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melbaboutown@aussie.zone to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 2 years ago

JobSeeker has kept recipients below the poverty line for years, but advocates say they've never been worse off

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JobSeeker has kept recipients below the poverty line for years, but advocates say they've never been worse off

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melbaboutown@aussie.zone to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 2 years ago
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The cost of living is hitting Leigh so hard, it's showing in his blood
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As food prices and living costs rise, social services advocates say they've never seen Australians on JobSeeker struggling this much.
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      Aye. I seem to remember that being called the ‘Vimes Boots’ poverty index. Not just in the Pratchett-verse but for real

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          Yep. Some of this is America specific but https://www.cracked.com/blog/why-we-cant-stop-hating-poor

          I watched all the news articles come out shocked at people society considered ‘deserving’ now accessing food banks and it was telling

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