ABC Radio Qld Regional Drive Program
2025-10-14 16:30 - 17:00, 2025-10-15 16:30 - 17:00, 2025-10-16 16:30 - 17:00 (Australia/Brisbane)
ABC Radio Qld Regional Drive Program with Adam Stephen will focus on four key areas of poverty at 4.35pm Monday to Friday during Anti-Poverty Week. Here it live on AM or FM in Cairns, Townsville, Rockhampton, Mackay, Emerald, Gladstone, Whitsunday, Mount Isa, Charters Towers, Charleville, Longreach, Ingham, Hughenden, Dunk Island, Weipa, Karumba, Moranbah, Barcaldine or all places in between. Listen live online or after https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/north-qld-drive

Supporting Families in Crisis
2025-10-15 07:00 - 09:00 (Australia/Sydney) | 1/15 Hope Street South Brisbane, 1/15 Hope Street,, South Brisbane, Queensland, 4567, Australia
Join us on Wednesday 15 October to talk about the reality of family homelessness and poverty in Brisbane and show solidarity with locals who need our support.
Right now, hundreds of Brisbane families are living in motels – not by choice, but because there’s nowhere else to go.
We’re asking our community to stand with local families who don’t have a home, by helping to fund a temporary roof.
Brisbane is facing a growing homelessness crisis, worsened by a lack of affordable housing and an overwhelmed social housing system.

Workshops
2025-10-15 08:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Sydney)
No Place for Poverty are running several workshops with several groups, including:
– City of Stirling staff
– Perth Global Shapers
– Communicare and Anglicare staff
The workshops are tailored to the audience but largely, help them to understand what is happening and what they can do about it in their own worlds

Bundaberg Anti-Poverty Week Community Gathering
2025-10-15 08:30 - 09:30 (Australia/Brisbane) | Buss Park, Bundberg CBD, 194 Bourbong Street, Bundaberg, Queensland, 4670, Australia
🗓 Tuesday 15 October 2025
🕣 8:30am – 9:30am
📍 Buss Park, Bundaberg CBD
Join us for a thought-provoking morning as we come together to raise awareness during Anti-Poverty Week. This free public event will explore the realities of poverty across Australia and right here in Bundaberg.
Attendees will receive a small food pack to help visualise what children living below the poverty line receive through Foodbank Queensland’s School Breakfast Program. The program is available in 430 Queensland schools, with many more on the waitlist. For some, this may be all the food they eat in a day.
The event will feature speakers and community voices discussing:
– The scale of poverty at national, state, and local levels
– What support is currently available
– What more we can do to help those who are struggling
Let’s stand together to raise awareness, inspire action, and build a stronger community where everyone has equal opportunity to thrive.

Anti-Poverty Week Hobart Event
2025-10-15 11:30 - 12:30 (Australia/Hobart) | Elizabeth Street Mall (near Information Centre), Hobart, Tasmania, 7000, Australia
Join us in the Elizabeth St Mall for this year’s Anti-Poverty Week event, where community organisations are coming together to shine a light on the realities of poverty and food insecurity in Tasmania.
The event will feature:
Stories of lived experience shared through short audio interviews and a video displayed on the Optus screen.
Sector collaboration with organisations represented onsite in matching T-shirts to show solidarity.
Creative contributions from local students, including banners and signs carrying key Anti-Poverty Week messages.
Displays and stalls supported by sector organisations
The key program, including speakers and media opportunities, will take place between 11:30am – 12:30pm.
This event is about raising awareness, breaking down stigma, and calling for action to reduce poverty in our community.

