ACOSS will hold a press conference in Canberra on Monday to launch its Cost of Living Report on the devastating impact of low income support payments.
When: 11.30am
Where: Mural Hall, Parliament House
Who: ACOSS Deputy CEO Edwina MacDonald; lived expert Sam Thomas; lived expert Emily Lightfoot
Charlie Moore: 0452 606 171
The Federal Government must urgently lift income support payments as cost of living pressures are expected to take centre stage in the next budget and 2025 federal election. Today’s routine indexation of income support payments is grossly inadequate, leaving millions unable to afford basic essentials. Youth Allowance for a single person living away from home is only going up by $1.70 a day. This lifts Youth Allowance and Austudy to a mere $47 a day, which is 36% of the minimum wage. Some income support payments including Youth Allowance and Austudy are adjusted for inflation on January 1 each year.…
The Federal Government must urgently lift income support payments as cost of living pressures are expected to take centre stage in the next budget and 2025 federal election. Today’s routine indexation of income support payments is grossly inadequate, leaving millions unable to afford basic essentials. Youth Allowance for a single person living away from home is only going up by $1.70 a day. This lifts Youth Allowance and Austudy to a mere $47 a day, which is 36% of the minimum wage. Some income support payments including Youth Allowance and Austudy are adjusted for inflation on January 1 each year.…
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