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Here’s what real courage would look like from an ACT candidate
It’s difficult to think of an issue in the ACT that is more widespread and more keenly felt than poverty, so it is appropriate that the election falls on Anti-Poverty Week. The experience of poverty is responsible for much of Canberra’s suffering, and it reduces the human potential and contribution people can make to our community. Today, parents […]
Breaking point: financial stress of ongoing cost-of-living crisis hitting low-income Canberrans hardest
ACTCOSS’s latest ACT Cost of Living Report reveals persistently high inflation and high interest rates are exacting a devastating toll on low-income households and adding to demand for community sector services across the ACT. ACTCOSS CEO, Dr Devin Bowles said: “The ongoing cost-of-living crisis has extended the reach of financial stress to more and more […]