TONIGHT: Post budget briefing – The most important broken promises (online)
Join Amy Remeikis alongside housing and welfare advocates for post budget analysis of measures affecting people in poverty.
Targeting migrants over “welfare” only exposes how cruel and unequal the rules really are
We stand in solidarity with all racialised people in the face of vicious attacks from Angus Taylor. It is convenient for people in power to use welfare recipients and migrants as scapegoats for problems they have not caused.
The poor and disabled finance Albanese’s “most ambitious” budget
Behind the headlines and spin this budget shows actual broken promises – to the people who are being harmed the most
Irresponsible budget offers no relief to millions of people in poverty
Albanese government fails its own test to "leave no one behind" in fourth budget
An irresponsible budget: No meaningful relief in sight for millions locked in poverty
Welfare recipients are tired of being told the pennies we are thrown will somehow hold back the crushing weight of housing and other living cost increases we are dealing with. We are further behind now when Anthony Albanese took office and promised us things would change for the better.
Budget surplus is an insult to people in poverty
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
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.
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.
Treasurer’s plan for philanthropy a dangerous structural shift
Philanthropy is a sham. Raising income support payments is the fastest and most effective thing the Albanese government can do to reduce inequality and address ”entrenched disadvantage”
Ruthless budget “repair”: Unsustainable austerity will cost poor people their lives
The government knows people on Centrelink payments die by suicide at extraordinary rates yet they are pushing us to bear the cost of budget repair