Every day, people lose their jobs or cannot find employment through no fault of their own, and they need an adequate safety net to catch them Newstart, Australia’s unemployment benefit, is simply too low Today, the single rate of Newstart is $247 a week; it has fallen to 45% of the minimum wage and is more than $130 under the poverty line
in favour of environmental protection, e.g. fighting climate change or 'green' policies or preservation of natural resources or animal rights