Poverty – The Record | St Vincent de Paul Society National Council of Australia

Editor10 March 2019

1,082

Wages too low to alleviate childhood poverty

Australia has made little progress in recent decades to alleviate childhood poverty, according to Australian Catholic Council of Employment chair…

John Hewson1 December 2018

1,060

Increase in Newstart Long Overdue

Just as starfish are not fish, strawberries are not berries, and Chinese Checkers are neither Chinese nor checkers, the Newstart…

Juanita McLaren1 December 2018

1,081

The cost of living

A single mother of three explains how anyone is at risk of suddenly needing welfare and how hard it can…

Herbert Portanier14 December 2016

1,220

More than 730,000 children live in poverty in Australia

Herbert Portanier reflects on a recent home visit in Melbourne’s south-east, where he encountered a harrowing scene of a baby…

Editor28 July 2019

1,044

Church calls for a living wage for Australian families

Neither employers nor governments are doing enough to support low-paid Australians, and particularly Australian families, the Catholic Church has told…

Jacquelin Plummer28 July 2019

1,063

Young people feel the full effect of economic disadvantage

With work insecurity and income inequality growing in Australia, we need to carefully consider the impact that a family’s limited…

Leo Woodman8 May 2017

1,201

Poverty in outback NSW

As preparations for a major gathering in Adelaide of regional presidents and others gets under way, Leo Woodman, President of the…

Bernie O'Brien8 May 2017

1,551

Vinnies on the Queensland Sunshine Coast

It’s a different story on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, where tourism and a steadily increasing population pose unique challenges, writes Bernie O’Brien.…

Helen Szoke21 March 2018

1,304