More than half of Australia's most vulnerable people have been forced to skip meals, while others have turned to dumpster diving because they cannot afford to buy food, new research shows.
More than half of Australia's most vulnerable people have been forced to skip meals, while others have turned to dumpster diving because they cannot afford to buy food, new research shows.
The research, released today in conjunction with the launch of the Salvation Army's annual Red Shield Appeal, also found over a quarter of respondents were forced to eat expired or spoiled food, while 1 in 20 had to eat food from rubbish bins.A Salvation Army survey found one in 20 people who had accessed their services before had eaten food from bins. "To hear that one in 20 of our respondents are eating food being pulled out of bins, that's quite alarming," Elliott said.
" having to constantly borrow money off friends due to not being able to buy essentials," the mum said.
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