BSL Talks: measuring poverty in Australia - Henderson’s Legacy and the Path Ahead
2025-10-15 12:00 - 13:00 (Australia/Sydney)
2025 marks 50 years since the release of Australia’s landmark Inquiry into the nature and extent of poverty, chaired by Professor Ronald Henderson.
The Henderson Inquiry laid the foundation for how we understand and measure poverty in Australia. The Henderson Poverty Line has been a consistently measured long-term benchmark – relative to average living standard. It is the same today as it was 50 years ago, but it needs refreshing.
Globally, 156 countries have adopted either a monetary, multidimensional, or combined approach to poverty measurement. Best practice is to have both – Australia has neither.
As part of ongoing work to support improved poverty measurement, the Brotherhood of St. Laurence and the Melbourne Institute have developed a demonstration Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) for Australia. This work draws on the internationally recognised methodology of Professor Sabina Alkire, Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative and global leader in poverty measurement.
Facilitated by BSL’s Chief Strategy and Impact Officer, Zeah Behrend, join our latest BSL Talks discussion with Dr Nicole Bieske (BSL’s Director of Research, Policy and Advocacy), Dr Melek Cigdem-Bayram (Ronald Henderson Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute and BSL) and two experts with lived experience, Jo and Tamara, as we explore what having official poverty measures would mean for Australia. Register here https://events.humanitix.com/bsl-talks-measuring-poverty-in-australia-henderson-s-legacy-and-the-path-ahead

Rental Affordability Snapshot: Essential Workers Report 2025
2025-10-16
Anglicare Australia will be launching a companion piece to its annual Rental Affordability Snapshot 2025, which examines affordability of rental properties for Australians who earn the lowest incomes, people on Commonwealth income support and minimum wage earners. In this special release, Anglicare Australia tests if it is possible for essential workers to rent a home in the private market.

Benevolent Society Early Years Centres
2025-10-16 - 2025-10-18, 2025-10-17 - 2025-10-19, 2025-10-18 - 2025-10-20, 2025-10-21 - 2025-10-23, 2025-10-23 - 2025-10-25 | Gracemere/Mount Morgan
Benevolent Society Early Years Centres in Gracemere/Mount Morgan, Browns Plains, Beaudesert and Acacia Ridge. Each supported playgroup is being encouraged to cook a meal with the group and provide ideas around cooking low cost no cost meals. Our budget for the cooking of the meals in the group will include the items to cook for the group and an additional 10 packs of the items for a family to take home.
Organiser is Benevolent Society

'A Life Stretched Thin'
2025-10-16 - 2025-10-23
The exhibition title, ‘A Life Stretched Thin’, evokes a life of struggle, and the fine line between just managing, and going under.
This exhibition was made possible by the contributions of young people using Anglicare Southern Queensland’s youth services; from volunteers with charitable organisations Thread Together and Street Care; and from students and community members who generously shared their experiences of doing it tough.
Their thoughtfulness and creativity sharpen our focus on how and why Australians are struggling.
This exhibition will be on display in the foyer of Anglicare Southern Queensland’s corporate office in Fortitude Valley.

Free Hot Breakfast
2025-10-16 08:00 - 09:00 (Australia/Brisbane) | Common Ground Qld, Level 13, 15 Hope St, South Brisbane, Qld, 4101, Australia
Free Hot Breakfast in rooftop gardens at Brisbane Common Ground

UnitingSA Anti-Poverty Week Event
2025-10-16 10:00 - 13:30 (Australia/Adelaide) | 58 Dale Street Port Adelaide, 58 Dale Street, Port Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5015, Australia
Join us in Port Adelaide, Thursday 16 October to acknowledge Anti-Poverty Week. Our UnitingSA team will be joined by other local organisations sharing supports and services available to our community.
Bring your family and friends along to enjoy a FREE BBQ breakfast, raffle and a second-hand clothing stall. There will also be the opportunity to chat to a SA Power Network and pick up some energy literacy and advice.
When:
Thursday 16 October
10am – 1:30pm
Where:
UnitingSA
58 Dale Street, Port Adelaide

