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Anglicare: ACT’s ‘significant crisis’ of rental affordability

Anglicare’s Rental Affordability Snapshot shows that housing in the national capital is unaffordable for many Canberrans - and worsening.

Hundreds of Australian children sleeping rough as homelessness surges

The latest Census data reveals 387 children were sleeping rough on Census night in 2021, as the overall number of people experiencing homelessness surged by five per cent.

Australian children facing disadvantage, inequality: report

One in six Australian children are living below the poverty line, a new report has found.

‘There’s no excuse’: Cost of living crisis pushes more Canberrans into poverty

Poverty, hunger, and homelessness are rising across Australia - and even affluent Canberra, the nation's capital, is not immune.

Canberra an especially hard place to be poor: Anti-Poverty Week report

To mark Anti-Poverty Week, 16-22 October, the community sector has published a grim snapshot of poverty and inequality in the ACT.

Liberals propose inquiry into ACT poverty

Canberra Liberals leader Elizabeth Lee will call today for an independent inquiry into poverty in the ACT.

Opinion: Cost of living tells a tale of two Canberras

Canberra’s cost of living puts many within our community at risk, says ACTCOSS Deputy CEO Adam Poulter, and we have a political choice.

Candidates respond to ACTCOSS call to increase income support

The ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) wants the next federal government to increase the rate of JobSeeker, Youth Allowance, and other income support payments to at least $70 a day, further supplement the incomes of people with disability and single parents, and index to the consumer price index and wages.

ACT ‘disastrous’ poverty levels predicted to worsen

Almost one in 10 Canberrans live below the poverty line, and a quarter of those are children. This grim statistic is predicted to increase even further if the next Federal Government fails to act, says the ACTCOSS.

Canberra’s Vital Signs are erratic: ‘The data is terrifying’

The Vital Signs report, published this week by Hands Across Canberra and the Snow Foundation, provides a snapshot of Canberra focused on Health, Education and Employment, Housing, and Belonging.

Anti-Poverty Week: Vinnies calls on governments to reduce poverty

Vinnies Canberra/Goulburn has called on governments to reduce poverty by investing in social housing and increasing income support. 

Give Where You Live this Anti-Poverty Week

Anti-Poverty Week organisers ask Canberrans to reflect on the disadvantage on their own doorstep, and to make a change.

Liberals and ACTCOSS call for more support for vulnerable Canberrans

The Liberals and social services have called on the ACT Government to better protect low-income Canberrans facing poverty and homelessness.

Cost of living too high for many Canberrans, ACTCOSS reveals

ACTCOSS's 2021 ACT Cost of Living Report shows 9% of Canberrans live below the poverty line, due to income and the cost of housing.

What’s in the box? Local students take on the Ration Challenge

Students and teachers at St John Paul II College in Nicholls will be eating like a refugee for a week in solidarity with children who are living as refugees.  Leading up to World...

The AFR’s 2021 Rich List shows we’re not all in this together

While the financial well-being of everyday Australians has been hit hard by COVID-19, it’s quite the opposite at the top end of town.

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