Welfare

  • Homelessness fear over rising fuel cost

    COLAC district pensioner Penelope Lane says Federal Government budget measures, including a proposed fuel excise rise, could force her into homelessness.

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  • Welfare budget cuts concern for charities

    COLAC welfare agencies say young people, unemployed people and struggling families will be hit hardest by proposed changes in the federal budget.

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  • Tears follow sex abuse report

    FORMER Colac woman Debra Wooby shed a tear this week as the Victorian Government promised to help child sexual abuse victims find justice.

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  • Cash handout eases welfare demand

    A COLAC welfare officer says government payments have reduced pressure on his agency’s services.

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