University students relying on food banks, skipping meals as cost of living bites

Caila Frost is down to one main meal a day, and pays $155 a week for a room.  (ABC News: Lexy Hamilton-Smith)

University students are skipping meals and medication as the cost-of-living crisis deepens.

QUT's Student Guild food bank fed about 900 students in 2022 — just eight weeks into this semester, they have already helped more than 1,000.