Poverty measure & targets needed to reduce Australian poverty Poverty in Australia won’t be reduced without standard measurement and targets to reduce it. The call…

Poverty increases to 1 in 7 people ACOSS Media Release 13 October 2025 The number of people living in poverty in Australia has increased to…

761,000 Australian children in poverty need adequate support say Australian Children’s Commissioners All children in Australia need adequate health, housing, food and education say the…

Community organisations and national campaigns will urge us all to take action to lift 3 million Australians out of poverty this week – with webinars,…

Children, people on income support, those experiencing homelessness, older women, domestic and family violence survivors and First Nations people are among more than three million…

A new animation released in Anti-Poverty Week points out a simple way to help end child poverty.  Titled “Dad – your choice hurts me” it…

New research by the Melbourne Institute reveals a sharp rise in poverty in Australia from 14.7 percent in 2016 to 18.3 percent in 2021 (households…

For the first time in its 21-year history, Anti-Poverty Week will run for two weeks from 15-27 October, incorporating Children’s Week. Anti-Poverty Week was extended…

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…

Community Independent MPs Zoe Daniel, Kylea Tink, Dr Monique Ryan and Zali Steggall today joined called for the restoration of Single Parent Payment to mothers…

“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…

Anti-Poverty Week Executive Director Toni Wren presented evidence on the extent of Poverty in Australia today and a range of Government actions that could end…

As more than four million students[1] prepare to go back or start school this week, the shocking truth is that one in six Australian children,…

In its 20th year of acting on poverty Anti-Poverty Week is focusing on the urgent need to reduce child poverty in Australia and is calling…

Anti-Poverty Week and the National Council for Single Mothers and Their Children call on the Albanese government to fix the child support system that is…

Anti-Poverty Week has developed resources and a student writing competition to inspire children to empathise with people experiencing poverty, to understand the facts about poverty…

Anti-Poverty Week Executive Director Toni Wren says Anti-Poverty Week this year (17-23 October) coincides with lockdowns ending in NSW and Victoria – but for over…

This year Anti-Poverty Week (17-23 October) coincides with regional communities across Australia feeling the pain of COVID impacts as borders are kept closed to tourists and seasonal…

New evidence of the link between financial hardship as a cause and consequence of family violence for women strengthens calls ahead of the Women’s Safety…