News & Views Voice debate must focus on facts in final week Discover the urgent call for facts-focus in the Voice debate – A pathway to closing the gap and achieving equality for Indigenous Australians.
Soapbox How we can reduce barriers in the way of care careers People who choose the education, caring and human services professions want to help others. Why is the path to these careers so challenging?
News & Views We may see a boost to JobSeeker payments for those over 55 JobSeeker will reportedly be increased for those over the age of 55, according to media reports that have circulated ahead of the federal budget.
News & Views Four Labor women sign open letter urging Albanese to raise the rate of JobSeeker A group of Labor MPs have signed a letter addressed to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, urging the government to raise the rate of JobSeeker.
News & Views Now is the time for Labor to deliver for all trapped in poverty Toni Wren from Anti-Poverty Week writes on the opportunity the Albanese Government has to end poverty, described as ‘permanent lockdown’.
News & Views ‘Highly gendered’: New report examines the depth of poverty in Australia New report shows women as the main income-earners for their household experience almost twice the level of poverty as male counterparts.
News & Views Why did Australia choose a poverty return? Senate Inquiry hears how poverty is gendered The Senate Inquiry calls for people with lived experience- here is Executive Director of Anti-Poverty Week Toni Wren’s opening statement.
News & Views Women who suffer domestic violence fare much worse financially after separating from their partner: new data After separation, mothers who experienced domestic violence on average suffered a drop in income of 34%, compared with a 20% decrease for mothers who didn’t experience domestic violence.
News & Views Hunger affecting more women than men, new study finds The hunger gap between women and men is rising, with at least 150 million more women going hungry than men last year alone.
News & Views Women’s probability of being in poverty more than doubles after separation After a relationship break up, women’s household income decreases by almost 30% and their chance of falling into poverty more than doubles.
News & Views Nearly 1 million Australians are living in severe poverty, with women most affected Nearly one million Australian are living in severe poverty, a situation that is much more pronounced for women than men, a new report has revealed.
News & Views Older women often rent in poverty – shared home equity could help some escape Many older women face insecure futures. Those who are single, divorced or widowed are much more likely to suffer poverty, housing stress and homelessness.