Albanese: abandon Morrison’s eugenicist approach to COVID response
The government has the power to implement simple changes to prevent the spread of COVID among people in poverty.
Antipoverty Centre condemns Labor’s disturbing plan to raise debts against welfare recipients
The government has quietly announced it will ramp up debt collection against people who rely on Centrelink payments to survive
Unemployed workers call for Workforce Australia penalty suspension as rollout shambles see fears realised
Employment minister Tony Burke has refused unemployed people's calls for a full suspension of penalties while we adjust to the new system
Minimum wage decision is cold comfort for welfare recipients
Government cannot continue to ignore the urgent need to alleviate cost of living pressure for ALL people on low incomes
Welfare recipients deserve a better future too, but Albanese offers us no hope
Antipoverty activists surviving on welfare call on the new prime minister to honour his mother’s memory by increasing…
Increasing distress among welfare recipients promised only a poverty trap as voting opens
Social security is all but absent from election coverage despite spiralling living costs hitting those on Centrelink payments hardest. Major parties' failure to address poverty crisis must be scrutinised.
TONIGHT: Antipoverty Centre to launch housing payment proposal at election briefing event
Social security system needs major overhaul to support people into work and out of unsafe homes.
Antipoverty activists challenge candidates to dismantle the poverty machine on COVID supplement anniversary
50 years on from the Henderson inquiry it must be the first and highest priority of any politician to ensure everyone has enough to live. There is no other moral position.
Six years on from Josh Park-Fing’s death, Work for the Dole is overdue for closure
The party of labour must do what's right and commit to ending the punishing forced labour program.
Morrison doesn’t need to know the JobSeeker rate, he needs to care for people who live on it
The prime minister's gaffe is irrelevant. His foolish comments about rent assistance show he doesn't comprehend the extreme inadequacy of Centrelink payments.