Antipoverty Centre

‘Leaving no one behind’ means raising welfare payments

The second-term Anthony Albanese government has no excuse not to raise welfare payments in a cost-of-living and housing crisis, argues Pip Hinman.Ìý

Labor’s committee says JobSeeker must be raised, but will it?

Labor’s own Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee has again urged it to raise JobSeeker and other welfare payments ahead of the federal budget. Isaac Nellist reports.Ìý

Labor falls short on Robodebt royal commission measures

Labor has been criticised for refusing to implement some critical recommendations which would help welfare recipients and make it harder to ever implement a Robodebt scheme again. ´³´Ç²õ³óÌý´¡»å²¹³¾²õ reports.