TONIGHT: COVID supplement 5 year anniversary event (online)
Join welfare recipients as we reflect on what the COVID supplement meant for welfare recipients, and why the Coalition government temporarily increased Centrelink payments
Welfare recipients denounce government claims that Centrelink payment indexation is an “increase”, marking 5 years since JobSeeker was lifted to the poverty line
Today Antipoverty Centre members joined other welfare recipients at Parliament House to mark 5 years since the Morrison government temporarily lifted some Centrelink payments by $275 a week, bringing JobSeeker to the Henderson Poverty Line.
Antipoverty Centre rejects shameful report from economic “inclusion” committee
Another report that excludes poor people – the real experts in poverty – causes more harm than good.
Welfare residualisation and deterrence
Welfare residualisation and deterrence In recent decades, governments have prioritised strictly targeting welfare policies that reduce thenumber of…
Preventing suicide relies on ending poverty
One third of suicide deaths are people on JobSeeker or the Disability Pension
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.
Welfare recipients reject exclusion committee report and call for Centrelink payments above the poverty line
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: Activists to target Chalmers’ office demanding Centrelink increases in budget
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.
Labor’s cost of living crisis talks must produce Centrelink payment increase say unemployed advocates
A performative political response will not fool people in poverty
Proposal to change the income free area and taper rate for welfare recipients May 2023
Antipoverty Centre letter re: Proposal to change the income free area and taper rate for welfare recipients |…