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Foodbank funds cut as Government says money is being spread

A funding cut to Foodbank has been reversed so it can continue supplying basic food to needy people.

A funding cut to Foodbank has been reversed so it can continue supplying basic food to needy people. Source: AAP

A charity feeding over 700,000 Australians a month says the Federal Government has almost halved its funding less than two months out from Christmas.


The Coalition maintains no money has been cut from the overall food-security budget but it has just been split between different organisations.


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