Make poverty history… this time

Make poverty history... this time

Most Australians believe that nobody deserves to live in poverty (Image via Pixabay) There is a way to eradicate poverty in Australia, writes Adrian McMahon . We just need the will.

TWO STATISTICS present a contradictory picture of Australian society. The first is that 86% of Australians agree with the statement that ‘nobody deserves to live in poverty’ . The second is that 13.6% of the Australian population lives in poverty (3.2 million people) — including 17.7% of children under the age of 15 (774,000 children).

The statistic of 13.6% living in poverty is for 2017-18 — the latest year […]

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