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Janet Rice
Senator for Victoria

Senate inquiry exposes Labor’s plan to expand compulsory income management

15 May, 2023 - Today, the Community Affairs Legislative Committee held a hearing into Labor’s proposed Income Management Reform Bill, which essentially reintrod...

Poverty in Australia Senate Inquiry Interim Report Tabled

4 May, 2023 - Senate committee recommends government take urgent action on poverty, but Labor refuses to support their own calls while in Opposition to raise Jo...

Greens introduce Bill for an independent Anti-Poverty Commission

30 March, 2023 - The Greens have today introduced the Ending Poverty in Australia (Antipoverty Commission) Bill 2023 to the Senate. The bill lays out a legislat...

Greens call for Poverty Reduction Package in May Budget

22 March, 2023 - Following a ACOSS/UNSW report released today highlighting the inadequacy of Australia’s social security system and the depth of poverty fo...

One year on from the Lismore floods, Senate Poverty Inquiry hears from a community left behind

21 February, 2023 - The fifth hearing of the year-long Senate inquiry into the extent and nature of poverty in Australia was held today in Lismore. Almost a ...

Greens urge Labor to act on calls to raise Jobseeker in May’s budget

17 January, 2023 - Australian Greens spokesperson for social services, Senator Janet Rice, is again urging Minister Jim Chalmers to heed calls from the Greens, ...

Government denies jobseeker and DSP recipients the right to earn more amidst the cost of living crisis

23 November, 2022 - Labor has voted down Greens amendments to the workforce incentives bill which would have extended the work bonus to jobseeker and DSP recipi...