Today harsh Centrelink penalties return – this new rights book will arm welfare recipients facing “mutual” obligations abuses
Minister Rishworth refuses to say she has confidence the system is lawful Today the Antipoverty Centre is releasing…
Advocacy organisations alarmed by return of Centrelink payment cancellations that were unlawfully operated
Today the secretary of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations has announced that powers to cancel social…
Customers and advocates tell Origin Energy executives STOP THE BILL SHOCK
Customers, advocates and activists will demonstrate outside Origin Energy’s Annual General Meeting in Sydney today to call on…
TODAY: Anti-Poverty Week event with Central Land Council and Single Mother Families Australia to highlight overlooked welfare issues
The Antipoverty Centre is hosting an online event at 3:30pm AEDT today featuring the Central Land Council and…
Plibersek’s charity funding in Anti-Poverty Week is an insult to people in poverty
Consecutive governments have failed people in poverty and shifted the blame to escape responsibility and culpability for harm…
Actions you can take to support welfare rights in Anti-Poverty Week
We want to make sure charities are not the only voices heard in Anti-Poverty Week. Check out the information below about events and other work we’re doing so you can get involved.
Urgent action needed to reduce welfare deaths amid high costs and interest rate rises
Petrol and food cost hikes, coupled with the latest punishing interest rise, require urgent intervention to protect people in poverty from further harm and deaths.
Antipoverty Centre response to Digital Protections Framework and 40Y guidelines
Response to Digital Protections Framework and 40Y guidelines | September 2026 The Antipoverty Centre did not support the…
Labor rewrites history on cashless welfare as it quietly traps people in income control programs
The Antipoverty Centre is disturbed by comments from Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek and Indigenous Australians Minister Malarndirri…
Review of the Social Security Legislation Amendment – Income Management and Enhanced Income Management 2026
Review of the Social Security Legislation Amendment - Income Management and Enhanced Income Management 2026 People do not…