Recoveriescorp Social Sustainability Roundtable
2025-10-16 10:30 - 14:30 (Australia/Sydney) | abbotsford convent, 1 Saint Heliers Street, Abbotsford, Vic, 3067, Australia
We’re taking our Social Sustainability Roundtable offline for a face-to-face session focused on connection, collaboration and practical insights. Engie AU is our sponsoring partner and The Salvation Army us our charity partner for the event.
This roundtable brings together leaders from energy, credit, financial counselling and community advocacy to explore how we can better support people experiencing vulnerability, whether that’s financial hardship, energy poverty, family domestic violence, or systemic inequality. From Māori-led energy equity models to inclusive credit practices and cross-sector digital support platforms, our speakers are united by a shared commitment to designing better systems that work for everyone.
Whether you’re working in policy, service delivery or community engagement, this roundtable offers fresh thinking and real-world examples to help shape a more inclusive future, one where support is accessible, dignity is protected, and no one is left behind.
Light lunch + beverages will be provided on the day, please provide your dietary requirements in the ticket registration.

Seminar: Poverty in Australia and on campus
2025-10-16 11:00 - 14:00 (Australia/Perth) | Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, Perth, Western Australia, 6150, Australia
In this seminar a conversation on poverty in Australia, especially in Western Australia, and on university campuses, will be hosted for staff and students at Murdoch University.
Speakers from external advocacy and support organisations – No Place for Poverty, End Child Poverty Campaign, and Bridge Builders – and internal speakers from Murdoch University, from the Schools of Indigenous Knowledges and Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences, will speak at the seminar.

Anti-Poverty Week Awareness
2025-10-16 11:30 - 13:30 (Australia/Sydney) | 57 Emmett Street Smithton, 57 Emmett Street, Smithton, Tas, 7330, Australia
Bringing awareness to Anti-poverty Stats and the services Vinnies provides in Circular Head.

Know Your Power
2025-10-16 12:00 - 13:00 (Australia/Sydney)
Who are these sessions for?
Community workers – Learn how to support tenants with energy literacy
Renters – Understand your bill, access concessions, and feel more comfortable at home
What You’ll Learn
• How to read your energy bill
• Info on comparing tariffs
• How to access rebates & concessions
Which appliances use the most energy
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If you cannot make it to the session this month, fear not there will be more.

City of West Torrens - Afternoon Tea
2025-10-16 14:00 - 16:00 (Australia/Sydney)
Share the Dignity Anti Poverty Week
Join us for afternoon tea
The City of West Torrens will be acknowledging Anti-Poverty Week with a Share the Dignity donation drive.
Please donate 1 of the following items in new, unopened, and gift worthy condition:

shampoo
conditioner
toothpaste
toothbrush (in packaging)
deodorant (roll on)
soap or bodywash
packets of pads or tampons

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'I, Daniel Blake' Film Screening
2025-10-16 14:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Adelaide)
WHEN: Thursday October 16, 2pm-5pm
WHERE: H1-44 Marie Mune Lecture Theatre, Amy Wheaton Building, 10/12 St. Bernard’s Road, Magill
Join our screening of ‘I, Daniel Blake’, the incredible 2017 Ken Loach film about a British man who has to confront a cruel and rigid welfare bureaucracy.
Set in the UK, but it could just as easily be Adelaide, this film is being screened as part of Anti-Poverty Week 2025.
TO REGISTER YOUR SPOT (tickets are free/pay-what-you-can-afford):
https://forms.gle/zocWcjhaxBCjkusZA
FOR FURTHER INFO (including requesting transport support):
info@apnsa.org or 0402 681 352
ABOUT THE FILM:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Daniel_Blake

