Dawn chorus: Child poverty progress stalls
Latest figures show improvement in child poverty stalling after initial families package boost was less than forecast; WEAG member hits Govt for not boosting benefits as welfare review recommended
TLDR: Child poverty statistics out yesterday showed improvements from the 2018 Families Package were less than expected and reductions have stalled since then as the Government delays rolling out the full $5.2b increase recommended by the Welfare Experts Advisory Group (WEAG) because it is worried about debt.
I discussed the figures with WEAG member Univ…
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