What: Come to the People’s Budget
When: 12 – 2pm, Monday 8 May 2017
Where: Old Parliament House, Canberra
Who: 100 people, including representatives from Australia’s civil society sector

What: Come to the Press Conference
When: 2.30pm, Monday 8 May 2017
Where: on the lawns in front of New Parliament House
Who: Everyday people who attended the People’s Budget, plus a variety of spokespeople

People and organisations representing over 5 million Australians will meet in Canberra on the day before Federal Budget to outline what a budget focused on people should prioritise. The gathering of 100 Australian people will emphasise the budget is more than an accounting exercise – it is about people and the type of community and environment we want to live in.

A list of organisations involved in the People’s Budget:

1. National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples
2. ActionAid
3. A24 Network
4. Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT
5. Amnesty International Australia
6. Australian Conservation Foundation
7. Australian Council for International Development
8. Australian Council of Social Service
9. Australian Council of Trade Unions
10. Australian Human Rights Commission
11. Australian Injecting & Illicit Drug Users League
12. Australian Major Performing Arts Group
13. Animal Defenders Office
14. Australian Services Union
15. Australian Wind Alliance
16. Australian Youth Climate Change Coalition
17. Baptist Care Australia
18. Benevolent Society
19. Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals
20. Campaign for Australian Aid
21. CARE Australia
22. Caritas
23. Catholic Social Services Australia
24. Change the Record Coalition
25. Children and Young People with Disability Australia
26. Climate Action Monaro
27. Climate Action Network Australia
28. Close the Gap Secretariat and National Health Leadership Forum
29. CO Health
30. Community and Public Sector Union
31. Community Arts group Canberra
32. Community Council of Australia
33. Community Legal Centres NSW
34. Community Mental Health Australia
35. Darebin Legal Centre
36. Drug Arm Australasia
37. Eastern Peninsula Legal Centre
38. Family Violence Prevention Legal Services
39. Federation of Community Legal Centres Victoria
40. Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA)
41. Fitzroy Legal Centre
42. Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE)
43. Friends of the Earth
44. GetUp!
45. Green Institute
46. Green Music Australia
47. Maritime Union of Australia
48. National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services
49. National Association of Community Legal Centres
50. National Council of Single Mothers and their Children
51. National Tertiary Education Union
52. National Union of Students
53. Oxfam Australia
54. People with Disability Australia
55. Playgroup Australia
56. Public Services International
57. RSPCA
58. SNAICC – National Voice for our Children
59. Social Ventures Australia
60. St Vincent de Paul Society
61. Tax Justice Network
62. Tear Australia
63. United Voice
64. UnitingCare
65. Volunteering and Contact ACT
66. Volunteering Australia
67. Women’s Electoral Lobby
68. Women’s Legal Services Australia
69. World Vision
70. WWF Australia
71. Youthlaw
72. YWCA Australia
73. 350.org

Contact:

• Kate Finlayson – Australian Council of Social Service – 0419 626 155
• Simon Fraser – Community Public Sector Union – 0409 493 290
• Adrian Dodd – GetUp – 0401 726 476
• Antonia Acott – Australian Council of Trade Unions – 0418 793 885
• Melanie Poole – National Association of Community Legal Centres – 0401 518 562