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Change to Commonwealth Rent Assistance excludes millions and is embarrassingly low

September 22, 2024

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.

Preventing suicide relies on ending poverty

September 10, 2024

Antipoverty Centre

Update

One third of suicide deaths are people on JobSeeker or the Disability Pension

Change to Commonwealth Rent Assistance excludes millions and is embarrassingly low

September 2, 2024

Antipoverty Centre

Update

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.

No solace for distressed welfare recipients in Workforce Australia inquiry response

July 5, 2024

Antipoverty Centre

Update

4 million payment suspension notices were issued since the Workforce Australia inquiry was announced – how many more people will suffer while we wait for promised change?

An irresponsible budget: No meaningful relief in sight for millions locked in poverty

May 14, 2024

Antipoverty Centre

Update

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

May 14, 2024

Antipoverty Centre

Update

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.