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'No longer a rental refuge': how Hunter housing stress has changed

For Hunter lower income earners, the findings were bleaker still.

Newcastle Herald

NSW gambling scheme relies on ‘embarrassing and not credible’ research, clubs and hotels warn

Powerful industry groups oppose mandatory accounts for gamblers to help monitor everyone using poker machines

The Guardian - AU

Bad medicine: damning report shows healthcare 'out of reach for too many'

Thousands of people in the Hunter can't afford to see a GP.

Newcastle Herald

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Even wealthy Australians avoiding GP visits as cost of living hurts access to healthcare

Exclusive: NSW Council of Social Services report finds ‘dramatic increase’ in number of people delaying or not seeing GP due to cost

The Guardian - AU

Cost of living bites, more than half forgo food and medication

'The basics of life should not be considered a luxury.'

Newcastle Herald

'Hole in budget' for kids in crisis and families who need more help, sooner

No money in NSW budget for more much needed early intervention

Newcastle Herald

NSW urged to end ‘shameless rort’ giving clubs a tax break for spending pokies revenue

Scheme allows clubs to reduce tax bill if gambling profits are used for ‘community development and support’

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Nearly half of disadvantaged households unable to pay power bills, research finds

'We knew things were bad, but this is the worst we've seen in many years.'

Newcastle Herald

'An alarming trend': Seniors poverty on the rise

'I don't think we have ever had this many people over 65 below the poverty line before.'

Newcastle Herald

Living alone in poverty: NSW housing crisis bites single-person homes

Jodie Harris uses candles instead of switching on the lights and foregoes medical expenses to try to stay afloat financially

The Guardian - AU

NCOSS-commissioned research reveals 80 per cent spike in financial stress for NSW mortgage holders

Research commissioned by the NSW Council of Social Services finds NSW mortgage holders, mostly in regional parts of the state, are experiencing extreme financial stress.

ABC News

One million people in NSW living in poverty as inequality in Sydney deepens, research shows

New research based on census data indicates another 100,000 people in NSW have slipped into poverty since 2016 — and over half of them are aged over 65.

ABC News

One in eight people now 'living in poverty' in NSW

One in eight people in NSW have slipped below the poverty line, with the so-called 'latte line' dividing those who are sitting pretty and others who struggle.

AAP

One million people are living below the poverty line in NSW, census data has revealed

Exclusive: The figure includes one in seven children, with western Sydney suffering the highest rates of child poverty

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NSW Labor call for power bills relief

NSW Labor leader Chris Minns is calling for parliament to reconvene to curb soaring power bills as social service groups urge more relief for consumers.

The Guardian - AU

Tax-free grants to community causes from NSW clubs ‘regularly’ funnelled back into clubs themselves

Peak welfare body among those concerned over scheme by which NSW clubs make tax-deductible donations to community organisations – including their own entities

The Guardian - AU

Promised review of concerns about NSW pokies grants results in a ‘brief update’ by regulator

NSW Council for Social Services says the gambling authority did not address the ‘substantive issues’ it raised with the regulator

AAP

Remote learning to cost NSW kids $16.1b

A new report says NSW kids will suffer the cost of remote education for their entire lives due to disengagement, worse mental health and developmental delays.

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Social services support NSW land tax plan

While reforming stamp duty will improve housing affordability, the NSW Council of Social Service also wants the government to build 5000 social houses a year.

ABC News

Burmese migrant steps in as digital literacy gap leaves people exposed to disadvantage

Burmese migrant Lat Aung Nanghee moved to Australia in 2013 and found it difficult to access government services online. He is making sure others don't have the same experience.

ABC News

Sydney news: Police raid on Blockade Australia group leads to arrests, alleged assault

MORNING BRIEFING: Police allege officers were attacked and a car was damaged in an operation targeting Blockade Australia, but a legal observer questions why such a large police presence was sent.

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