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Unemployed
Activist Groups in Australia
Australian National Organisation of the Unemployed (ANOU) http//anou.cafeprogressive.com Un(der)employed People's Movement against Poverty, contact Monika or David: mobak@ozemail.com.au Web site: http://au.oocities.com.au or http://www.webcom.com/ausisle/upm Unemployed Workers Union - Northern Territory, contact Diana: drcapv@ozemail.com.au UNEMPA - Unemployed Persons Advocacy, Brisbane, contact Kevin: kebar@bigpond.com Illawarra and Wollongong Unemployed Workers Group, contact Richard: richards@fishinternet.com.au Northern Queensland Unemployed Activists - contact Frank: tcls@tpg.com.au T.O.E.S. - The Tasmanian Organisation of Employment Seekers - contact Vince: vince@tascoss.org.au OASIS - suggesting a new income support program, contact Allan: allanmcd@satcom.net.au Contacts for WA and VIC and for multicultural unemployment issues are available from Kevin, sent an e-mail with your request
This site is
intended to gather a comprehensive collection of information
for and about unemployed people and unemployment
in Australia. This includes information about how to find a job
at varying levels (from a part-time job in high-school to graduate
professional employment), statistics on levels and types of unemployment,
current news articles about unemployment, advocacy for unemployed
people and workers, and contacts for professional and community
organisations. It is also the purpose of this site to advocate for
and support unemployed people in both their search for employment
and in their struggle to retain some dignity.
Unemployed
Resource Pages,
here you can find a variety of tips, information
and agencies, which can assist you. UNEMPA
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Empowerment
and Advocacy Lobby group, link up and send them a message of solidarity.
Here is what they say in their introduction:
Community Activism Community Activists Toolkit - a fantastic resource for any advocacy or lobby group Go to: http://protest.net/activists_handbook/ The
Refugee Council of Australia
is a non-profit peak organisation. It provides information on and
advocacy for refugees and humanitarian entrants in Australia on
behalf of its 120 individual and organisational members. It is not
a part of the Australian Government Fair-wear
Campaign FAIR
GO Campaign: has decided to make
Welfare Reform its main campaign for 2001. Web site still under
construction
International
Anti-Poverty Sites Poor
People's Embassy in New Zealand Canadian Antipoverty http://www.tao.ca/~ocap/ Kensington
Welfare Rights Unit (USA) National
Centre of Poverty Law (USA) In
working to eliminate homelessness, the Council
to Homeless Persons seeks a fair go for people
who are homeless. The Council has a membership of approximately
200, consisting of most homeless persons agencies. It represents
larger agencies such as Hanover, Salvation Army, St. Vincent de
Paul, Melbourne City Mission, Mission to Streets and Lanes as well
as most smaller agencies. Protest
Net
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Reach
Out, an
excellent site for young people who feel depressed, lonely, suicidal
and/or have other problems they feel unable to cope with. LawStuff
is another great site for young (and not so young)
people to explore their rights. The site demonstrates that it
is not as difficult as it seems to read and interpret your rights.
It gives you acces to all State laws and can therefore be
accessed from all over Australia. The
Welfare Rights Centre SA
is based in South Australia and gives advice on Social Security
matters, which are national. This site can assist you if you have
been breached or your payments have been cancelled. Contact them
with any problem, including to find out whether you get all the
assistance you deserve. The site has useful links and is linked
with all other Welfare Rights Centres in Australia. In the future
it will contain a payment calculator, access to the Social Security
Act and an FAQ. AusEinet, the Australian Early Intervention Network for Mental Health in Young People. You will find this a really useful site for all your mental health information. The site is in a beginning or formative stage. http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/
ACOSS - Australian Council of Social Services is the advocacy body for Community and Social Service matters. You can raise matters with them or browse through their publications, which contain interesting statistics and reports/articles http://www.coss.net.au/ Employment
Advocate's Website The Working Women's Centre of Tasmania offers information for women workers or jobseekers. http://www.tased.edu.au/tasonline/wwc/ Human
Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Clubhouse
is a community based rehabilitation program for people with mental
health disorders. Clubhouse does not provide clinical treatment,
however, does provide access to psychological and psychiatric
information for members and their families. Clubhouse supports
people returning to the community, by providing the opportunity
to explore options related to employment, health, education, skills
based training and social activities. The Schizophrenia
Fellowship of South Australia Inc. is an organisation
committed to helping people with schizophrenia, their relatives
and carers. It aims to enable people with schizophrenia and other
mental illnesses, and their carers, to share fully in the community
with the same rights and opportunities as other citizens. Men
Accessing Community and Health Services MACHS -
a group of agencies and volunteers concerned about the health
and well being of men in the southern area of Metropolitan Adelaide.
