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Advocates deliver $173 million bill to Origin Energy, call on energy companies to wipe customer debt

Energy companies must Stop the Bill Shock by wiping debts and making prices fair

Dec 2 • 

The Antipoverty Centre

November 2024

Debt forgiveness urgently needed as poor people suffer from high energy costs

The Antipoverty Centre is calling for immediate intervention from energy companies and government in response to today’s annual electricity and gas…

Nov 7 • 

The Antipoverty Centre

October 2024

In Anti-Poverty Week support poor people not poverty profiteers

Another year, another Anti-Poverty Week, and still the poverty industry fails to prioritise the expertise of people in poverty.

Oct 13 • 

The Antipoverty Centre

September 2024

Preventing suicide relies on ending poverty

One third of suicide deaths are people on JobSeeker or the Disability Pension

Sep 9 • 

The Antipoverty Centre

Change to Commonwealth Rent Assistance excludes millions and is embarrassingly low

In response to the government’s announcement of a 10% change to the maximum rate of Commonwealth Rent Assistance, the Antipoverty Centre is calling on…

Sep 1 • 

The Antipoverty Centre

July 2024

No solace for distressed welfare recipients in Workforce Australia inquiry response

4 million payment suspension notices were issued since the Workforce Australia inquiry was announced – how many more people will suffer while we wait…

Jul 4 • 

The Antipoverty Centre

May 2024

An irresponsible budget: No meaningful relief in sight for millions locked in poverty

Welfare recipients are tired of being told the pennies we are thrown will somehow hold back the crushing weight of housing and other living cost…

May 14

Budget surplus is an insult to people in poverty

The Antipoverty Centre is disgusted but not surprised that the government has chosen a budget surplus while repeatedly refusing to increase JobSeeker…

May 14

BUDGET SCORECARD: How communities affected by poverty will judge Chalmers

People in poverty are the hardest hit by the compounding cost of living, housing and climate crises. Labor’s empty rhetoric on measures that affect us…

May 12

April 2024

Welfare recipients reject exclusion committee report and call for Centrelink payments above the poverty line

Grassroots advocacy groups led by welfare recipients reject the key recommendations of the Economic “Inclusion” Advisory Committee report released on…

Apr 28

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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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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