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Minister Rishworth refuses to say she has confidence the system is lawful Today the Antipoverty Centre is releasing its new…
Today the secretary of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations has announced that powers to cancel social security payments…
Customers, advocates and activists will demonstrate outside Origin Energy’s Annual General Meeting in Sydney today to call on the company…
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The Antipoverty Centre is hosting an online event at 3:30pm AEDT today featuring the Central Land Council and Single Mother…
Consecutive governments have failed people in poverty and shifted the blame to escape responsibility and culpability for harm Anti-Poverty Week,…
Continue Reading Plibersek’s charity funding in Anti-Poverty Week is an insult to people in poverty
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.
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Petrol and food cost hikes, coupled with the latest punishing interest rise, require urgent intervention to protect people in poverty from further harm and deaths.
Response to Digital Protections Framework and 40Y guidelines | September 2026 The Antipoverty Centre did not support the Digital Protections…
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- Today harsh Centrelink penalties return – this new rights book will arm welfare recipients facing “mutual” obligations abuses
Minister Rishworth refuses to say she has confidence the system is lawful Today the Antipoverty Centre is releasing its new “Mutual” obligations survival guide for welfare recipients who have compulsory activity requirements, including people on JobSeeker, Youth Allowance, Parenting Payment and the Disability Support Pension. . The guide is being published to coincide with the… - Advocacy organisations alarmed by return of Centrelink payment cancellations that were unlawfully operated
Today the secretary of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations has announced that powers to cancel social security payments related to compulsory activities will return next Monday 26 October. These penalties were paused because the department failed to administer the law correctly. Prior to the pause, more than 80,000 payments were cancelled under these… - 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 the company to stop increasing consumer energy bills and do more to support tens of thousands of its customers that are stuck in energy debt. Origin Energy – which accounts for around a quarter of retail electricity… - TODAY: Anti-Poverty Week event with Central Land Council and Single Mother Families Australia to highlight overlooked welfare issuesThe Antipoverty Centre is hosting an online event at 3:30pm AEDT today featuring the Central Land Council and Single Mother Families Australia to highlight issues compounding poverty that do not get the attention they need or are not well understood. The event is open to media and the public and each topic will include a…
- Plibersek’s charity funding in Anti-Poverty Week is an insult to people in poverty
Consecutive governments have failed people in poverty and shifted the blame to escape responsibility and culpability for harm Anti-Poverty Week, which runs 11–17 October, is off to an abysmal start. The Antipoverty Centre is calling on the media and community to prioritise the people affected by poverty and unemployment throughout the week, not politicians or… - 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. - Urgent action needed to reduce welfare deaths amid high costs and interest rate risesPetrol and food cost hikes, coupled with the latest punishing interest rise, require urgent intervention to protect people in poverty from further harm and deaths.
- Antipoverty Centre response to Digital Protections Framework and 40Y guidelines
Response to Digital Protections Framework and 40Y guidelines | September 2026 The Antipoverty Centre did not support the Digital Protections Framework when it was firstproposed in 2021, and our view on the potential effectiveness of such a mechanism in acompulsory system has not changed. The new version of this framework is nothing more thanwindow dressing,…
