One in six Australian childen 'living in poverty'
- Published: 15 Oct 2012 at 20.49
- Online news: Asia
Child poverty in Australia is increasing despite the nation's booming mining wealth, a welfare group said Monday, with new data showing one in six children are now living below the poverty line.
Children spend time with their family at an Aboriginal camp in Alice Springs. Child poverty in Australia is increasing despite the nation's booming mining wealth, according to the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS). The welfare group said new data showed that one in six children are now living below the poverty line.
The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) said that children, particularly in single parent families, were among the groups in society most at risk of poverty.
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