Anti-Poverty Week: The Station provides shelter from the storm
The Station, a safe haven for homeless people, gave The Newsroom exclusive access to its facilities in Erskine Street, Sydney, this week.
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The forgotten people of Sydney
Poverty affects more than a million Australians. In 2012 alone, 13.9 per cent of Australians lived below the poverty line. The Newsroom’s photographic team set out to record the reality of life on the margins of our society, the faces of Australia’s forgotten people, the citizens who fell through the cracks. …
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Anti-Poverty Week: Foodbank’s Big Breakfast
Foodbank today hosted a big breakfast for those in need at Wynyard Park, Sydney, to mark the end of Anti-Poverty Week.
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Tackling poverty in Australia
The SBS poverty documentary, Struggle Street, left NSW viewers in shock after its airing, and it may very well be heading to Melbourne’s western suburb of Sunshine.
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Anti-Poverty Week: Lining up for Clothesline
Sydney-based clothing charity Clothesline is seeing a growing demand for its services in the city and Western Suburbs.
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The descent into homelessness
No matter who you are or where you have come from, poverty can strike anyone with a bit of unrelenting bad luck…
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Call for support on Anti-Poverty Week
Australians who rely on welfare to survive are still unable to meet the cost of living, a recent report has found.
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Anti-Poverty Week: Vinnies tackles the problem at its roots
The St Vincent de Paul Society is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty and homelessness.
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