Over the past two years, there has been some progress in improving the JobSeeker payment. But payment levels remain below the ...

Soaring housing costs are pushing more retirees into financial distress, with two-thirds of retired renters now living in ...

Australia is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, so it’s almost unfathomable to think that one in six children are growing up in poverty. The Smith Family supports more than 67,000 ...

Living on carer support payments for herself and her four children means living below the poverty line. That includes skipping meals, living in regional WA due to Perth’s high housing costs, and doing ...

Women, especially single mothers, older women and caregivers, are at higher risk of poverty due to systemic barriers like ...

Australia made great strides in the 1990s when former prime minister Bob Hawke and his government committed to end child poverty. Child poverty wasn't eliminated but it was reduced by 30 per cent ...