Poverty
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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…
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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…
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The cost of living
A single mother of three explains how anyone is at risk of suddenly needing welfare and how hard it can…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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Asking for change
by Laura Heffes and Lucy Adams ‘I don’t think there should be any charges or anything else involved because you’re…
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