Join Amy Remeikis alongside housing and welfare advocates for post budget analysis of measures affecting people in poverty.
We stand in solidarity with all racialised people in the face of vicious attacks from Angus Taylor. It is convenient for people in power to use welfare recipients and migrants as scapegoats for problems they have not caused.
Behind the headlines and spin this budget shows actual broken promises – to the people who are being harmed the most
It’s time to cancel energy debt. Energy companies have shown they are unwilling to put struggling customers before profits. They have reaped billions in profits and pushed energy prices higher while hundreds of thousands of people are stuck in debt.
Australia is in a housing crisis. Rents are unaffordable. Homelessness is rising. Public housing waitlists stretch decades. And every year, the federal government hands $20 billion in tax breaks to property investors.
To mark the ten years since Josh’s death, Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union members will be gathering at Minister for Skills…
People in poverty cannot afford to pay even higher prices for their own punishment
As the government celebrates its generosity, the cold reality is that what lands in our bank accounts is a pittance that leaves us further behind
The Antipoverty Centre is urging the Albanese government to withdraw material support and diplomatic cover for the US and Israel’s imperial wars and to instead prioritise investment in welfare, education, healthcare and other essential supports that benefit the public.
More public servants will not protect welfare recipients from rampant abuse by unaccountable, outsourced welfare cops
Today the Ombudsman released a 2nd damning report into the administration of compulsory activities showing DEWR provides misleading communication to people on Centrelink payments, plus issues with the “quality, consistency and appropriateness” of provider decisions.
New AER data shows hundreds of thousands are struggling with rising energy debts as Australians demand more government intervention to lower bills.
Welfare recipients have a right to be treated equally under the law, and should not be subject to punishment before having access to legal advice for any reason, ever.