INTERVIEW: Kasy Chambers from Anglicare says Welfare payments are too low
Anglicare Australia Executive Director Kasy Chambers Source: AAP / MICK TSIKAS/
A social welfare organisation is calling on the federal government to increase social security payments after its latest research found Australians on welfare are struggling to survive one of the toughest cost of living crises in decades.Research by Anglicare Australia has found in the past two years, housing costs went up by 22 per cent while food and grocery prices rose 17 per cent and electricity costs by 17 per cent. Executive Director of Anglicare Australia Kasy Chambers told SBS's Hannah Kwon that lower income households are being forced to spend a greater proportion of their income on essential goods.
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