
Cold Chisel: putting food on the table
Jimmy Barnes: “There’s too many people in Australia going hungry.”

Jimmy Barnes: “There’s too many people in Australia going hungry.”


At the ACOSS National Conference 2019 in Canberra this week Addi Road’s work on the Raise the Rate campaign was recognised.

Our Food Pantry currently rescues 1.8 tonnes of food from landfill every week. And we can save even more. 2SER-FM interviews us about our WOW (War on Waste) Food! Inner West campaign.

Political language being used in Australia indicates we blame individuals for their sudden distress and poverty.

Statistics indicate that the average NSW household throws away $77 worth of edible food every week!

The Mad Pride Festival is here. As the t-shirt slogan puts it, “Hear us. Don’t fear us. Walk with us.”

Addison Road Community Organisation has a new address from today, with a new street sign in our Centre’s grounds to mark the occasion – ‘Raise the Rate Drive’.

“Listening to you and some of these callers there’s a sense of dehumanisation about these experiences that is difficult to comprehend if you haven’t been through it.”

We ask when the government will step up and do the work it should be doing to create a more equitable society where Australians can feel more sure of their next meal.