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“Melissa Fisher, who relies on unemployment benefits, says she is barely
surviving.
"It's really hard … you're making choices that nobody should actually have to
make," the Adelaide woman tells
The Business.
"Every day it becomes a battle of whether you eat three times a day or if you
see a doctor."
A few years ago, however, Melissa was among the Australians who had a reprieve
from poverty.
At the start of the COVID pandemic, a "coronavirus supplement" doubled most
welfare payments, essentially ending poverty for many, for a brief moment.
But in March 2021, the supplement was scrapped and thousands of families were
allowed to fall back into poverty.
That's despite research suggesting that it may be cheaper to end poverty than
to maintain it.”
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
