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Civil society should not engage with Macklin-led Economic Inclusion Committee until it is inclusive
Jenny Macklin's policies have harmed millions of people on low incomes and destroyed lives. Civil society must unite to demand the EIC is…
The Antipoverty Centre
Dec 15, 2022
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November 2022
Rishworth and Shorten: Keep grifting Disability Employment Services out of NDIS
Harmful and failed industry should not be inflicted on more disabled people
The Antipoverty Centre
Nov 1, 2022
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Rishworth and Shorten: Keep grifting Disability Employment Services out of NDIS
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October 2022
Ruthless budget “repair”: Unsustainable austerity will cost poor people their lives
The government knows people on Centrelink payments die by suicide at extraordinary rates yet they are pushing us to bear the cost of budget repair
The Antipoverty Centre
Oct 26, 2022
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Ruthless budget “repair”: Unsustainable austerity will cost poor people their lives
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Welfare recipients deliver messages to Amanda Rishworth protesting government refusal to raise Centrelink payments
Despite incessant promises of “no one left behind”, the Labor government has repeatedly refused any relief for people in poverty. People on low incomes…
The Antipoverty Centre
Oct 18, 2022
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Welfare recipients deliver messages to Amanda Rishworth protesting government refusal to raise Centrelink payments
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September 2022
Unemployed advocates welcome new poverty inquiry, but Centrelink payment increase cannot wait
Welfare recipients cannot pay the price of further delaying action – low payment levels are harming and killing people
The Antipoverty Centre
Sep 7, 2022
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Indexation is no increase: Albanese government spin hides entrenched poverty crisis
Welfare recipients will be no better off despite claims that indexation is an “increase” to Centrelink payments. Government boasts of “increase” to…
The Antipoverty Centre
Sep 5, 2022
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Indexation is no increase: Albanese government spin hides entrenched poverty crisis
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Unemployed advocates hold “mini jobs summit” at Parliament House
Protesters respond after the government failed to include unemployed people as full participants in its landmark Jobs and Skills Summit
The Antipoverty Centre
Sep 2, 2022
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Unemployed advocates hold “mini jobs summit” at Parliament House
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Welfare recipients respond to Jobs and Skills summit
Unemployed, disabled and low income people are the real experts in what we need
The Antipoverty Centre
Sep 2, 2022
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Welfare recipients respond to Jobs and Skills summit
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MEDIA ALERT: Unemployed workers to hold “mini employment summit” on parliament lawns today
Event organised by unemployed advocates will go ahead despite being denied approval
The Antipoverty Centre
Sep 1, 2022
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MEDIA ALERT: Unemployed workers to hold “mini employment summit” on parliament lawns today
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August 2022
Robodebt royal commission rings hollow as Labor creates another debt collection “human tragedy”
Robodebt royal commission is a distraction from the government ramping up "debt" collection against welfare recipients in July. They must immediately…
The Antipoverty Centre
Aug 25, 2022
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Robodebt royal commission rings hollow as Labor creates another debt collection “human tragedy”
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Rishworth, don't repeat past mistakes in disability employment with "reforms" that pander to providers
Hallmarks of past failures evident in Disability Employment Services Consultation Report. What disabled people need is less rhetoric and more control…
The Antipoverty Centre
Aug 8, 2022
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Rishworth, don't repeat past mistakes in disability employment with "reforms" that pander to providers
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July 2022
Labor government confirm compulsory income management will continue
Election promise to abolish cashless welfare was nothing but misdirection
The Antipoverty Centre
Jul 27, 2022
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Labor government confirm compulsory income management will continue
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