MEDIA RELEASE We must not let more than a million children fall off the cliff into poverty in September Anti-Poverty Week and the National Council for…
Read More We must not let more than a million children fall off the cliff into poverty in September
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…
Read More ACOSS surveys confirm Coronavirus Supplement relieving poverty
Data released to the Senate Committee on COVID-19 this week show the number of people already relying on unemployment payments has more than doubled since…
Read More People needing unemployment payments more than double from December to 22 May
Join us today Monday 25 May from 1-2pm AEST (12.30pm ACST & 11am AWST) for an Australia at Home lunchtime webinar on Poverty in Australia:…
ACOSS has worked with a number of key agencies to compile a detailed understanding of the more than 1 million people in Australia who do…
Read More More than 1 million miss out on basic support during COVID-19
People living in single‑parent families, unemployed people, people with disability and First Nations people are most at risk of entrenched poverty and poorer health, in…
Read More Leave no-one behind as we work together to get to the other side