ACOSS in the news

ACOSS warns that increasing interest rates will lead to job losses and calls for government intervention to manage inflation without harming employment.

Many Australians on income support, including Youth Allowance recipients, struggle to afford basic living expenses, prompting calls from ACOSS for a substantial increase in payments.

ACOSS urges the Australian government to significantly increase income support payments, arguing that routine indexation is insufficient to lift people out of poverty.

ACOSS calls on the Australian government for a substantial increase in working-age income support payments, including JobSeeker and Youth Allowance, beyond routine indexation to combat poverty and improve recipients' well-being.

ACOSS research shows a high percentage of Australian income support recipients are struggling to afford basic necessities like food and energy, leading to meal skipping and financial hardship.

An ACOSS survey indicates a significant majority of Australian welfare recipients face severe housing stress, food insecurity, and social isolation amidst rising living costs.

A majority of Australians receiving income support payments like JobSeeker lack emergency funds and struggle with basic living costs, leading to calls for increased payment rates.

More than 90% of Australians on JobSeeker are struggling to afford food, facing housing stress, and experiencing social isolation due to insufficient income support payments, according to a new report from the Australian Council of Social Service.

A coalition of Australian organizations unites to propose a set of design principles for a national gas reservation policy to ensure lower domestic prices and supply certainty for Australia.

A new report from the ACOSS and UNSW-led Poverty and Inequality Partnership reveals varying economic outcomes for migrants and refugees in Australia, with strong overall results but significant hardship for certain visa holders due to policy barriers like income support waiting periods.

ACOSS supports new tax reforms that introduce a minimum 30% tax on discretionary trust income to ensure fairness and raise revenue for essential services.

ACOSS is worried about increasing unemployment and is urging the government to protect people and implement economic reforms.

A new report from the Australian Council of Social Service highlights a significant disparity between JobSeeker and pension payments, prompting calls for an increase in JobSeeker rates.

Advocacy groups strongly oppose the Australian government's plan to reintroduce welfare penalties, citing a history of unlawfulness, severe harm to vulnerable individuals, and disproportionate impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

ACOSS emphasizes integrating age and wealth into policy to address Australia's growing intergenerational and intragenerational wealth disparities, particularly concerning housing and renting.

ACOSS testified to a Senate inquiry that housing inequality affects all generations due to wealth disparity and policy choices, advocating for increased social housing investment and housing tax reforms.

ACOSS and Better Renting advocate for systemic changes to address Australia's intergenerational wealth and housing inequality, highlighting the struggles of younger generations to achieve home ownership.

Australian housing advocates are urging the government to address the escalating wealth inequality among young people, citing concerns from organizations like ACOSS and Better Renting about housing affordability and intergenerational wealth disparities.

ACOSS praises new legislation reforming capital gains and negative gearing as a historic move for economic fairness and housing affordability.

Advocacy groups and government advisors are pressuring the Australian government to significantly increase JobSeeker payments in the upcoming budget to combat rising poverty and cost-of-living distress.