How food insecurity is biting: Australians are going hungry

@Anti-Poverty Week is an event held every October to raise awareness and understanding of the causes and consequences of poverty in Australia, and to encourage action to end it. In today’s blog, Life Course Centre (@lifecourseAust) Research Fellow Dr Chandana Maitra from the University of Sydney (@Sydney_Uni) highlights food insecurity which is a hidden and overlooked socio-economic problem in Australia.

IssuesLife Course Centre22 October 2024Poverty, Lived/consumer experience, economy

It's time to put care at the centre of the Australian economy

Our care industries are vital to a healthy, functioning economy. In today’s analysis, Kristine Ziwica (@KZiwica), a journalist with 20 years experience working in Australia, the United States and the UK on human rights and gender equality campaigns, argues that we need to invest in our people and place care at the centre of the Australian economy.

Finance and economics, Gender, Policy and governance, PoliticsPower to Persuade19 May 2022economy, care work

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