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Jenny Tuita, aged 15, the same age she was when she was charged as “uncontrollable”.

Women who endured horrific treatment in state care should be heard

The invasive practices Jenny Tuita experienced happened not just in Glebe, but are known to have occurred at Wilson Youth Hospital and the notorious Parramatta Girls’ Home.

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Jenny Tuita at 15 and today.

Aged 15, Jenny was charged with being ‘uncontrollable’. Now she’s on a mission for justice

The NSW government is facing potential legal action over invasive medical examinations performed on teenagers at a girls’ shelter in Glebe.

  • Angus Thomson
The $400 school saving bonus is not means-tested.

Dear Jacinta Allan, thanks for the $400, but I really didn’t need it

Millions of parents are under intense pressure. But plenty are in cruise mode – financially chastened, but hardly on the bones of their bums. So why are we all getting free money?

  • Tom Ormonde
April says she feared she would not have long to live if she was made homeless by her landlord.

A landlord wanted April out to move in a family member. VCAT said no

Recent changes to tenancy law means a valid notice to vacate won’t always lead to an eviction – a relief for tenants, but a headache for landlords.

  • Jim Malo
Former Department of Human Services secretary Kathryn Campbell.

Final robo-debt probe to keep names unnamed – again

The Australian Public Service Commissioner has apologised for the robo-debt disgrace – but 10 of 12 public servants responsible remain unnamed.

  • Paul Sakkal
The government has again been urged to lift welfare payments.

How young people could have been $4700 better off over last six months

Just over two weeks before the federal budget, the Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee has again urged the government to provide more help to those struggling the most.

  • Rachel Clun
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Tax commissioner Chris Jordan says pandemic-era stimulus payments had encouraged an “appetite for fraud” among some people.

Tax chief says COVID handouts pushed thousands into ‘horrifyingly bad’ TikTok scam

The head of the Australian Tax Office has admitted that the agency’s systems for “identifying fraud at that scale was not fit for purpose”.

  • Shane Wright
Jenna Davey-Burns has fostered 27 children since 2017.

The children doing it tough this Christmas and the mayor making a difference

Kingston mayor Jenna Davey-Burns has fostered 27 children and counting. Here’s how she goes about brightening the lives of kids in her care during the festive season.

  • Jewel Topsfield
Jim Chalmers says there aren’t any changes to stage 3 tax cuts, but the budget will tackle energy costs.

The tax issue keeping women out of work

As we debate the merits of the stage 3 tax cuts, we should interrogate long-standing disincentives standing in the way of women wanting to work.

  • Millie Muroi
Julian Hill said when it comes to employment services “it’s obvious that full privatisation has failed”.

Private employment services have failed, watchdog is needed: Inquiry head

Julian Hill, who chaired a year-long inquiry into the $7 billion employment service sector, says privatisation has failed the unemployed and the country.

  • Shane Wright

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