Charities, unions, business groups, regional groups, local councils, 75 percent of Australians, and now, politicians from the major parties: everyone is saying that Newstart needs a raise. You cannot get by on $40 a day ($280 a week).

Newstart has not been raised in real terms since 1994 and but the campaign to raise the rate is growing every week.

Join us for a Raise the Rate Community Forum to discuss the topic: “HOW DO WE WIN A RAISE TO ALLOWANCES?”

What do we need to do to win?

And how can you get involved in the campaign?

Join us to hear from people involved in the campaign, people on payments, and others who care about raising the rate.

WHEN: 6:30pm – 8:30pm, Tuesday 3rd September 2019
WHERE: Gumbramorra Hall, Addison Road Community Centre, 142 Addison Road Marrickville

Sign the online Raise the Rate petition here: https://raisetherate.org.au/sign-the-petition/

For more information and regular updates, head to the Facebook event: http://bit.ly/2YZDWrL

Hosted by Addison Road Community Centre Organisation and ACOSS (Australian Council of Social Service).

For info/to RSVP: pas@acoss.org.au or 0444 590 297.

A special History Week event!

Addison Road Community Organisation is proud to present “Lost Waterways of the Inner West”: a free participatory event where you can explore, remember and re-imagine the vast network of often hidden waterways that still exert an influence on our environments and imaginations.

Lost Waterways of the Inner West includes:

– A short walking tour of the buried freshwater creek at Addison Road Community Centre.
– A look at the history of Gumbramorra Swamp in maps and images, by Sue Castrique, joint winner of the Nature Writing Prize for 2019.
– An exploration of the Cooks River as a lost-but-living waterway that continues to shape and be shaped by the Inner West community, by writer Alexander Wells.
– A survey of creative responses to the history and future of local waterways by public artist Graham Chalcroft.
– A slideshow of historic images of local waterways and an opportunity to map your own memories onto a collaborative community ‘memory landscape’.

For full program and bookings, head to EventBrite: http://bit.ly/2KAXVco

WHEN: Sunday 8th September 2019, 10am – 12pm
WHERE: Addison Road Community Centre, 142 Addison Road Marrickville
COST: FREE (with EventBrite registration: http://bit.ly/2KAXVco)

Addison Road Community Organisation acknowledges that this event takes place on stolen land. We pay our respects to the traditional owners – the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. Sovereignty was never ceded.