Anti-Poverty Week 2024
Anti-Poverty Week supports the Australian community to have an increased understanding of poverty and to take action collectively to end it.
Date Posted:
15-Oct-2024
"We will open our hearts to the cries of the poor using our energies, gifts and resources..." (Chapter Statement)
Children, people on income support, those experiencing homelessness, older women, domestic and family violence survivors and First Nations people are among more than three million Australians living in poverty this Anti-Poverty Week.
We are each encouraged to get behind three national campaigns and take action to end poverty – Raise the Rate, Everybody’s Home and End Child Poverty.
- RAISE THE RATE Campaign
Income support should be there to support people through tough times, not keep them in a struggle for survival.
Sign the petition calling on the Federal Government to raise the rate of JobSeeker, Youth Allowance and related payments to at least $82 a day.
Further details can be found here
- EVERYBODY"S HOME Campaign
Everybody’s Home is calling on all candidates and parliamentarians to sign up to their Roadmap to Reform
Sign the petition for a Fair Housing Future
Further details can be found here
- END CHILD POVERTY Campaign
Join the campaign and take action by signing the pledge and the petition.
Further details can be found here