Have a look at their newsletter, links page and the Common Ground
Conference they are planning for April 19/20 2001.
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Australian National University - Prof. Bruce Chapman and the CEPR have written a number of downloadable disussion papers on Unemployment. Link to the CEPR page and press on the sidebar button: Discussion papers. http://cepr.anu.edu.au/cepr.htm University of Melbourne's site with an article about Australia un-and underemployment situation. http://www.ecom.unimelb.edu.au/ecowww/Econochat/FreebairnEcon8.html Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research click on their name and you will be connected! |
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National: InfoXchange
links to numerous sites in Victoria
The Disability Information & Resource Centre is an Incorporated body funded by the State Government. The Management Committee includes people with disabilities and representatives of organisations providing services to people with disabilities. DIRC's role is to "point people in the right direction" - to end the confusion concerning where to go for information about disability - to refer people to the most appropriate place to meet their needs. http://www2.dircsa.org.au/dirc/dirc.htm International: Kensington
Welfare Rights Union has
a lot of interesting information
on their site. They are running a human rights campaign for the
social and economic rights of people living in poverty and therefore
they went on a bus tour through some of the US States and interviewed
people living in poverty. They are about to establish a university
for the poor and are very active and informative about organising
the poor. http://libertynet.org/kwru
Poor People's Embassy in Nea Zealand also provides a very useful site with heaps of information. If you want to know how welfare reform may look under a Labor Government, you have to take a look at the site. It is also very useful to know how other people have fought against the inhumane policies, which are currently implemented around the globe in the developped world. Nea Zealand has to be one of the toughest. http://hammer.prohosting.com/~penz/ Ontario
Coalition against Poverty
has lots of links and gives you an impression what people in other
countries do to fight the same developments in regards to Welfare
Reform and payment of benefits as happen here. New Zealands FuturesTrust is also concerned about their situation. http://www.futurestrust.org.nz/futuretimes /ft99-3/unemployment.html Urban Coalition against Poverty in the USA. Find out what other people are doing to beat the system. Very interesting articles here about the rights of people on welfare.. Provides a ood insight into what is tocome if we don't do anything about it. http://www.urban.org/news/focus/focus_welfare.html |
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JobWatch fights against exploitation in employment; monitors employment and employment recruitment; promotes best employment practise by providing advice and information about employment conditions, acting on behalf of clients who have experienced exploitation and developing policy and strategy to prevent exploitation from occurring. http://home.vicnet.net.au/~jobwatch/ Unemployed Workers Resource Site (Australia) 'Unemployed people demand our own resources, our own organisation, our own voice! This site is a way of spreading news and keeping informed about what is really happening to workers and unemployed people.: They provide unemployment figures, unemployed organisations & Pages | Free E-mail | Australian Links International Links | News Links | Union Links | Community Links | Government and Corporate Links http://avoca.vicnet.net.au/~unmployd/ The
Australian Council of Trade Unions site features
a worksite for students, fact sheets on IR laws, safety, enterprise
agreements and the like as well as news and deals for its members.
Did you know you can join the ACTU as an unemployed person &/or
student? The ACTU also has a helpline for any enquiries you may
have about your workplace - 1300 362 2223. Location: Australia The CPSU - is running a national campaign against breaching quotas and privatisation of Centrelink! Very interesting have a look! http://www.cpsu.org,au
The Democrats Website with an article and media releases to the Welfare Reform. From here you can start lobbying politicians. http://www.democrats.org.au/sa /Media/2000/0215_b.htm The South Australian Minister for Employment's Website. Read here what our State Politicians are doing to combat unemployment and poverty. Gives you also acces to the South Australian State Government. Go to the Links page from the home page .http://www.ministers.sa.gov.au/brindal /media/rp_pr_2000_0210.html
Democrat Socialist Party http://www.dsp.org.au Link
here to Cheryl Kernot's proposed Job
Network Bill
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The Age: Daily Newspaper with better quality articles http://www.theage.com.au/ LeftLink Index page which gives access to many articles about Social Justice, Mutual Obligation, poverty, and reform to society. http://www.alexia.net.au/~www /mhutton/links/index.htm The Guardian, newspaper of the Communist Party http://www.cpa.org.au/ The
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Mailing Lists LeftLink
Mailing List,
interesting topics, share your opinion with others. Welfare-Protect mailing list - maintained by eLerts It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! http://click.egroups.com/1/9699/4/_/_/_/975092084/ To subscribe
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