Centrelink

‘I Eat Late so I Don’t Go to Bed Hungry’: Youth Allowance Punishes People for Going to Uni

05.02.23

By Aleksandra Bliszczyk
‘Workforce Australia’ Is a Mess Because Governments Are Either Bad With Tech or Hate Poor People

07.05.22

By John Buckley
The Australian Government Is Making Life Hell for Unemployed People

07.04.22

By John Buckley
Tech

The Story of How the Australian Government Screwed Its Most Vulnerable People

08.24.20

By Jordan Pearson
Centrelink is Trying to Improve Its Customer Service

04.22.18

By Katherine Gillespie
Work for the Dole scheme is Dangerous and Useless, Say Unions and Lawyers

04.19.18

By VICE Staff
‘Work for the Dole’ Scheme Threatened to Cut 15,000 People off Centrelink

03.06.18

By Millie Roberts
Tony Abbott Tried to Ban People Under 30 From Receiving Centrelink

01.28.18

By Katherine Gillespie
Drugs

Centrelink Recipients Won’t Be Drug Tested After All

12.04.17

By Katherine Gillespie
We Need to Talk About the Dole

10.31.17

By Katherine Gillespie
Pauline Hanson Is Calling for an ‘Australian Identity Card’ Again

10.23.17

By Issy Beech
Drugs

The Real Reason the Government Drug Tested Your Sewage

08.26.17

By VICE Staff

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Gaming

Xbox Partner Preview Will Reveal New Game Announcements This Week

Xbox Partner Preview March 2026: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, and more third-party reveals coming this Thursday.

1 hour ago

By Denny Connolly
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Resident Evil Requiem Star Angela Sant’Albano Explains Why Grace Ashcroft Feels So Real

Resident Evil Requiem star Angela Sant’Albano explains how Grace Ashcroft’s fear, and trauma helped make RE9’s protagonist feel so real.

2 hours ago

By Brent Koepp
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Comedy

Why Chappelle’s Show’s Controversial Michael Jackson Parody Never Aired

The segment was planned for the third season, though it didn’t end up getting completed

2 hours ago

By Tony Alpsen
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Life

The Most Likely Reason You’re Unhappy, According to the 2026 World Happiness Report

The one noteworthy element of this year’s report is in what exactly is making people unhappy: algorithmically influenced social media.

2 hours ago

By Luis Prada
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Life

The Massive Radioactive Tomb in the Pacific Ocean Is Leaking. What Happens Now?

A Cold War nuclear waste site in the Marshall Islands is cracking as rising seas threaten the radioactive material buried beneath Runit Dome.

2 hours ago

By Luis Prada