How social media is helping strangers put food on the table
When single mum Megan Short realised she had no money or food to feed her daughter, she asked a group of strangers on social media for help. And she wasn't alone.
View ArticleRosalyn O'connor runs a social media page which provides meals for those in...
Rosalyn O'connor runs a social media page which provides meals for those in need.
View ArticleStudents tackle period taboo through textiles
Talking about periods is a subject most teenagers will shy away from so a regional high school is tackling the taboo topic by having students sew menstruation packs for girls who don't have access to...
View ArticleAdam Bandt says one in four people in poverty work full time. Is he correct?
Greens MP Adam Bandt says that one in four of Australia's poor are in full-time employment. Is he correct?
View ArticleFiries worry people risking lives with cheap heaters to dodge high...
Firefighters say they are concerned people are putting their lives at risk using low-cost, outdoor heaters to keep warm inside their homes, as they struggle to afford electricity.
View ArticleWhy one Canberra business put up a sign urging people not to give to beggars
After one of her staff was assaulted by a beggar, a Canberra business owner made a plea to the public to stop giving them money, but is that the right thing to do?
View Article'Waiting for the sun': The realities of sleeping rough in Hobart
Craig has been threatened with a machete and separated from his daughters, but he says that is the reality of being homeless in Tasmania's capital.
View ArticlePerceived as affluent, Jewish Australians in poverty 'try their best to hide it'
Some of the richest people in the country are Jewish, but up to 20 per cent of this faith community live below the poverty line.
View ArticleWelcome to 'Scaryborough' — this town's low self-esteem has been decades in...
Two homicides in two months last year rocked Maryborough in regional Victoria, a town whose residents already felt they'd become too accustomed to putting themselves down over the years.
View ArticleOur income test showed most people don't know their place
We asked people to estimate their place on the income scale. Turns out, people aren't very good at it, but some are worse than others.
View ArticlePolice hit out at 'deceitful' operation flying beggars from China to Melbourne
Police charge seven people over an alleged "professional begging" operation in which people are flown from China to Melbourne on tourist visas to target passers-by in the CBD.
View ArticleMelbourne's 'professional beggars' part of global trend that could target...
Melbourne's booming tourism industry is the likely reason "professional beggars" targeted the city, and other mainland capitals could also be infiltrated by similar groups, a criminologist says.
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