ABC Radio’s Life Matters
Soaring child poverty in single parent families
ABC Radio’s Life Matters explored the impacts of poverty on children's lives and discussed what needs to be done to reverse this troubling trend.
“Children living in single parent households are three times more likely to experience poverty.
Worrying new child poverty data has revealed that since the pandemic there's over 100.000 more children living in poverty here in Australia and it’s an issue disproportionately affecting single parent households. “
You can listen to the conversation featuring HERE
Alan Duncan, Director, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre
Terese Edwards, CEO, Single Mother Families Australia
