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MEDIA ALERT: Welfare recipients to head to Rishworth’s office calling for action on JobSeeker
People who rely on Centrelink payments to live and their supporters will rally outside the social services minister Amanda Rishworth’s office calling…
Apr 18
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The Antipoverty Centre
MEDIA ALERT: Activists to target Chalmers’ office demanding Centrelink increases in budget
At the end of a national week of action that saw Labor MPs across the country targeted with emails, phone calls, and face-to-face visits, people on…
Apr 17
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The Antipoverty Centre
FACT CHECK: IPA attack on welfare recipients shows prejudice not evidence
The Institute of Public Affairs welfare “research” released yesterday either wilfully misrepresents or completely misunderstands data related to income…
Apr 8
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The Antipoverty Centre
March 2024
MEDIA ALERT: Community groups to call for government action on unsafe temperatures in social housing
Poor people are paying the price with their health and bills after a record breaking summer
Mar 25
February 2024
Welfare recipients despair over poverty inquiry failure
"No one left behind" rings more hollow with each passing day under the Albanese government
Feb 28
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The Antipoverty Centre
January 2024
Labor’s cost of living crisis talks must produce Centrelink payment increase say unemployed advocates
A performative political response will not fool people in poverty
Jan 22
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The Antipoverty Centre
December 2023
TONIGHT: About us not for us – What the Workforce Australia inquiry means for welfare recipients
The Antipoverty Centre and the Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union will host an online public meeting about the disappointing Workforce Australia…
Dec 12, 2023
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The Antipoverty Centre
November 2023
Burke must immediately pause Centrelink payment suspensions following Workforce Australia inquiry report
Government inquiry admits deeply flawed system – millions of suspension notices were issued in the year of the inquiry
Nov 30, 2023
Burke must protect welfare recipients affected by WA fires
70,000 people on Centrelink payments in WA are being subjected to unsafe heat and bushfire risk under threat of payment cuts
Nov 24, 2023
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The Antipoverty Centre
Not fit-for-purpose: Shorten must immediately suspend “debt" collection activity
More stress, more physical and psychological harm and more suicides is the inevitable result of pursuing welfare recipients for so-called debts they…
Nov 13, 2023
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The Antipoverty Centre
October 2023
Rishworth’s economic “inclusion” committee bill insulting to people in poverty
Advice and policies that affect those on the lowest incomes must be led by us, but we are again excluded. The minister cannot expect to be taken…
Oct 19, 2023
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The Antipoverty Centre
August 2023
SURVEY: 93% of welfare recipients say “mutual” obligations harm mental and physical health
$4 billion-a-year privatised employment services system does not find people work
Aug 15, 2023
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The Antipoverty Centre
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