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Deprivation Increases Among Australians

by Gopalan on July 17, 2009 at 11:11 AM General Health News

Deprivation is increasing among Australians. More and more of them miss out on even one substantial meal a day, a new national survey reveals.

And it doesn�t seem to have anything to do with the global recession. The development pattern is skewed, that is the conclusion.

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�This snapshot was taken when the Australian economy was still booming. If none of that growth trickled down to the poor, one wonders how badly they are faring now that the economy is slowing down,� says Professor Peter Saunders with the Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC) at the University of New South Wales.

�The results are a telling indictment of the ability to build on Australia�s economic success in making in-roads into some of our most entrenched social problems,� Prof.Saunders noted.

The study found that levels of deprivation and social exclusion had worsened on several counts since similar research was undertaken two years earlier.

The report, titled Still Doing It Tough, was co-authored by Prof.Saunders and Melissa Wong. It was released Wednesday last at the Australian Social Policy Conference hosted by the varsity.

It identifies those who cannot afford each of the 26 items regarded by the community as being crucial for all Australians.

These items were selected as the �essentials of life� in a major survey of the general population conducted by the researchers in 2006.

It says more and more people lack savings for emergencies, a telephone and heating in the home, and are unable to buy medicines prescribed by a doctor.

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