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"We often hear a job is the best way to get someone out of poverty. In many
cases this is true, and anti-poverty strategies should prioritise improving
people’s access to jobs.
But this isn’t the complete solution. For many – particularly those with
disability or substantial caring responsibilities that limit their scope to
work – the income support system remains crucial to avoiding persistent
poverty.
It may not feel like it at a time of rising living costs, but the incomes of
Australians have on average risen substantially over the last three decades and
continue to trend upwards – we have never been richer.
However – as highlighted by the Productivity Commission – some in the community
continue to be left behind.
Our new study of income poverty shows persistent poverty remains a significant
problem in Australian society.
Looking back over the first two decades of this century, we found around 13% of
the population are persistently poor.
We defined these as people who persistently have to live on incomes that are
less than 60% of the median income in Australia (a definition employed by
Eurostat for European Union member countries).
Poverty then isn’t simply a temporary experience in Australia, and tackling
persistent disadvantage needs to be a policy imperative."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
