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Kristin O'Connell

Kristin O’Connell is a disability support pension recipient and antipoverty activist with the Antipoverty Centre.

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    Fuelling inequality: The brunt of a global crisis should not be borne by people in poverty

    On 24 March 2020, Scott Morrison took an unprecedented step: at the drop of a hat, he made the activities people on some Centrelink payments are forced to do completely voluntary as the COVID crisis loomed. It was a change that not only protected the community, but one that brought massive relief.

    Society & Inequality
    Fuelling inequality: The brunt of a global crisis should not be borne by people in poverty