Rosalie Rendu Forum 2025
2025-10-16 18:30 - 20:00 (Australia/Sydney) | online
Register now for the Vinnies NSW Rosalie Rendu Forum. This year’s theme this year is, “Raising Our Voice: Speaking up for Social Justice”. This free online event will be held on Thursday 16 October, 6:30-8:00pm.
Advocacy for social justice is an important element of the Good Works of the Society of St Vincent de Paul. Join us as we hear from experts from diverse settings who engage in different methods of social justice advocacy to address the consequences and, importantly, the very causes of social and economic injustice.
Our esteemed speakers include:
• Geraldine Doogue, Moderating the Forum;
• Charmaine Jones, Project Officer of StreetCare;
• Jo Karaolis, Community organiser and St Vincent de Paul Society Member;
• Delia Donovan, CEO of Domestic Violence NSW;
• Aunty Thelmerie Rudd, Darug Elder and Educator.
Register at: https://bit.ly/3K3h8o8 by Wednesday 15 October at.
For more information contact: social.justice@vinnies.org.au

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
2025-10-17
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 thousand people gathered at the Trocadéro in Paris, where the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed in 1948, to honour the victims of extreme poverty, violence and hunger.
They proclaimed that poverty is a violation of human rights and affirmed the need to come together to ensure that these rights are respected. These convictions are inscribed in a commemorative stone unveiled on this day. Since then, people of all backgrounds, beliefs and social origins have gathered every year on October 17th to renew their commitment and show their solidarity with the poor.
Replicas of the commemorative stone have been unveiled around the world and serve as a gathering place to celebrate the Day. One such replica is located in the garden of United Nations Headquarters and is the site of the annual commemoration organized by the United Nations Secretariat in New York.
Through resolution 47/196 adopted on 22 December 1992, the General Assembly declared 17 October as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and invited all States to devote the Day to presenting and promoting, as appropriate in the national context, concrete activities with regard to the eradication of poverty and destitution.
The resolution further invites intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to assist States, at their request, in organizing national activities for the observance of the Day, and requests the Secretary-General to take, within existing resources, the measures necessary to ensure the success of the Day’s observance by the United Nations.
October 17th presents an opportunity to acknowledge the effort and struggle of people living in poverty, a chance for them to make their concerns heard, and a moment to recognize that poor people are the first ones to fight against poverty. Participation of the poor themselves has been at the center of the Day’s celebration since its very beginning. The commemoration of October 17 th also reflects the willingness of people living in poverty to use their expertise to contribute to the eradication of poverty.
Download the UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/47/196 of 31 March 1993.
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Release of ACT Anti-Poverty Week Resource
2025-10-17 09:00 - 10:00 (Australia/Sydney)
Summary of key national and ACT statistics on poverty.

Litchfield Court Community BBQ
2025-10-17 10:00 - 12:00 (Australia/Darwin) | Litchfield Court, 15 Progress Drive Coconut Grove, Darwin, NT, 0800, Australia
BBQ event for the community living at Litchfield Court Darwin.
Services and community welcome.

Anti-Poverty Week Community Event
2025-10-17 11:00 - 14:00 (Australia/Sydney) | 515 Wickham TCE Spring Hill, 515 Wickham Tce, Spring Hill, Queensland, 4000, Australia
Join us for the Anti-Poverty Week Community Event
Friday October 17
515 Wickham Terrace Spring Hill
(Milne St carpark)
All welcome!
Bring a load of washing if needed, Orange Sky will
be on site to offer laundry support
There will be Info sessions, free BBQ & drinks, free health checks and plenty of games and prizes.
Bring a load of washing – Orange Sky will be onsite to offer laundry support!
What’s On
11.15am – 12:00pm: REAL TALK: Thriving (or at least surviving) the cost of living crisis. Real tips from real people
12:00pm – 12:45pm: The Weight We Carry
1:00pm – 1:45pm: Courage Conversations

No Place for Poverty - City of Canning festival
2025-10-18 10:00 - 13:00 (Australia/Sydney)
The City of Canning have invited No Place for Poverty down to their one-day community festival to deliver our family friend Power of a Postcard activity. Children get to complete a postcard by colouring it in, writing their thoughts on the back, and posting it in our post box (which will eventually make its way to the Premier of WA).
