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
‘I, Daniel Blake’ Film Screening
WHEN: Thursday October 16, 2pm-5pmWHERE: H1-44 Marie Mune Lecture Theatre, Amy Wheaton Building, 10/12 St. Bernard's Road, Magill Join our screening of 'I, Daniel Blake', the incredible 2017 Ken Loach film about a British man who has to confront a cruel and rigid welfare bureaucracy. Set in the UK, but it could just as easily … Continue reading ‘I, Daniel Blake’ Film Screening
Action at Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth’s Office against “Mutual” Obligations
Date/Time: 1pm, Saturday 27 SeptemberLocation: 232 Main South Road, Morphett Vale, SA What's it all about?With the recent reporting by the Commonwealth Ombudsman and Deloitte on how the mutual obligations system and Targeted Compliance Framework is exploiting and victimising Jobseekers, it is high time to make a public stand at the office of the Employment … Continue reading Action at Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth’s Office against “Mutual” Obligations
Event Briefing: “The Unlawful Use Of Mutual Obligations”
Join the Antipoverty Centre and Anti-Poverty Network SA for a critical briefing in Adelaide on the current state of the compulsory activities known as mutual obligations as the government faces a potential Robodebt-scale disaster. Kristin O’Connell (Antipoverty Centre) will unpack how the system has harmed millions and gets in the way of people focusing on … Continue reading Event Briefing: “The Unlawful Use Of Mutual Obligations”
Dear Tanya…
Dear Tanya Pilbersek, I am writing on behalf of the Anti-Poverty Network South Australia since you have recently taken on the role of Social Services Minister. We are a community organisation made up of people affected by poverty and the lack of affordable, safe, and, secure housing, and their allies. We believe everyone, including those … Continue reading Dear Tanya…
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
No One Deserves Poverty: Roadside Action Outside Office Of Social Services Minister
Saturday April 26, 12:30pm-2pm232 Main South Road, Morphett Vale (office of Amanda Rishworth, Social Services Minister) It is almost 5 years since the JobSeeker Payment was temporarily doubled by the Morrison Government during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. This lifted hundreds of thousands temporarily out of poverty, but it was not maintained, and … Continue reading No One Deserves Poverty: Roadside Action Outside Office Of Social Services Minister
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”