Researchers and frontline charities are seeing a growing number of Australian children going hungry and missing school, as the twin pressures of a cost-of-living crisis and housing shortages push families to the brink. More and more children suffering Australian National University child poverty researcher Sharon Bessell has been interviewing children across Australia to find out how rising costs of living …
Marlo Thomas helps me make sense of my "That Girl" obsession. “Let me put it this way: If there was a factory where I could’ve ordered my own specifications, you would’ve been what I ordered, even with all your craziness,” Lew Marie tells Ann. I called Marlo Thomas, the woman who made Ann Marie and “That Girl” famous, to talk …
Hundreds of thousands of working families in Australia, many earning more than the minimum wage, don't have enough money to live a basic, healthy lifestyle – and are at risk of slipping into poverty. The study by the UNSW Social Policy Research Centre was designed to answer "one of the most difficult questions in social policy and welfare economics" – …
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Police Scotland said a second man, aged 40, Mr Bessell’s climbing partner, suffered non-life …
