The federal government has plans to expand Work for the Dole. From July next year it will be compulsory for job-seekers aged 18-30 to do 25 hours of work a week.
The Anti-Poverty Network South Australia spoke to two former participants, Jarred Sferruzzi and John Murcott (not his real name) about their experiences on the scheme under the John Howard government.
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When were you on Work For The Dole?
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1. Public Enemy frontman Chuck D is back with another hard-hitting solo album. The Black In Man blends his baritone tones with heavy metal riffage and super-heavy funk. There's no let-up in his cutting wordplay and pointed barbs at the state of modern rap, such as the line: "I'm no fan of how urban radio has made rap fit for animals, best exhibited in some of today's mixtape culture, which invites black men into USA jails.
Another African American teenager has been murdered by the police in the United States, sparking angry protests and police repression.
In Ferguson, Missouri, a generally quiet working-class community was shattered by the August 9 shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown as he went to visit his grandmother.
Police had been called after reports of shoplifting from a local corner store. Brown was walking down the street when he was told to 鈥淕et on the fucking pavement鈥.
We know it was the biggest protest in world history. We know that millions of people who'd never before felt like they could make their voices heard by taking action, marched in the streets of 800 cities to say 鈥淣ot In Our Name鈥; that they dared hope for peace, but were committed by their governments to a bloody and illegal war.
Hundreds of thousands of South African demonstrators marched through Cape Town on August 9 to protest against Israel鈥檚 military assault on Palestinians in Gaza, said the next day.
Organisers said it was one of the biggest rallies in the city since the end of apartheid.
Demonstrators carried posters stating 鈥淚srael is an apartheid state鈥 and 鈥淪top Israeli murder.鈥
Human rights groups announced today that they would organise an aid flotilla to Gaza to breach Israel鈥檚 illegal blockade.
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) said it would sail to Gaza 鈥渨ithin 2014鈥 in a 鈥渞eflection of the growing worldwide solidarity with the Palestinian people, from the US to Malaysia, from Scandinavia to South Africa鈥.
The boats also aim to carry back Palestinian goods purchased by buyers worldwide to 鈥渃omplete the work of Gaza鈥檚 Ark鈥 鈥 a cargo boat intended to breach Israel鈥檚 punitive embargo which was bombed by Israeli Defence Force aircraft last month.
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