Not fit-for-purpose: Shorten must immediately suspend “debt” collection activity
More stress, more physical and psychological harm and more suicides is the inevitable result of pursuing welfare recipients for so-called debts they cannot afford
Rishworth’s economic “inclusion” committee bill insulting to people in poverty
Advice and policies that affect those on the lowest incomes must be led by us, but we are again excluded. The minister cannot expect to be taken seriously with this proposal.
SURVEY: 93% of welfare recipients say “mutual” obligations harm mental and physical health
$4 billion-a-year privatised employment services system does not find people work
Government must support lifting how much welfare recipients can earn before payment cuts
People on JobSeeker currently lose up to 79 cents in the dollar from paid work
Labor betrays welfare recipients on cashless welfare in reversal of election promise
New compulsory income control bill passes despite Linda Burney’s promise that income control would be voluntary and that compulsion is not Labor’s position
Budget shows politicians can’t be trusted with the lives of welfare recipients
The Labor Party leaves millions behind, it's time to take the power to set rates out of the hands of politicians.
684,360 left behind: shameful proposal to restrict JobSeeker increase to over 55s
Welfare recipients urge government not to introduce more age discrimination in response to reports of JobSeeker increase for over 55s
Antipoverty Centre response: Government rejects key proposal of pointless report on raising welfare payments
It’s what we all knew would happen, and it happened.
Parliamentary friends of ending poverty must not repeat failures of Economic “Inclusion” Committee
The Antipoverty Centre was disappointed to learn about the establishment of the parliamentary friends of ending poverty through…
Welfare recipients to tell senate inquiry Labor’s housing fund will fail
Labor is wasting its opportunity for generational housing reform on a policy that will take us backwards and may not deliver any homes at all. It is time for a return to more universal access to public housing.