If you have a look at the author’s organisation’s website, you find powerful madness:
Caritas CEO Julianne Hickey said that Caritas opposed the Bill because, like the Welfare Working Group which preceded the legislation, the Bill focused on the motivation and behaviour of individuals who receive benefits, rather than the economic and structural context of unemployment.
Sound like a lefty view of the world? You bet it is.
If you read the other releases, you realise the Catholic Bishop’s Group has got someone like Penny Bright in charge of their research and advocacy unit. Let’s hope the Bishop’s Group wakes up soon. It’s going to cause them severe credibility problems if they don’t. Shame it is though, that the CEO clearly feels the same way as Lisa. Perhaps there’s something in the air conditioning.
