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Slam after slam for people with disabilities in Australia’s new Budget

By lauredhel on 13 May, 2010

The Australian Federal Budget is out, and it’s being feted in the media as a sober, sensible fiscally reasonable budget in which there are no really big winners or losers. “No frills, no thrills, no spills”, says the ABC. Except for people with disabilities. What has received a little bit of coverage is the fact [...]

Posted in politics | Tagged australia, australia budget, breach, budget, disability, disability and poverty, disability pension, federal budget, homelessness, kevin rudd, media, newstart, offset, pension, people with disabilities, pharmaceutical benefits scheme, political media, politics, poverty, pwd, rudd, safety net, tax, threshold, treasurer, unemployment, wayne swan, welfare | 11 Responses

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