Federal Budget leaves poverty unaddressed
The Federal Budget delivered on 29 March fails to provide the keys to unlocking poverty for all Australians. These are adequate income support above the…
We dramatically cut poverty in 2020 and we can do it again!
A new report from the ACOSS/UNSW Sydney Poverty and Inequality Partnership – Covid, inequality and poverty in 2020 & 2021 shows that during the first ‘Alpha’ wave of the…
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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…