Exclusive: The figure includes one in seven children, with western Sydney suffering the highest rates of child poverty
“Having a long-term plan, having that target of 10% of all dwellings being social house social and affordable housing and working progressively towards that plan, we think needs to be an absolute priority,” Quilty said.
The research also found the situation was far worse in western Sydney, including suburbs like Penrith, Ashcroft, and Smithfield, than it was in the eastern suburbs. “The so-called ‘latte line’ is becoming an impenetrable wall between those sitting pretty and those whose day-to-day lives are a constant struggle,” Quilty said.Quilty said interventions like school tutoring programs needed to be targeted to areas where child poverty was on the rise to break the cycle.
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