There used to be an old saying in Australia" if you're hungry steal a sheep and leave the pelt on the fence. How do you plead, Peter Saunders?When welfare is cut that is exactly what they will do. So who suffers from welfare penalties? The community especially the ones who lost their sheep just recently.
Shoplifters don't leave the carton or the packet and if they did it wouldn't change the loss.
So before your house is broken into and your property is stolen then take a look at the article below and decide for yourself about welfare penalties.
The Federal Government has succeeded in extending a welfare penalty regime to single parents and older unemployed people.
The Senate has passed a bill for the changes after significant concessions by the Government, which had been trying to get it through since last year's Budget.
A breakthrough came after a deal with the Democrats to reduce penalties for first-time offenders and for a taskforce to review the welfare penalty enforcement system.
The new measures will clear the way for a $900 million package of welfare reform, says Community Services Minister Amanda Vanstone.
"We had to make concessions in order to get it through but we wanted to make that investment in welfare," she said.
Greens Senator Kerry Nettle says the penalties are still too harsh and will harm those most at risk, causing "hardship, misery and homelessness".
Labor agrees and has accused the Democrats of thumbing their noses at the unemployed.
Aust militants join front line as Democrats propose anti-war Bill: Pre-emptive strikes?
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Attempted thong theft costs $560
A man has been fined $500 after appearing in a northern New South Wales court charged with stealing a pair of thongs.
By Hun Gry 28 March 03
THE PEASANT: "They had to make concessions in order to get it through but they wanted to make that investment in warfare." he said.
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