Update

Budget surplus is an insult to people in poverty

May 14, 2024

The Antipoverty Centre is disgusted but not surprised that the government has chosen a budget surplus while repeatedly refusing to increase JobSeeker and other deeply inadequate Centrelink payments, rejecting all evidence of our desperate need.

BUDGET SCORECARD: How communities affected by poverty will judge Chalmers

May 13, 2024

Antipoverty Centre

Update

People in poverty are the hardest hit by the compounding cost of living, housing and climate crises. Labor’s empty rhetoric on measures that affect us must be closely scrutinised.

Welfare recipients reject exclusion committee report and call for Centrelink payments above the poverty line

April 29, 2024

Antipoverty Centre

Update

Grassroots advocacy groups led by welfare recipients reject the key recommendations of the Economic “Inclusion” Advisory Committee report released on Friday – they do not reflect the needs of our communities or what people in poverty have asked for.

MEDIA ALERT: Welfare recipients to head to Rishworth’s office calling for action on JobSeeker

April 19, 2024

Antipoverty Centre

Update

People who rely on Centrelink payments to live and their supporters will rally outside the social services minister Amanda Rishworth’s office calling for urgent action on the low rate of JobSeeker. When: 1pm Friday 19 April Location: Office of Amanda Rishworth MP, 232 Main South Road, Morphett Vale

MEDIA ALERT: Activists to target Chalmers’ office demanding Centrelink increases in budget

April 18, 2024

Antipoverty Centre

Update

At the end of a national week of action that saw Labor MPs across the country targeted with emails, phone calls, and face-to-face visits, people on Centrelink payments and their supporters will rally at the social services minister to push for a significant increase to all Centrelink payments in the May federal budget.

FACT CHECK: IPA attack on welfare recipients shows prejudice not evidence

April 8, 2024

Antipoverty Centre

Update

The Institute of Public Affairs welfare “research” released yesterday either wilfully misrepresents or completely misunderstands data related to income support payments and the National Disability Insurance Scheme. It is designed to confect outrage in the lead-up to the 14 May federal budget and manufacture consent for Labor’s plans to undermine the NDIS.

MEDIA ALERT: Community groups to call for government action on unsafe temperatures in social housing

March 26, 2024

Antipoverty Centre

Update

Poor people are paying the price with their health and bills after a record breaking summer

Welfare recipients despair over poverty inquiry failure

February 29, 2024

Antipoverty Centre

Update

"No one left behind" rings more hollow with each passing day under the Albanese government

Labor’s cost of living crisis talks must produce Centrelink payment increase say unemployed advocates

January 23, 2024

Antipoverty Centre

Update

A performative political response will not fool people in poverty

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TONIGHT: About us not for us – What the Workforce Australia inquiry means for welfare recipients

December 13, 2023

Antipoverty Centre

Update

The Antipoverty Centre and the Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union will host an online public meeting about the disappointing Workforce Australia employment services inquiry recommendations and how welfare recipients should respond on Wednesday 13 December.