Yet another sensationalist headline on poverty in Australia has appeared this month, indicating poverty rates in Victoria are as high as 13 per cent, and more than one in 10 Victorians are ‘poor’.
The breathless report by the Victorian Council of Social Services (VCOSS) found “alarmingly” there is no corner of Victoria untouched by poverty.
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