Anti-Poverty Week welcomes key elements of the Strengthening the Safety Net legislation, especially increasing the age of eligibility for Parenting Payment Single to 14 (from…
Read More Legislation to increase some payments and change eligibility for Parenting Payment Single
Anti-Poverty Week welcomes the Federal Government’s commitment to develop an Early Years Strategy. Our submission addresses how the implementation of the Strategy can best reduce…
Read More Submission to Early Years Strategy discussion paper
Statement by Toni Wren, Executive Director, Anti-Poverty Week 10 May 2023: It was promising to see increases in income support that we have long called…
Read More Budget 2023 misses opportunity to seriously tackle poverty
Anti-Poverty Week welcomes the Prime Minister’s announcement that the Government will reverse the damaging decision to cut the single parenting payment and restore it to…
Read More Welcome changes to Parenting Payment will reduce poverty for women and children
Analysing key Department of Social Services statistics on the eve of International Women’s Day, Anti-Poverty Week found that women make up more than 60% of…
“Poverty and the risk of homelessness, like violence, is gendered,” said Anti-Poverty Week Executive Director Toni Wren. “When women leave a violent relationship or find…
Read More New data confirms that poverty and homelessness, like violence, is gendered