Socialist Alliance candidate for the Geelong seat of CorioΒ Sue BullΒ saysΒ the one-off $250 cost-of-living payment for pensioners and others struggling to survive on welfare was "an insult".
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June 21 marked the third anniversary of the Howard governmentβs βnational emergencyβ intervention in 73 prescribed Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory, the so-called Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER).