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‘It’s not right’: Australia’s shameful rating

New figures out today about the wealth of Australians paints a bad picture, with housing prices and a lack of jobs hurting...

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21st Feb. 2020 1:02 PM

“The job market is changing, with jobs less secure, and fewer entry level jobs than there used to be."

How I survived eating on $2 a day

ACTOR Kate Jenkinson challenged herself to feed herself with a tiny amount of money. This is how it went.

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18th May 2018 9:05 AM

Kate Jenkinson, star of Wentworth, did the Live Below The Line charity challenge and ate for just $2 a day. Picture: Tony Gough

Mary, 76, sleeping in her car

More tales from the frontline of our affordable housing crisis.

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12th July 2016 10:07 AM

Homeless Tweed Heads woman, Mary, despairs for her future.

PM urged to consider housing for poorest on budget night

THE community sector has called on the Abbott government not to leave Australia’s poorest out in the cold on budget...

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30th April 2014 4:04 PM

CHEAPEST: A staggering number of vacant houses has driven down rent, much more in some suburbs than others.

Uni students' cost struggle

A REPORT released by Universities Australia indicates two-thirds of university students live below the poverty line and one...

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22nd July 2013 2:07 PM

Tara Swain of Lismore finds it hard to balance the budget looking after her five-year-old son Harrison as well as attending university.