Guest Speakers:
+ Hon Jackie Trad MP, Deputy Premier, Treasurer and Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships
+ Dr Cassandra Goldie, CEO Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS)

Event Details:
Free event
10.30am – 12.30pm
Friday 18 October 2019
Kurilpa Hall, 174 Boundary Street, West End Q 4101

Please book your seat via eventbrite: http://raisetherateforum.eventbrite.com.au/

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In a wealthy country like Australia, we should all have enough to put a roof over our head and food on the table. However, more than three quarters of a million people in communities across Australia live on unemployment and student payments that do not cover the cost of housing, food, transport and healthcare.1

What the Federal Government needs to do:
• Increase the single rates of Newstart, Youth Allowance and related payments by $75 per week to reduce poverty and inequality in Australia.
• Index payments to wages as well as CPI
to ensure they maintain pace with community living standards.
• Increase Commonwealth Rent Assistance by 30% or $20 per week for a single person on Newstart.

These measures would help people afford food and housing, reduce homelessness, destitution and the need for charity. They would improve people’s wellbeing, security and health.

Raising the rate would benefit entire communities.