The question we should be asking those running for public office is how many Australians will come out of poverty if they win?
The prime minister is trying to win back WA voters who may have sided with the state’s Labor premier over border closures.
Labor and the coalition’s refusal to raise JobSeeker is galling given the proven benefits of increasing it during the lockdowns.
Welfare groups and charities have criticised Labor’s decision to drop a review of the JobSeeker rate in a bid to head off a clash with the Coalition over unemployment benefits.
The low level of unemployment benefits overwhelms people with the grind of poverty and places obstacles in their path to getting a job.
Labor will avoid a fight with the Coalition on the JobSeeker rate,dropping plans for a review of the payment.
COVID-19 support measures slashed poverty across the country in 2020 but increased as the economy improved,a new study show.
We have an opportunity to put people affected by unemployment and inadequate incomes at the heart of economic policy.
Vital injections of financial aid during the pandemic were fundamentally life altering for people living below the poverty line.
Social services groups are urging the federal government to cut generous tax breaks for wealthy earners and increase support for low-income households in a bid to boost spending activity and economic growth.
Homelessness is now at higher levels than before the COVID-19 pandemic,illustrating the immediate benefits of boosting income support last year,according to new analysis of federal figures.