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ACOSS calls for economic reform to lift living standards

7 August 2025 AIMN Editorial 2

ACOSS Media Release ACOSS is calling for an ambitious economic reform agenda to improve living standards for those falling behind. “The government must not waste this historic chance to put Australia on a fairer, more […]

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Why not give it to the poor? The country can afford it.

1 July 2025 Michael Taylor 10

In a wealthy country like Australia, poverty should be a policy choice – not a natural condition. Yet here we are, in 2025, with government income support payments that sit well below the poverty line, […]

Politics

Budget reply fails to set out plan to lift living standards or tackle housing crisis

27 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 6

Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) Media Release The Coalition’s budget reply contained no plan for supporting those on the lowest incomes or addressing the housing affordability crisis. “Nothing in the Coalition’s plan would permanently […]

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ACOSS demands removal of whole Targeted Compliance Framework after damning Government revelations

21 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 11

ACOSS is demanding the urgent removal of the whole Targeted Compliance Framework due to shocking revelations of massive Government failure and potential illegality in the administration of income support payments affecting tens of thousands of […]

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Independent committee calls on Federal Government to raise the rate of JobSeeker as top priority third year in a row

11 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) Media Release The Federal Government’s own independent Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee has called for a substantial increase to JobSeeker and related income support payments as its top priority recommendation […]

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ACOSS calls for economic reform to lift living standards

Why not give it to the poor? The country can afford it.

Budget reply fails to set out plan to lift living standards or tackle housing crisis

ACOSS demands removal of whole Targeted Compliance Framework after damning Government revelations

Independent committee calls on Federal Government to raise the rate of JobSeeker as top priority third year in a row

Housing tax breaks fuel housing crisis and must be fixed

ACOSS strongly opposes Coalition plan to cut public sector jobs to fund Medicare

Australia needs more than a rate cut

With inflation falling, RBA must cut rates

Today’s indexation fails to meet needs amid escalating crisis