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NOTE: Items indexed from The Age are often syndicated in other Fairfax newspapers. Thus, the hyperlink below an Age item may lead to the same item on another Fairfax publication's website.

The Australian: September 10, 2014, page 12, comment by Cassandra Goldie, `System stymies jobless youth'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/system-stymies-jobless-youth/story-e6frg6zo-1227053112291

The Australian: September 9, 2014, page 12, comment by Alan Tudge, `Welfare lobby blind to reality'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/welfare-lobby-blind-to-reality/story-e6frg6zo-1227051900688

The Herald-Sun: September 8, 2014, page 20, editorial, `Cheats should not prosper'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/dole-cheats-should-not-prosper/story-fni0ffsx-1227050634085

The Australian: September 19, 2014, page 14, comment by Patrick McClure, `Welfare of young at stake'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/welfare-of-young-at-stake/story-e6frg6zo-1227063291712

The Australian: October 13, 2014, page 12 comment by Patrick McClure, `Welfare reform must help people with mental illness to find work.'
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/welfare-reform-must-help-people-with-mental-illness-to-find-work/story-e6frg6zo-1227088163016
The Age:  June 20, 2014, page 5, comment by Peter Martin, `Hockey's welfare claim confused and ultimately flawed'.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/hockeys-welfare-claim-confused-and-ultimately-flawed-20140619-3ah2y.html

The Australian:  June 19, 2014, page 12, comment by Chris Kenny, `Targeted welfare keeps us ahead of more generous nations'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/opinion/targeted-welfare-keeps-us-ahead-of-more-generous-nations/story-e6frg9qo-1226959115847

The Age:  June 19, 2014, page 11, news item by Tessa van der Riet, `Charities brace for more homeless'.
http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac;jsessionid=3274240CCF1BE08C693474FDFCD01A7B?sy=afr&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=1month&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=brs&cls=1357&clsPage=1&docID=AGE140619EM3CL596BQI

The Age:  June 18, 2014, page 18, comment (with Spooner cartoon) by Bill Garner, `Lifters and leaners: why the idea is one big con'.
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/lifters-and-leaners-why-the-idea-of-equality-of-opportunity-is-a-big-con-20140617-zsa6d.html

The Australian:  June 17, 2014, page 14, comment by Alan Tudge, `Welfare benefits a broad church'.
http://www.alantudge.com.au/Media/Articles/tabid/89/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/740/language/en-US/Welfare-benefits-a-broad-church.aspx

The Australian:  June 16, 2014, page 1, comment by David Uren, `Hockey is still right: growth is hiding the welfare challenge'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/opinion/hockeys-still-right-growth-hides-the-welfare-challenge/story-e6frg9qo-1226955225328

The Age:  June 16, 2014, page 18, editorial, `No, Mr Hockey, it remains unfair'.
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/the-age-editorial/no-mr-hockey-it-remains-unfair-20140615-3a5oz.html

The Herald-Sun:  July 4, 2014, page 34, comment by Alan Tudge, `Creating a mobile work force - follow the money'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/a-mobile-workforce-will-allow-workers-to-follow-the-money/story-fni0ffsx-1226976925652

The Herald-Sun:  July 4, 2014, page 34, comment by Ellen Whinnett, `A budget battle of lifters and leaners'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/the-budget-emergency-a-battle-of-lifters-and-leaners/story-fni0ffsx-1226976899822

The Age:  July 1, 2014, page 18, letters incl, `The rich get richer, the poor get poorer / Not a welfare recipient. He's my son'.
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/the-age-letters/the-rich-get-richer-the-poor-get-poorer-20140630-3b475.html

The Australian:  June 30, 2014, page 11, editorial, `The welfare overhaul Australia has to have' .
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/editorials/the-welfare-overhaul-australia-has-to-have/story-e6frg71x-1226971331168

The Australian:  June 30, 2014, page 3, comment by Patricia Karvelas, `McLure offers cure for what ails welfare'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/patrick-mcclure-offers-a-cure-for-what-ails-welfare/story-e6frg6zo-1226971371144

The Age:  June 29, 2014, page 34, comment (on a visit to Centrelink) by Barry Dickins, `There are no benefits for the soul waiting here'.
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/there-are-no-benefits-for-a-soul-waiting-here-20140627-zsnvr.html

The Herald-Sun:  August 18, 2014, page 22, comment (ref to "lifters" and "leaners") by Rita Panahi, `When did we become such a mob of whiners'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/australians-are-behaving-like-spoiled-children-over-the-fuel-excise-increase/story-fni0fhh1-1227027274751