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JobSeeker families need $428 more per week
Published 2 weeks, 2 days ago
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A new Cost of Living Index reveals Australian families on JobSeeker face severe financial hardship, with a two-parent household needing an additional $428 per week to cover basic expenses like groceries, transport and rent. Parents are skipping meals, cutting nutritious food, and sometimes keeping children home from school due to insufficient funds. Anglicare Australia calls for urgent increases to income support payments, utility debt forgiveness, and an independent commission to address the crisis affecting 875,000 Australian children in households reliant on these payments.
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