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The ACOSS/UNSW report series, entitled Poverty in Australia [3] uses two poverty lines and also accounts for people's housing costs. One poverty line, used by The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and in this study, is set at 50% of the median household income, while the other is set at 60% of the median income.
The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) is an Australian organisation that advocates for action to reduce poverty and inequality, and is the peak body for the community services sector in Australia. It was formed in 1956.
In October 2017, the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) stated that the Newstart Allowance was $160 below the poverty line. [42] In May 2018, the Business Council of Australia also advocated for increasing the Newstart Allowance, saying that it is impossible to live on. [ 43 ]
In 2022 ACOSS released a report revealing that poverty is growing in Australia, with an estimated 3.3 million people, or 13.5% of the population, living below the internationally accepted poverty line of 50% of a country's median income.
The 2014 Australian federal budget was the federal budget to fund government services and operations for the 2014/15 financial year. The 2014 budget was the first delivered by the Abbott government , since the Coalition's victory in the 2013 Australian federal election .
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The department was formed by way of an Administrative Arrangements Order issued on 18 September 2013 [4] and replaced the majority of the functions previously performed by the former Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA); with the exception of Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination, that was transferred to the Department of the Prime Minister ...