More Australian children impacted as coronavirus employment stress rises

People are seen in a long queue outside a Centrelink office in Brisbane, 24 March 2020.

People are seen in a long queue outside a Centrelink office in Brisbane, 24 March 2020. Source: AAP Image/Dan Peled

A new study has found employment stress levels among families has more than doubled, with children bearing the long-term brunt.


The COVID-19 pandemic has fuelled a significant spike in the number of Australians experiencing financial hardship from job losses, or reduced hours and wages.

But a new study by policy think tank, the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University, has found children are enduring the worst of the impacts.


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