ACOSS congratulates Prime Minister Albanese and Labor on its return to government. The second term of the Albanese Government must now seize this opportunity to be bolder in delivering real reform to fulfill its promise of leaving no-one behind.
Anglicare’s Rental Snapshot released today again shows there are no affordable rentals for someone receiving JobSeeker or Youth Allowance nation-wide.
ACOSS is again urging political leaders to focus on real solutions for communities and stop rhetoric, campaign tactics and policy proposals that are stoking racism and division and targeting specific groups.
Independents, Greens and other crossbench candidates are pushing the next government to substantially increase income support to tackle the cost-of-living crisis and lift people out of poverty.
With a minority government possible after this election, crossbenchers have signed a joint statement with ACOSS and representatives from the community sector declaring that raising the rate is “the most important thing the next government could do to address the cost-of-living crisis”.
ACOSS has welcomed Labor’s announcement of a $10 billion investment to increase housing supply and called for a significant further investment in social and affordable housing.
“We welcome the scale of Labor’s commitment and the recognition that new housing supply must be part of the solution,” said ACOSS CEO Dr Cassandra Goldie.
