Welfare recipients respond to Jobs and Skills summit
Unemployed, disabled and low income people are the real experts in what we need
Albanese: abandon Morrison’s eugenicist approach to COVID response
The government has the power to implement simple changes to prevent the spread of COVID among people in poverty.
Unemployed workers call for Workforce Australia penalty suspension as rollout shambles see fears realised
Employment minister Tony Burke has refused unemployed people's calls for a full suspension of penalties while we adjust to the new system
Labor, commit to ending Work for the Dole
Work for the Dole punishes the victims of political choices. It must be abolished.
Liberal and Labor must match commitment to lift Centrelink payments above the poverty line
Payments must immediately be lifted to at least the Henderson poverty line. The Antipoverty Centre welcomes the Greens policy to end poverty.
MPs must reject religious discrimination bill to protect most vulnerable
People in poverty forced to interact with religious organisations for housing, care and ‘mutual’ obligations are heavily discriminated against and will be further harmed by this bill.
Stuart Robert: suspend ‘mutual’ obligations to ensure safety during lockdown
People on Centrelink payments must not be forced to travel within or to locked down areas
No merit in amendments. ALP and crossbench, block the bad bill.
The parliament must not be bullied into passing dangerous, half-baked changes to social security law
Parliament must #RejectTheMOsBill to protect most vulnerable
Contempt for democratic process will leave hundreds of thousands of unemployed people worse off.