More than 2 million homes across the country experienced severe food insecurity in the past year, which means they ran out of food because of limited finances and perhaps even went entire days without eating | Report by JewelTopsfield
More than half a million Victorian households have gone hungry in the last year as the rising costs of energy, fuel, groceries, rent and mortgages have smashed household budgets.
In its election platform, the Victorian Council of Social Service has called for the government to fund pop-up food relief markets and pay food relief agencies to recruit and train volunteers. “I think it’s amazing that we’re putting so much money into the health system … but really, we’re kind of like the emergency department for people’s tables,” McNamara said.
Kahli Roberts is moving back in with her mother as rising cost of living makes it impossible for her to afford food and rent.Kahli Roberts, a single parent on a disability pension, is packing up her house and moving into her mother’s home in Queensland because she cannot afford to pay rent on her Doncaster home and put food on the table for her three sons.
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