Henderson Poverty Line

Labor’s ‘Stage 3 Lite’ still gives biggest tax cuts to the rich

Labor is only offering a milder version of the same wrong tax policy, while tossing a few peanuts to the working class, argues Peter Boyle.

Antipoverty Centre: ‘Minimum wage decision won’t even buy an iceberg lettuce’

Following the Fair Work Commission’s decision to raise the minimum wage, welfare groups are calling on the Labor government to immediately lift welfare payments above the poverty line. Isaac Nellist reports.

National push from local governments demand Newstart raise

The grassroots campaign to increase welfare payments for the unemployed received a boost on June 12 from the national body that represents councils across Australia.

The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) overwhelmingly voted in support of a motion calling on the federal government to increase the Newstart Allowance, the Centrelink payment for unemployed people.