Register now to ask, “Is Australia the lucky country for all?” Reminder to join us for this Anti-Poverty Week panel

 

1 in 6 Australian children aged 10 to 14 years – that’s 774,00 children in total – lived in poverty in 2017-18. The percentage of children living in poverty is higher than the percentage of any other age group – including those aged 65 years and over. For these children, Australia is far from being a lucky country.

During this Anti-Poverty Week that will run from 16th to 20th October, we are calling on all our Parliamentarians to commit to halving child poverty by 2030.

This year is the 20th anniversary of Australia’s Anti-Poverty Week. Join us in acknowledging this milestone by attending our panel discussion, ‘Is Australia the lucky country for all?”.

 

Our panellists

Commissioner Natalie Lewis ~ 

A Gamilaraay woman and Queensland Family and Child Commissioner. Natalie is fiercely committed to progressing a transformational reform agenda to ensure that children’s rights and entitlements are upheld in Queensland and nationally. Can freedom from poverty be regarded as one of these rights?

 

Dr Sharon Bessell ~ 

Sharon Bessell is a Professor at the Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University and director of the Children’s Policy Centre, and of the Poverty and Inequality Research Centre. She is recognised internationally as a leader in rights-based, child-centred research methodologies, and is currently leading research on the development of a child-centred framework for assessing multidimensional child poverty.

 

Cath Bartolo AM ~ 

For around two decades, Cath Bartolo AM has been the Chief Executive Officer of Youth and Family Services (YFS), a not-for-profit community organisation based in Logan delivering a range of services including housing; domestic and family violence support; children, youth and family services; and legal and financial counselling. There are few who so closely understand the impact of poverty on children, young people and their families.

 

Our panel facilitator

Paul Barclay ~

A Walkley Award winner, Paul Barclay is a regular host and presenter on ABC Radio National’s Big Ideas, a program he has hosted since at least 2003. We are delighted that Paul will be facilitating the panel and look forward to hearing the discussion broadcast on Radio National.

 

Event details

• Monday, 17th October – 1.30pm to 2.30pm, followed by light refreshments
• The Premier’s Hall, Queensland Parliament House – 2 Alice Street, Brisbane (enter via the Annexe)
• Free to attend (Small donations to assist in meeting the cost of the event are welcome)

 

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To register:

Register now via Eventbrite

Registrations close Tuesday, 13th October

 

Thank you

Co-Chairs of the Queensland Anti-Poverty Week Committee (NAPCAN’s Helen Fogarty and PeakCare’s Lindsay Wegener) and all members of the Committee sincerely thank:

Our venue host: The Hon. Jonty Bush, Member for Cooper, Queensland Parliament

A word from our event sponsor: HESTA