Charity, Anglicare Australia, is pressing the government to make current increased welfare payments permanent.
highlights
- Survey found their quality of life significantly improved, with the extra 250 dollars a fortnight.
- Pre-COVID, 41 per cent of respondents were living on less than 7 dollars a day
- After they paid rent and 72 per cent were regularly skipping meals.
It surveyed more 600 people on unemployment benefits
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