Anti-Poverty Week@AntiPovertyWeek

Poverty exists. Poverty hurts us all. We can all do something about it. Find out how you can 'act to end poverty' antipovertyweek.org.au/

 Based in Australia
antipovertyweek.org.au
Joined May 2011
Caspian and Jayden know what it's like to live in poverty. On International Day For the Eradication of Poverty they remind us that one in seven people and one in six children live in poverty in Australia. They were at Queensland Parliament House this week. #antipovertyweek
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Essential workers are being locked out of the rental market Everyone deserves safe, decent and affordable housing Read 'Rental Affordability Snapshot: Essential Workers Edition' out today anglicare.asn.au/2025/10/16/… #antipovertyweek
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Late Breakfast for Mark Jeffery after being at Queensland Parliament Breakfast Bag event. The breakfast bags contain a simple meal like what children might receive through a school breakfast program. #Antipovertyweek
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New figures released today show that in Australia, one in seven people and one in six children are in poverty. Act now! Read more ➡ acoss.org.au #antipovertyweek
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Anti-Poverty Week starts today. Be part of doing something about it. Act Now! #antipovertyweek
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Anti-Poverty Week is upon us. Act now! Find out how in our latest eNews: mailchi.mp/antipovertyweek/s… Sun Oct 12 to Sat Oct 18 #antipovertyweek #raisetherate #endchildpoverty
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Our August eNews is out! In this edition, Homelessness hits 120,000, Housing tax reform needed, Renters rights at risk, Canberra invasion. Read all the latest news here: mailchi.mp/antipovertyweek/a…
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Time for government to act on ending compulsory income management and adopt Robodebt recommendations. Renters rights at risk and End Child Poverty teddy bears go to Canberra. And read about Anti-Poverty Week dates & the first events for 2025 in July eNews mailchi.mp/antipovertyweek/a…
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Jihad Dib, NSW Minister for Customer Service and Digital Govt and Natasha Maclaren-Jones, NSW Shadow Minister for Families and Communities joined @dougtayloruw CEO @SmithFamily_org and Caroline McDaid, CEO @WorkVentures their Digital Poverty session for #antipovertyweek
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WA Government House was visited by 100 teddy bears - 17 in red on the chair represent the rate of child poverty in Australia - 17% of children live below the poverty line. Join #endchildpoverty campaign and act to #endchildpoverty #antipovertyweek
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Of 380,000 SA children 64,000 are living in poverty which would fill Adelaide Oval to overflowing. SA CEOs call on SA govt to act to end poverty now. #raisetherate #endchildpoverty #fairhousingfuture
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New @ACOSS paper for #antipovertyweek - Poverty in Australia: Facts and Solutions. 60% of households reliant on the #jobseeker Payment, are living below the poverty line. bit.ly/ACOSSPovertyFacts…Sign the #RaiseTheRate PETITION raisetherate.org.au/petition
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Explore Housing as a #humanright in this @CFECFW webinar Thurs 17/10 with #UnitingVicTas #FamilyCare @CSMCVIC #antipovertyweek #apw24 #fairhousingfuture antipovertyweek.org.au/event…
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This #antipovertyweek community organisations and national campaigns will urge us all to take action to lift 3 million Australians out of poverty - with events in every state and the ACT. See what you can do and attend bit.ly/APW2024begins #raisetherate #endchildpoverty
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This #antipovertyweek will you sign the petition calling on the Federal Government to #raisetherate of JobSeeker, Youth Allowance and related payments to at least $82 a day? raisetherate.org.au/petition
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We call on Federal and State governments to legislate to #endchildpoverty, by committing to a definition, measure and reporting framework to Parliament: @VinniesAust @familiesaustralia @ToniWrenOz #singlemotherfamiliesaust @MissionAust #apw24
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Calling all #endchildpoverty campaign supporters in Canberra today - join us for a photo at Parliament House Lawn at 10am. We want the Federal government to legislate a definition, measure and response to child poverty. Find out more: bit.ly/3Yhfzrq #antipovertyweek
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#antipovertyweek WEBINAR- Digital Poverty - BOOK HERE: bit.ly/DigitalPovertyWebinar Hear from experts with practical solutions and innovative strategies from @SmithFamily_org; WorkVentures and @goodthingsaus - for a #fairhousingfuture #apw24
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Get active to #endchildpoverty and Chat for Change during Anti-Poverty Week – visit antipovertyweek.org.au/event… OR bit.ly/ChatforChange24 #antipovertywekk #apw24
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Primary school children who are experiencing poverty told the SA Commissioner for Children & Young People what they wished for... Download tiles here antipovertyweek.org.au/resou… #endchildpoverty #apw24
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Get active this #antipovertyweek - support campaigns to #raisetherate #endchildpoverty and create a #fairhousingfuture antipovertyweek.org.au/act-t…
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Increasing housing costs in Australia keeps 1 in 8 Australians in poverty - get the Facts on Poverty and Housing here: bit.ly/FFPoverty-Housing #fairhousingfuture #raisetherate #antipovertyweek #apw24
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To end housing poverty - support @_EverybodysHome Roadmap to Reform to create a #fairhousingfuture. Urge all politicians to #raisetherate. Find out more and download the Roadmap to Reform everybodyshome.com.au/resour…
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Locked Out - how can we address the #housing affordability crisis for those on lowest incomes - BOOK @brotherhoodinfo #antipovertyweek webinar bsltalksapwlockedout.rsvpify… #fairhousingfuture #apw24
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Check out our latest eNews - how cost of living is putting youth and people on lowest incomes in crisis - book for compelling #antipovertyweek webinars mailchi.mp/antipovertyweek/a…
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Are you holding an event to #endchildpoverty #raisetherate or for a #fairhousingfuture from 13-19 October - submit it to the @AntiPovertyWeek calendar antipovertyweek.org.au/submi…
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Latest eNews - State Budgets in NSW, Qld, SA and Vic on #costofliving and #housing pressures, with state COSS reviews; @anglicare_aust new Cost of Living Index; charities unite in Canberra on advocacy and climate action this week... antipovertyweek.org.au/newsl…
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Now more than ever we stand with our #FirstNations people to progress #treaty making; #truthtelling; understanding our history; education, and tackling racism. We need connection. We need respect. We need action. And we need change.#NRW2024
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Join the new campaign to #EndChildPoverty, read the latest news on #singleparents, teaching resources, education opportunities and latest reports about #poverty & #inequality in Australia - antipovertyweek.org.au/newsl…
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See out latest #antipovertyweek enews, including #IWD webinar by @Brotherhoodinfo + Save the Date for Anti-Poverty Week 13-19 October, 2024 #apw24 #endchildpoverty #IWD24 antipovertyweek.org.au/newsl…
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Here is the full @abc_breakfast interview with @terese_smfa CEO Single Mother Families Australia, about the need to address the $1.7billion #childsupport debt owed to half a million children. youtu.be/S-FbZILGnRo?si=2T9E… via @YouTube

