Poverty centre stage on the national agenda
Anti-Poverty Week Executive Director and Dr Andrew Charlton were asked to address the National Press Club on 17 November – the title: Be alarmed: the…
This Anti-Poverty Week we saluted the brave voices of poverty
Australia has a long and undistinguished history of ‘blaming the victim,’ in particular, women, but in 2021 some brave new voices came to the fore…
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People on low incomes hit hard by skyrocketing regional rents
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…
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Anti-Poverty Week starts 17 October
In Australia today 2.65 million adults and children struggle to survive on income payments that are well below the poverty line, that’s over one in…
Solving the housing crisis and lifting income support will alleviate crushing 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…
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Vale Social Justice Legend Merle Mitchell AM
Anti-Poverty Week extends our condolences to the family and friends of Merle Mitchell AM who passed away in Melbourne on 20/9/21. Former ACOSS staff member…