The Embassy is campaigning to have more local content on Free To Air digital TV - but proposing Underground Television (UGTV), With access to broadband (terrestial wire)network it will be possible to access video programs at home from many sourses. We want to see the govt give grants to organisations and artists to produce video programs for broadcast.
Meanwhile we are producing DVD packages of discs and books from our own archives - such as Work Test about how the govt CES (Commonbwealth Employment Service) used fake job offers to cut jobless off the dole and Activity Test about similar dirty tricks by the present privatised Job Network.
Other productions are DVD's and booj about our long runing Alternative Festival of the Arts including Poetry Picnic and short local plays etc we put on for it. Some videos have been sold to council libaries and are used for local studies in high schools. The Embassy is using these media products from the AFA shows to lobby for proper funding to do more Festivals - which including young people and disabled producing art for it (eg poetry). New short plays and more actors/poets are needed.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
GILLARD KEEPS DOLE/AUSTUDY BELOW PENSION
The dole remains at below the poverty level and the jobless received no one off increase in it from cash bonus as part of the GFC bonus payments under Rudd PM. Even students on Austudy got $950 cash bonus. Meanwhile youth unemployment is being disguised under the ALP Earn or Learn policy - where they are being forced to do full time short courses that often won't help then get a job.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
RUDD PINCHES MAD MONK'S DOCKET PLAN
If you thought Howard's Northern Territory "intervention" to quarrantine dole payments of aboriginal people was a good idea - Rudd's new proposed law might change your mind. The federal government is about to introduce the same idea for all people receiving the dole and single parent's payment.
From 2012 50% of payments will be withheld - supposedly to cover the necessities of life - such as for rent, food and clothing. Most people know however that the dole , which is now $100 a week less than the pension (but still $40 a week more than Austudy) is often bearly enough to cover $100 of private rents in the worst accomodation available.
From 2012 50% of payments will be withheld - supposedly to cover the necessities of life - such as for rent, food and clothing. Most people know however that the dole , which is now $100 a week less than the pension (but still $40 a week more than Austudy) is often bearly enough to cover $100 of private rents in the worst accomodation available.
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