State Election Forum On Housing And Homelessness (Adelaide Electorate)Wednesday February 18, 6pm-8pmPilgrim Uniting Church Centre, 12 Flinders Street, Adelaide Hear from people directly affected by the housing crisis, frontline services, and others, about the need for urgent action to tackle housing insecurity and homelessness, as well as candidates for the Adelaide electorate.Homelessness services are under-the-pump, … Continue reading ‘How Do We Fix The Crisis?’ State Election Forum
The Power Of Becoming An Activist
By Anti-Poverty Network SA member, Sara Walker. Read at our Anti-Poverty Week Enfield Community Lunch, on Monday October 13, 2025.Good Morning.I didn’t wake up one day and decide to become an activist. I just got tired of seeing good people — people I care about — struggle while the world looked the other way. Tired … Continue reading The Power Of Becoming An Activist
Anti-Poverty Week 2025 Factsheet
This factsheet was produced by Anti-Poverty Network SA, a grassroots community advocacy organisation led by people directly affected by the poverty crisis and the housing crisis.To download a PDF version of this factsheet, click here; or to download a print-friendly version of this factsheet, click here.5 Facts About Poverty And Housing At Least 1 In … Continue reading Anti-Poverty Week 2025 Factsheet
Campaigns Team Meeting
Wednesday August 13, 4pm-6pm, on Zoom Our Campaigns Team leads our work fighting for real action on the poverty crisis and the housing crisis.We do this by activating people on low incomes, and allies, speaking to the community, the media, and pressuring politicians to act. We will be talking about our upcoming campaign events and … Continue reading Campaigns Team Meeting
Homelessness Week Action 2025
As part of Homelessness Week 2025 (4–10 August), Anti-Poverty Network SA is hosting a community action to highlight the scale of the housing crisis and demand immediate government action. This year’s theme, “Homelessness Action Now”, calls on all levels of government to take urgent, bold steps to end homelessness and ensure safe, affordable housing for … Continue reading Homelessness Week Action 2025
Whose Law And Order?
Response to the 2025 SA State Budget by Nicole, Anti-Poverty Network SA member. Instead of addressing issues of need like public housing, the State Budget has focused on 'law and order' but law and order for who? Australia's prison population is made up of the poorest and most disadvantaged people in society and traps people in … Continue reading Whose Law And Order?
Training: How To Have Conversations About Poverty + Housing On Voting Day
Monday April 28, 6:30pm-7:45pm, on Zoom (link here) This event is for supporters who are assisting Anti-Poverty Network SA with handing out poverty and housing scorecards on voting day. Anti-Poverty Network SA will be holding 3 stalls on election day (Saturday May 3), in the north, northwest, and south, to speak to people about the … Continue reading Training: How To Have Conversations About Poverty + Housing On Voting Day
Online Letter-Writing Working-Bee
Thursday April 24, 6:30pm-8pm (SA time)On Zoom (Zoom link here) Join us for a hands-on letter-writing workshop, focused on your candidates and targets, as part of our Federal Election campaign!! We’ll show you how to find your electorate, identify who your local candidates are, and learn where they stand on the poverty crisis and the … Continue reading Online Letter-Writing Working-Bee
“It’s Iron Infusions Because Meat Is Too Expensive”
Speech given by Anti-Poverty Network SA member, Mel, at Spence Candidates Forum, March 22, 2025.I grew up in poverty with a single disabled mum in public housing (where have I heard that before?), became her carer at 12 years old I did that for 22 years until she passed and I was tossed aside by … Continue reading “It’s Iron Infusions Because Meat Is Too Expensive”
Ann-Maree’s Speech To ‘No One Left Behind’ Federal Election Campaign Launch
Speech given by Anti-Poverty Network SA member, Ann-Maree, at our 'No One Left Behind' Campaign Launch, on March 1, 2025 I have been asked to speak to you from the position of my lived experiences.As a neurodiverse person who has endured years of poverty unsafe and unstable housing, while not having adequate access to health … Continue reading Ann-Maree’s Speech To ‘No One Left Behind’ Federal Election Campaign Launch
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