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Anglicare Australia Network

Sunday February 23

Employment services are failing older Australians

“Instead of preparing to retire, many people are now selling their homes and spending their savings – nobody should be forced to retire into poverty,” says Acting Executive Director of Anglicare Australia Roland Manderson following the release of the Anglicare Australia Jobs Availability Snapshot

Anglicare Australia calls for Robodebt system to be suspended

Anglicare Australia called for Centrelink’s Robodebt system to be suspended at a Senate committee hearing today

Anglicare Australia releases Rental Affordability Snapshot: all parties must commit to affordable housing

Anglicare Australia is calling on Federal and state governments to invest in housing for people on the lowest incomes – the call is made as Anglicare Australia releases its Rental Affordability Snapshot

Budget a lost opportunity to tackle poverty

Anglicare Australia has called this Budget a lost opportunity to tackle poverty: “Emergency assistance charities stand to lose $5.7m a year from 2020. The Government has refused to take action on the expiry of that funding in this Budget. This comes on top of five years’ worth of cuts from social security and community services to the tune of $15 billion”

Anglicare Australia seeks commitments for a fairer Budget

Anglicare Australia has released open letters to the Federal Government and Opposition seeking commitments to make Australia fairer

We should be fighting poverty – not leaving people behind

Anglicare Australia will today call for urgent action on intergenerational poverty at a hearing on the Parliamentary Inquiry into Intergenerational Welfare