This weeks Australian Council of Social Service ‘Poverty in Australia’ report developed in partnership with UNSW revealed that 1 in 7 Australians live in poverty – the highest level since 2001. But how should we measure it? Nearly 160 countries have an official poverty measure – monetary or multidimensional. Best practice is to have both. Australia has neither. Hear from lived experience expert Tamara Rhodes, BSL Executive Director Travers McLeod, and Dr Melek Cigdem-Bayram from Melbourne Instit
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