National Activities and Events
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Chat for Change – End Child Poverty
This Anti-Poverty Week we invite you to host a Chat for Change to End Child Poverty - during 13-19 October. Poverty for children isn’t just…
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Foodbank Hunger Report 2024
the Foodbank Hunger Report 2024 finds Low-income households at breaking point and routinely skipping meals Low-income households are enduring the highest rates of food insecurity…
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BSL WEBINAR – Locked out: Poverty and the Australian housing crisis
onlineIn Australia almost everyone is impacted by the current housing crisis, but those on the lowest incomes are hit the hardest. This Anti-Poverty Week, we…
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WEBINAR Repeat Failure: Why Australia’s workforce programs aren’t working
Online (register for the link)Australia’s social security system is placing ever more obligations and conditions on those it serves, while simultaneously reducing the support it offers to them. At…
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Rental Affordability Snapshot – Anglicare
Parliament House, Canberra Parliament House, Parliament Dr, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaAs part of Anti-Poverty Week, Anglicare Australia will release a Rental Affordability Snapshot focused on essential workers in full-time work. To coincide with the report,…
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WEBINAR – Children’s Policy Centre ANU
Professor Sharon Bessell, the Director of the Children's Policy Centre, highlights our transformative research which builds our understanding of children’s experiences of poverty in Australia. In…
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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
United Nations Griffin Centre, Suite 206/20 Genge St, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaThe International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, celebrated annually on October 17th, aims to promote understanding and dialogue between people living in poverty and…
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Webinar – Reframing Housing as a Human Right
Join us online during Anti-Poverty Week for a critical discussion on Reframing Housing as a Human Right. With the cost of living and housing crises…
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WEBINAR – The new frontier of exclusion: Digital Poverty
Join a compelling discussion during Anti-Poverty Week which explores The New Frontier of Exclusion: Digital Poverty in Australia. This webinar will delve into the critical…
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Stronger Together Podcast – Anti-Poverty Week Special
Online (see website for details)Hosted by: Tanya O’Shea, Managing Director of IMPACT Community Services Guest: Jess Watkinson, Foodbank Queensland In this episode of Stronger Together, Tanya O’Shea sits down…
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Unfinished business: 50 years after Henderson
Registration information is at: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/unfinished-business-50-years-after-henderson-tickets-1736078881669 The Henderson Commission of Inquiry into Poverty (1972-1975) identified structural inequality as the primary driver of poverty and recommended a…
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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
The observance of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty can be traced back to 17 October 1987. On that day, over a hundred…