"1% of rentals are affordable and appropriate for a single person on the Disability Support Pension and 3% of rentals are affordable and appropriate for a couple on the Aged Pension"

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Budget must tackle housing affordability

Anglicare Southern Queensland’s annual Rental Affordability Snapshot has again illuminated the dire situation facing people on low incomes in Greater Brisbane

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New JobSeeker rate is plunging people into poverty

Anglicare Australia has renewed its call to raise the rate of JobSeeker and related payments for good. The call follows the release of a new report on financial stress commissioned by the Brotherhood of St Laurence

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‘New’ JobSeeker payment will plunge people into poverty

Anglicare Australia and UnitingCare Australia have come together to condemn the Government’s announcement on the JobSeeker payment, which has come after months of uncertainty

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Anglicare Australia and UnitingCare Australia say cuts to JobSeeker are a ticking time bomb

Releasing research from two of the largest charitable networks in Australia, Anglicare Australia and UnitingCare Australia say cutting payments back to their old rates will plunge people back into poverty

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Government gives jobseekers a cut for Christmas

Anglicare Australia has condemned the Government’s decision to cut the JobSeeker payment over Christmas, calling for the creation of an independent body to set payment rates