Welfare recipients struggle to stomach pitiful indexation “increase” as prices soarApril 1, 2026Antipoverty CentreUpdateAs the government celebrates its generosity, the cold reality is that what lands in our bank accounts is a pittance that leaves us further behind Read more
Indexation is no increase: Rishworth must stop misleading people about Centrelink paymentsMarch 6, 2023Antipoverty CentreUpdateLabor again copies the Coalition's disingenuous approach of announcing behind-inflation welfare changes as an “increase”Read more
Indexation is no increase: Albanese government spin hides entrenched poverty crisisSeptember 5, 2022Antipoverty CentreUpdateWelfare recipients will be no better off despite claims that indexation is an “increase” to Centrelink payments. Government boasts of “increase” to Centrelink payments harms welfare recipients and perpetuates the same myths as Morrison. Read more