welfare

  • Robodebt victims need justice, not platitudes

    While the Royal Commission report into Robodebt did not recommend systemic compensation to the victims, it did suggest lifting the rate for social security benefits. Alex Bainbridge reports.

  • Bust the Budget or be Busted rally

    About 100 members of Fair Go for Pensioners (FGFP) rallied in Melbourne on May 25 to call on political parties to reverse severe funding cuts to welfare, health and education in the federal budget which will condemn more pensioners and low-income families to living below the poverty line. FGFP president Roger Wilson said the budget focus on giving the business sector generous tax cuts came at the expense of slashing services for the most vulnerable — pensioners, low-income families, the unemployed and those fearing homelessness.

  • Canberra Protest: Welfare Not Warfare

    • Ngunnawal/Canberra

    Albanese is pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into war when students, workers and the poor are facing an acute cost-of-living crisis. These are part of the AUKUS deal that pushes Australia closer to war. We demand the submarine deal be scrapped and the $368 billion be spent on things to improve the lives of ordinary people, like building 1.4 million public housing units, making education free for all students, or raising all welfare payments to at least $88/day. We refuse to accept social services being neglected to fund the military.

  • Melbourne Protest: Welfare Not Warfare

    • Naarm/Melbourne

    Albanese is pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into war when students, workers and the poor are facing an acute cost-of-living crisis. These are part of the AUKUS deal that pushes Australia closer to war. We demand the submarine deal be scrapped and the $368 billion be spent on things to improve the lives of ordinary people, like building 1.4 million public housing units, making education free for all students, or raising all welfare payments to at least $88/day. We refuse to accept social services being neglected to fund the military.

  • Brisbane Protest: Welfare Not Warfare

    • Magan-djin/Brisbane

    Albanese is pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into war when students, workers and the poor are facing an acute cost-of-living crisis. These are part of the AUKUS deal that pushes Australia closer to war. We demand the submarine deal be scrapped and the $368 billion be spent on things to improve the lives of ordinary people, like building 1.4 million public housing units, making education free for all students, or raising all welfare payments to at least $88/day. We refuse to accept social services being neglected to fund the military.

  • Sydney Protest: Welfare Not Warfare

    • Gadigal Country/Sydney

    Albanese is pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into war when students, workers and the poor are facing an acute cost-of-living crisis. These are part of the AUKUS deal that pushes Australia closer to war. We demand the submarine deal be scrapped and the $368 billion be spent on things to improve the lives of ordinary people, like building 1.4 million public housing units, making education free for all students, or raising all welfare payments to at least $88/day. We refuse to accept social services being neglected to fund the military.

  • UQ Protest: Welfare Not Warfare

    • Magan-djin/Brisbane

    Albanese is pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into war when students, workers and the poor are facing an acute cost-of-living crisis. These are part of the AUKUS deal that pushes Australia closer to war. We demand the submarine deal be scrapped and the $368 billion be spent on things to improve the lives of ordinary people, like building 1.4 million public housing units, making education free for all students, or raising all welfare payments to at least $88/day. We refuse to accept social services being neglected to fund the military.

  • Adelaide Protest: Welfare Not Warfare

    • Kaurna Yerta/Adelaide

    The AUKUS nuclear submarines are a disaster for students. They push us closer to war, are a colossal waste of money, and will mean dumping of nuclear waste on Indigenous land - likely in our state. Yet South Australian universities have announced hundreds of places for programs to support the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal.