20% of Australian kids went hungry last year.

20% of Australian kids went hungry last year. Turnbull continues to deny wage crisis
16 April 2018

20% of Australian kids went hungry last year. Turnbull continues to deny wage crisis

A new report from Foodbank found that one in five kids had gone hungry in the last year, due to increased cost of living and stagnant wage growth.

Parents also reported skipping meals to keep food on the table for their kids, in a stark reminder of the realities of life for many working Australians under the Turnbull Government.

Despite evidence of workers and their children going without food, the Turnbull Government continues to deny that there is a crisis in wage growth.

Quotes attributable to ACTU Secretary Sally McManus:

• “No one should go without food and it’s outrageous that this government is insisting that nothing is wrong.
• “No kid should have to go to school hungry, that one in five have is a savage indictment of a government that could not be more out of touch with ordinary Australians.
• “We need wage rises for all working people. People are being left behind, and unable to afford the essentials of life, let alone be comfortable and secure. Working people need power to win pay rises now.

The ACTU’s blueprint for wage rises is a comprehensive set of policies which will allow working people to bargain where the power is and exert their power when they need to. We need to change the rules now.”