Rising living expenses push tens of thousands into poverty

The Salvation Army surveyed more than 1,700 people who had used its services over the past 12 months and found 93 percent struggled to afford basic necessities.

Doxa Youth Foundation in Melbourne, a profit nir foundation founded in 1972 by a Catholic priest Father Joe Giacobbe working with some of Melbourne's most disadvantaged communities.

Doxa also set up a city camp in Melbourne and a school in Bendigo for at-risk young people struggling with mainstream education.

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