

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No Cash for You!

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2025/09/29

Disability Employment Service rebranded to Inclusive Employment AustraliaOver 300,000 Australians had Centrelink payments illegally cancelled

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Annual National Employment Services Association Meeting

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2025/09/15

Danielle Hassall reports on the National Employment Services Association Annual MeetingJay Coonan from the Antipoverty Centre talks about Income Proportionate and illegal payment suspensions

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Guilty until proven Innocent

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2025/09/01

Job Providers and what they’re willing to fund for short courses.A report from the Antipoverty Centre.Get help if you receive a Centrelink debt notice

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Mutual obligations paused today, who knew

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2025/08/25

Mutual Obligations paused for today due to more IT problemsUnlawful Centrelink cancellations440k Deloitte reportList of who’s calling to abolish the TCFDisability Employment Service rebranded to Inclusive Employment Australia

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Hank Ferguson Hosting

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2025/08/18

We hear speakers Prof.Bill Mitchell, from the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, and Shifrah Blustein, community lawyer and advocate.

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Robodebt 2.0? Discussing Unlawful Welfare...

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2025/08/11

Breadline, the show by welfare recipients for us. This episode first aired on Monday 11 August 2025, live from the 3CR studios in Fitzroy. Presenters Jessica Harrison and Kaitlyn Blythe welcome guest Jay Coonan from The Antipoverty Centre into the studio to discuss the Commonwealth Ombudsman's report on the lawfulness of the Targeted Compliance Framework (also known as "mutual obligations"). With over 1,000 people's welfare payments found to have been unlawfully terminated between 2022 and 2024,

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AUWU Member Arrested, Public Housing Demolition On...

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2025/08/04

Breadline, the show by welfare recipients for us. This episode first aired on Monday 4 August 2025, live from the 3CR studios in Fitzroy, with presenters Jessica Harrison and Daryl McDonald. Jessica and Daryl discuss the recent arrest of their Breadline co-host and AUWU member Hank, who was arrested for his protest at the demolition of public housing. It's Homelessness Week 2025, so Breadline features some on-the-street interviews with people sleeping rough in Naarm/Melbourne. These interviews were

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Public Housing Demolitions

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2025/07/28

My interpretation of last weeks newsI interview Hank Ferguson about the Public Housing demolitions

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Back to Basics

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2025/07/21

Danielle reports on the latest unemployment figures from the Australian Bureau of StatisticsThe demolition of public housingCasey Council forcing Back to Basics food charity to close downNo tax for the wealthy

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AUWU Training

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2025/07/14

AUWU running a training sessionHank Ferguson talks about the government demolishing public housingComputer bugs in the Targeted Compliance Framework

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Is The 'Targeted Compliance Framework' Even Lawful?...

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2025/07/07

Breadline, the show by welfare recipients for us. This episode first aired on Monday 7 July 2025, live from the 3CR studios in Fitzroy, with presenters Jessica Harrison and Kaitlyn Blythe discussing the Commonwealth ombudsman's investigation into the lawfulness of the Targeted Compliance Framework, and also the struggles of renting on welfare. The Targeted Compliance Framework is a government policy that punishes welfare recipients for not meeting their 'mutual obligations', forcing welfare

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Antipoverty Summit

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2025/06/30

Jessica talks about her trip to Brisbane to attend the Antipoverty SummitAnd a little bit about the food bank in Wonthaggi

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Kelly vs CoAct and Centrelink

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2025/06/23

Thankyou to all the people who donated to 3CRJobseeker’s payments were cut off during a hospital stay for psychosis

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