Anglicare Australia says tonight’s Federal Budget takes important steps on aged care and cost of living, but the job won’t be done until people on JobSeeker and other Centrelink payments are lifted out of poverty.
Ahead of tomorrow’s budget, Anglicare Australia has called on the Federal Government to abandon the Morrison Government’s tax cuts for high income earners and take action on poverty.
Anglicare Australia says news that ParentsNext will be scrapped is a testament to years of campaigning from the people who were forced to take part in the program. In supporting the Government’s move, Anglicare Australia Executive Director Kasy Chambers said.
Anglicare Australia has renewed its call to raise the rate of JobSeeker and other Centrelink payments. The call follows the release of Anglicare Australia’s latest Rental Affordability Snapshot, which found almost no affordable rentals for people on Centrelink payments.
Anglicare Australia renewed its call to raise the rate of JobSeeker and other Centrelink payments in the next Budget. The call follows recommendations from a key Government advisory body.
Anglicare Australia has called on the Federal Government to stop its planned tax cuts for high income earners. The calls follow the release of A Costly Choice, a report showing that Australia already loses billions of dollars each year on tax breaks and concessions that benefit people on the highest incomes.
Anglicare Australia has released Left Behind, a paper showing that the planned Stage 3 Tax Cuts will go to highest income earners in the country and leave behind regional, rural, and disadvantaged areas.
Anglicare Australia has laid out a plan for the next Federal Budget to tackle poverty by raising the rate of JobSeeker and other key payments.
Creating Jobs, Creating Opportunity lays out a plan to support people who have been out of work long-term.
Anglicare Australia is today releasing its Jobs Availability Snapshot, which shows that the job market has been locking the same people out of work in spite of historically high unemployment.