Child support debt owed to single parents creates stress for children...

One in six kids in Australia is growing up in poverty, which is mad...

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Replying to @AntiPovertyWeek @terese_smfa
@JacquiLambie guest host @theprojecttv keen to see action from the Federal Govt- not another review.
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@Rove interviews @terese_smfa - child poverty could be reduced by 21% if Dad’s paid their fair share of child support.
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Child support is preventable poverty - Dad’s need to pay their fair share.
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Juanita receives $13 a week for 2 children from their Dad. 57% of 1 million kids get less than $100 a week. If they get it.
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Thank you ⁦@defrostedlady⁩ for speaking out about our broken child support system this #APW23. Thanks to ⁦@theprojecttv⁩ for taking the interest. #EndChildPoverty
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Too many dads fail to pay their share of #childsupport. @terese_smfa says half a million children are owed $1.7billion in unpaid child support. 200,000 (mainly men) who owe child support have not lodged a tax return for 2 years! bit.ly/childsupport_poverty #EndChildPoverty #APW23
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To mark the end of #AntiPovertyWeek ABC News Breakfast put the spotlight on how unpaid #ChildSupport causes preventable #ChildPoverty - interview with @teres_smfa CEO Single Mother Families bit.ly/childsupport_poverty #EndChildPoverty #APW23 see2/
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Half a million children are owed $1.7billion in unpaid #childsupport. Watch this new video which points out how children miss out on food, clothes, medical and school needs when child support is unpaid. vimeo.com/861082034 #EndChildPoverty #APW23
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Unpaid child support is causing preventable poverty - @Terese_smfa tells @abc_breakfast that 44% of children in sole-parent families live in poverty and receiving child support payments in full reduces child poverty by 21% - #EndChildPoverty #APW23 bit.ly/childsupport_poverty
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1 million children in Australia are due child support - 57% get less than $100/wk. Nearly half the children in single-parent families live in poverty (44%) compared with 13% for children living with both parents. @terese_smfa #EndChildPoverty #APW23 bit.ly/childsupport_poverty
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Children know the solution to lift their family out of poverty - drop the prices for food, water, electricity and rent or mortgage. #EndChildPoverty #APW23
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How declaring your relationship status plunges you further into poverty - this bitter reality exposed in this @PowerToPersuade blog by @Human432524- moderated for #AntiPovertyWeek by @antipovertycent bit.ly/3Qavm6j #APW23
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Children are directly impacted when families face #housingstress - they have written to SA Commissioner for #Children and #YoungPeople about what worries them and fearing #homelessness is a big concern. #EndChildPoverty #APW23
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Read this eloquent blog by Emily about the resilience required to deal with the welfare system. Thanks @antipovertycent for moderating @powertopersuade blog during #antipovertyweek - #APW23 powertopersuade.org.au/blog/…
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Join a powerful facebookLIVE discussion on addressing #youthpoverty on Wed 25Oct from 6:30pm with Jon Owen @Waysidepastor @thewaysidechapel; Amy O'Neill @GYS_2037 and @dougtayloruw CEO @SmithFamily_org bit.ly/APWyouthpoverty-Waysi… #APW23 #EndChildPoverty
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Children have told SA Children & Young People Commissioner they worry about their parents running out of money to pay for food - backed up by @FoodbankAus 2023 #HungerReport #APW23 bit.ly/HungerReport2023 #EndChildPoverty
