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Scholarship helps disadvantaged student reach for more

He wore the same pair of shoes throughout primary school but with help from The Smith Family, James Bow is forging a new path out of poverty.

AAP · Aug 29

Families choosing school or savings as fuel prices bite

Work from home, catch public transport, ride a bike, go electric - meet the Australians for whom none is an option, and go without if they fill up their tank.

AAP · Apr 10

Australia’s cost of living ‘getting crazier’ as nearly half of lower-income families worry about affording school shoes

Nine in 10 families are worried about price of back-to-school essentials as inflation continues to bite, research has found

The Guardian - AU · Jan 7

An ‘avalanche of demand’: Australians’ need for charity rises just as donations drop

‘We want to be the guardrails at the top of the cliff, not the ambulance at the bottom’, says Salvation Army executive

The Guardian - AU · May 5, 2024

Jahmel can’t do his homework at home without a laptop. It’s a school essential his family can’t afford

The year 8 student’s mother says it’s getting ‘hard to keep up’ as the cost-of-living crisis bites – and she wants to see schools providing tech for students

The Guardian - AU · Jan 16, 2024

Australian public schools must be fully funded ‘as soon as possible’, independent review finds

Panel set up ahead of National School Reform Agreement also recommends increased transparency about how schools use needs-based funding

The Guardian - AU · Dec 11, 2023

Families learn to stretch the budget, but some children miss out

'You want to give them everything but you can't.'

The Canberra Times · Nov 7, 2023

Fears cost-of-living crisis worsening child poverty as families make 'impossible decisions'

Nearly three-quarters of Australians expect child poverty to worsen this year and say cost-of-living pressures are having a greater impact than the pandemic, according to a long-running survey released exclusively to ABC News.

ABC News · May 1, 2023

Single mum sells her car to afford back-to-school essentials as living costs spiral

Sydney mum Corryn Harding sold her car and gave her children school bags for Christmas. The Smith Family says it's part of a bigger picture affecting families across Australia.

ABC News · Jan 22, 2023

Fears pandemic education fallout not over

One in two Australian parents and carers feel the COVID-19 pandemic is still making learning difficult for their children, research shows.

AAP · May 27, 2022