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‘Over 3 million Australians locked into poverty’, today’s Pro Bono news cartoon.

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‘The best form of welfare is a job’, the government’s mantra opposing raising the Newstart (unemployment benefit) rate – which hasn’t been raised in real terms since 1994. Homelessness services, for example, are struggling to cope with a huge increase in Newstart recipients seeking housing assistance. Read more here. This week’s Pro Bono news cartoon.

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This morning’s Pro Bono news cartoon. The government is maintaining the long tradition  -since 1994! – of not raising the unemployment benefit Newstart. Read more here.

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Australian Budget cartoon, Pro Bono news today.

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Today’s Pro Bono news cartoon – last for 2018.