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OECD in 2019 said only 1 in 10 children get enough outdoor play, children sit 11 hours/day - and we were hit by COVID - says Hyahno Moses of Aust Institute of Play. Outdoor play area in Queensland encourages children to play outside. #NAPCAN webinar #APW23
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Hyahno Moses CEO Australian Institute of Play, on building low-cost play adventure space called 'Joomanje Land' for children in a low-income area - who now enjoy a high-quality outdoor play area. #APW23 #EndChildPoverty - @NAPCAN_AU webinar
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Palmerston Basketball Association keeps kids participating engaged by respecting their views, responding to their feedback when developing activities @NAPCAN_AU #APW23 webinar
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Lecturer at @UTAS_, @AW_ODonnell in @NAPCAN_AU webinar says state & territory govts need to go beyond just funding sport vouchers and support a wider range of cultural and creative activities #APW23 #EndChildPoverty
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Lecturer in psychology at @UTAS_, @AW_ODonnell in @NAPCAN_AU webinar says 'More vulnerable youth will see greater benefits from engaging in community based activities relative to more advantaged youth.' #apw23 #EndChildPoverty
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Lecturer in psychology at @UTAS_, @AW_ODonnell in @NAPCAN_AU webinar says "community activities are great for fostering the wellbeing of young people, but the effect (of continuing) is much larger for those who live and learn in areas of disadvantage. #APW23
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Listen to what #NT kids think about the @PalmerstonBasketball Sports Drop-In program - and the difference it's making in their lives! - hear about it in today's #APW23 @NAPCAN_AU webinar from 2pm AEDT bit.ly/NAPCANPoverty-Play #EndChildPoverty
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The cost of our basic needs – food and shelter is now the most common cause of #foodinsecurity in Australia - read @FoodbankAus 2023 Hunger Report reports.foodbank.org.au/food… #APW23 #EndChildPoverty
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More than 122,000 people were #homeless on Census night 2021 - 1 in 4 were children under 18. Read the facts on our #housingcrisis and proposed solutions in our #APW23 bit.ly/APWHousing-PovertyFac… #EndChildPoverty
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Preventative trial program being delivered by ⁦@UnitingVT⁩ now speaking on ⁦@CCCH_AU⁩ webinar for #APW23 #EndChildPoverty
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Providing a hypothetical $26K extra/yr for family on $56K would decrease poor outcomes for children. Finding reported by @sharon_goldfeld Director @CCCH_AU & @MCRI_for_kids
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More from ⁦@sharon_goldfeld⁩
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Income support measures in 2020 halved #childpoverty in Victoria says @VCOSS in @CCCH_AU webinar - the cost of essentials rose dramatically since 1921, those on lowest incomes most affected. #APW23
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Too many children live in poverty in Australia today - what can be done? Join leading thinkers and service providers in 2 webinars today - by @brotherhoodinfo, @CCCH_AU & @vinniesNSW view 19 October in the #AntiPovertyWeek calendar #EndChildPoverty antipovertyweek.org.au/event…
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Listening to children's voices this #AntiPovertyWeek #APW23 - thanks to SA Commissioner for Children & Young People, Helen Connolly - see more of What Worries Children bit.ly/SAChildrenBooklet #EndChildPoverty
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1/ New @MelbInstUOM report shows #poverty levels across Australia - areas in red show highest levels of #poverty are where higher numbers of #FirstNations people live. bdbprofiles.melbourneinstitu…
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#APW23 webinar on solutions to help #EndChildPoverty - with @UnitingVT Financial Counsellor Melissa Stone; @sharon_goldfeld Director @CCCH_AU & @MCRI_for_kids; Dr @AnaGamarraRondi Research Fellow @MelbInstUOM at @UniMelb and @lifecourseAust and Juanita Pope A/CEO @VCOSS
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