Ruston must retract comments blaming poor people for supply issues
The Antipoverty Centre rejects the social services minister's attempt to mislead the public on the causes of supply issues.
Activists to challenge academia’s role in the poverty machine
On Monday 1 November trans rights, abolition and antipoverty activists will present at Australian Social Policy Conference
“The government should offer us euthanasia”: senate inquiry hears stories of DSP failings
The government is forcing disabled people into extreme poverty, harmful employment programs and pervasive unfair practices are leading Centrelink to deny the DSP to those who are entitled to it
Disability advocates to condemn widespread failings of DSP at parliamentary inquiry
The DSP is forcing disabled people into extreme poverty, harmful employment programs and pervasive unfair practices are leading Centrelink to deny support those who are entitled to it
JobKeeper is no Lifeline: leading mental health service must join calls for COVID supplement to return
The constant calls from industry, and now a mental health support service, for JobKeeper are misdirected and fail to understand what we need in the face of uncertainty and rolling lockdowns.
PM must recall parliament to reinstate COVID supplement for people on Centrelink payments
Government vaccination disaster left us exposed to COVID, they must take responsibility and make income support liveable
Stuart Robert: suspend ‘mutual’ obligations to ensure safety during lockdown
People on Centrelink payments must not be forced to travel within or to locked down areas
No merit in amendments. ALP and crossbench, block the bad bill.
The parliament must not be bullied into passing dangerous, half-baked changes to social security law
Parliament must #RejectTheMOsBill to protect most vulnerable
Contempt for democratic process will leave hundreds of thousands of unemployed people worse off.
Transform income support to reduce youth homelessness
We need a dramatic increase in public housing. There is no way to structure income support payments that doesn't create an opportunity for landlords to extract wealth from the poorest people in society.