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…
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.
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.
Advocacy groups push for Chalmers to scrap $20b housing tax breaks before budget
Australia is in a housing crisis. Rents are unaffordable. Homelessness is rising. Public housing waitlists stretch decades. And every year, the federal government hands $20 billion in tax breaks to property investors.
Housing quality project | September 2024
Housing quality project | September 2024 The Antipoverty Centre housing quality project draws on an in-depth survey of…
Change to Commonwealth Rent Assistance excludes millions and is embarrassingly low
In response to the government’s announcement of a 10% change to the maximum rate of Commonwealth Rent Assistance, the Antipoverty Centre is calling on the government to stop tinkering with Centrelink payments and take meaningful action so that welfare recipients are no longer left behind.
Victorian rental standards 2024
Victorian rental standards 2024 This is an open letter to the Victorian government sharing concerns and recommendations to…
MEDIA ALERT: Community groups to call for government action on unsafe temperatures in social housing
Poor people are paying the price with their health and bills after a record breaking summer
Submission to the Senate Community Affairs Committee inquiry into the rental crisis 2023
Submission to the Senate Community Affairs Committee inquiry into the rental crisis | August 2023 The rental crisis…
WATCH: Antipoverty Centre appearance at the Housing Australia Future Fund inquiry hearing
Video footage of the Antipoverty centre appearance at the Housing Australia Future Fun inquiry hearing at Parliament house.