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Budget shows politicians can’t be trusted with the lives of welfare recipients
The Labor Party leaves millions behind, it's time to take the power to set rates out of the hands of politicians.
May 9
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The Antipoverty Centre
684,360 left behind: shameful proposal to restrict JobSeeker increase to over 55s
Welfare recipients urge government not to introduce more age discrimination in response to reports of JobSeeker increase for over 55s
May 1
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The Antipoverty Centre
April 2023
Antipoverty Centre response: Government rejects key proposal of pointless report on raising welfare payments
It’s what we all knew would happen, and it happened.
Apr 18
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The Antipoverty Centre
March 2023
Parliamentary friends of ending poverty must not repeat failures of Economic “Inclusion” Committee
The Antipoverty Centre was disappointed to learn about the establishment of the parliamentary friends of ending poverty through the media this morning…
Mar 20
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The Antipoverty Centre
WATCH: Antipoverty Centre appearance at the Housing Australia Future Fund inquiry hearing
Watch now (38 min) |
Mar 16
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The Antipoverty Centre
Welfare recipients to tell senate inquiry Labor’s housing fund will fail
Labor is wasting its opportunity for generational housing reform on a policy that will take us backwards and may not deliver any homes at all. It is…
Mar 14
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The Antipoverty Centre
More submarines promise more intergenerational inequality
There is no “national security“ when millions of people are under threat from poverty and climate change.
Mar 13
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The Antipoverty Centre
Labor betrays welfare recipients with push for new cashless welfare powers
First Labor failed to deliver on its commitment to abolish all compulsory income control. Now they're opening the door to more of it.
Mar 9
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The Antipoverty Centre
Indexation is no increase: Rishworth must stop misleading people about Centrelink payments
Labor again copies the Coalition's disingenuous approach of announcing behind-inflation welfare changes as an “increase”
Mar 6
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The Antipoverty Centre
Antipoverty Centre welcomes call to abolish ParentsNext and demands MO suspension for ALL employment services
The interim report has recognised the harm of mutual obligations and payment suspensions, use this report to act on all employment services.
Mar 1
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The Antipoverty Centre
February 2023
Unemployed advocates to address first poverty inquiry in 50 years
Hearing begins at 10:15am AEDT in Canberra today
Feb 26
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The Antipoverty Centre
New Economic “Inclusion” Committee terms of reference reveal recipe for exclusion
Terms of reference for the committee secured by David Pocock was tabled in the senate on Wednesday
Feb 15
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The Antipoverty Centre
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