During Homelessness Week and every week, more than 120,000 people are homeless across Australia. That includes people sleeping rough but also people living in cars,…

Income support payments remain fundamentally inadequate for recipients to live a life free of poverty. Those also subjected to meeting mutual obligations or having their…

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…

The results of the latest Raise the Rate for Good 2024 survey  are deeply disturbing and should be a source of national shame, says ACOSS.…

The Victorian Government’s Backflip on raising the age of criminal responsibility to 14 is a step backwards say Victoria’s Commission for Children and Young People. “The…

A new Deloitte Access Economics report backed by ACOSS finds that energy efficiency upgrades for low-income households will help people experiencing disadvantage, provide economic stimulus…

Income mobility is not being experienced equally by all Australians with some people being left behind a new report from The Productivity Commission shows. Fairly…

2023 was our 21st year of acting on poverty.  We maintained advocacy to reduce poverty throughout the year, especially in the lead-up to the May…

Young people and parents in the grip of poverty are speaking out about the relentless hardship they can’t escape – but which could change if…

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…

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  released on the eve of Anti-Poverty Week has found, as…

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…

The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) released a survey of people receiving the Federal Government’s Coronavirus Supplement of $550 per fortnight this week.  The…

15 May APW Election Poverty Briefing