Gold Coast Sun

First Nations launch class action against Commonwealth’s ‘discriminatory’ work for the dole program

Lawyers will argue thousands of First Nations people on the Community Development Program (CDP) were required to work longer hours under harder conditions to receive welfare payments. They claim the ...
The Cairns Post

Class action launched over ‘racist’ remote work for dole program

Maurice Blackburn Lawyers has announced the commencement of a legal case against the Commonwealth government, seeking compensation for thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who did ...
Green Left Weekly

ACTU wants racist CDP dismantled

The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has launched the First Nations Workers' Alliance to represent the 30,000 participants in the federal government’s Community Development Program (CDP), ...
The Courier-Mail

First Nations launch class action against Commonwealth’s ‘discriminatory’ work for the dole program

They claim the scheme racially discriminated against those in remote communities, arguing they were forced to work longer and harder in more difficult conditions than jobseekers in cities. Maurice ...