Australia's Newstart shame: what happened to our sense of a fair go?

By ​​zoë Wundenberg
Updated July 2 2021 - 2:18am, first published April 8 2019 - 7:30pm
SHAME: The Coalition's failure to mention those on Newstart represented a deafening silence. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen
SHAME: The Coalition's failure to mention those on Newstart represented a deafening silence. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen

About 13.2 per cent of Australians live in poverty. Three. Million. People. That's more than the entire population of Brisbane.

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