Why Anti-Poverty Week supports The Voice Accepting the invitation to walk together for a fairer Australia for all. We can work together to create a…

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…

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…

Anti-Poverty Week ED Toni Wren addressed the Senate Inquiry into the Extent and Nature of Poverty in Australia  on Monday 27 February. She presented evidence…

One in eight people in Australia, including one in six children are living in poverty, a new report released on the eve of Anti-Poverty Week has found,…

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…

Readers respond to Dr Chris Wallace’s Sydney Morning Herald/The Age opinion piece – Julia Gillard committed a terrible wrong. It’s time for Albanese to right…

The legislation to provide 10 days of paid leave to victims of domestic violence is a welcome first step towards righting the wrong for women…

See latest Briefing on Women, Violence and Poverty as  Federal, State and Territory Women Minister’s meet on Friday 22 July 2022.  The Plan to Prevent…

More than 1.4 million Australian households are receiving the totally inadequate Commonwealth Rent Assistance and in 28 of the 30 most marginal seats, there are…

Neither of the two major parties competing to govern the country are prepared to commit to an increase in JobSeeker and relieve the cost of…

More than 3 million Australians lived in poverty before the pandemic struck.  In December 2021, some 2.4 million adults and children were struggling to survive…

Anti-Poverty Week, like many of our supporters and partner organisations, is deeply concerned that income security cuts announced on November 10 will create unnecessary poverty…