More than an inflation adjusted catch-up to Working for Families needed to shift dial...
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
01 April 2022
The Working for Families package is an important source of income for the support of children in...
The purpose and principles of the social security act: Getting it right
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
It helps when you are going somewhere to know where you are going and why. Hence it is important...
Bold policy changes needed urgently to shift stagnant child poverty rates
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
24 February 2022
New statistics out today show very limited progress towards lifting children out of poverty, three years on...
How can we ask families to stock up for a week when they don’t...
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
A range of Cabinet Ministers have bee encouraging us all to stock up on supplies so that they will...
Families need immediate cash boost to prepare for Omicron surge, not food banks, poverty...
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
21 February 2022
The Government must take immediate steps to help families prepare for the surge in Omicron infections by...
Social Insurance proposal would likely bake-in existing inequities and drive inequality, says anti-poverty organisation
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
02 February 2022
A social unemployment insurance (SUI) scheme is likely to be regressive and would bake-in existing inequities in...
Government must pause new children’s Bill to allow for proper consultation, says children’s organisation
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
27 January 2022
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) is calling on the Government to pause progress on the Oversight of...
CPAG welcomes HRC’s housing inquiry report: Calls on Govt to move beyond accountability to...
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
15 December 2021
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes today’s housing inquiry report by the Human Rights Commission but says...
Govt yet to fully implement a single key WEAG recommendation three years on: new...
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
08 December 2021
None of the 42 key recommendations of the Welfare Expert Advisory Group (WEAG) have been fully implemented...
Child Poverty Monitor 2021 highlights persistent inequities in rates of child poverty
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
06 December 2021
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes the release of the Child Poverty Monitor today, which shows that...
New research: Australia supports children in families on benefits better than New Zealand
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
18 November 2021
When it comes to child tax credits, Australia does much better than New Zealand for the poorest...
Government’s family income tweaks out of touch and deeply disappointing
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
06 November 2021
The Government’s family tax credit announcements today show little understanding of the plight of families and children...