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A gradual declining trend in community Covid case numbers has been interrupted, with 45 new infections reported today

Thursday, 20 May 2021, 3:36 pm Child Poverty Action Group welcomes the income support increases announced today by the Government, saying the rises will be a good step towards income adequacy for many children in need. "The changes today are useful if insufficient. Our modelling shows the changes fall short of liveable incomes, but these increases should still be high enough to make a difference for many families," said CPAG spokesperson Professor Emeritus Innes Asher. "This holds particularly for couple families, who are currently worst-off." CPAG modelling shows many families paying low re...

A child playing on a playground. File image. Source: 1 NEWS Of those surveyed, 11.2 per cent of secondary students had witnessed adults in their home hitting or physically hurting each other, and 10 per cent had been hit or physically harmed themselves in the last year.  The latest Child Poverty Related Indicators (CPRI) Report for 2019/2020 has been labelled as "grim reading" by the charity Child Poverty Action Group, who said it showed "our children are suffering unnecessarily".  Spokesperson for the group Innes Asher said "when one out of...

Press Release – Child Poverty Action Group Grim reading: thats the Child Poverty Action Groups assessment of the Child Poverty Related Indicators Report released today by the Government. “The report shows our children are suffering unnecessarily. Polling shows our communities care … Grim reading: that’s the Child Poverty Action Group’s assessment of the Child Poverty Related Indicators Report released today by the Government. “The report shows our children are suffering unnecessarily. Polling shows our communities care and want the Government to ensure families have liveable inco...

+Undoctored Media release from the Child Poverty Action Group Thursday 13 May 2021, 01:08 PM 1 minute to Read Grim reading: that’s the Child Poverty Action Group’s assessment of the Child Poverty Related Indicators Report released today by the Government. "The report shows our children are suffering unnecessarily. Polling shows our communities care and want the Government to ensure families have liveable incomes - and that is an obvious, immediate step to stop many of these issues," says Professor Emeritus Innes Asher, CPAG spokesperson and Welfare Expert Advisory Group member. "W...