ACOSS

@ej_australia and ACOSS rejects any suggestions that organisations were consulted on Schedule 5: acoss.org.au/media-releases…

We urge the Federal Government to scrap Schedule 5 of the Social Security and Other Legislative Amendments (Technical Change No 2) Bill that could see innocent people have their social security payment cancelled.

The latest report from the ACOSS/UNSW Poverty and Inequality Partnership shows that 3.7m people are experiencing poverty. That number represents 1 in 7 people. Read the report at bit.ly/povertyovervie…

“Cutting rates again isn’t without its risks, but the risks of keeping them too high appear more damaging right now.” – @CallamPickering, Senior Economist at @IndeedAU.

There are now two people unemployed for every job vacancy - the highest ratio since 2021.
Rising unemployment means more people on brutally low-income support payments, and more people trapped in a failing employment services system: acoss.org.au/media-releases…