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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.

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

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

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Support payments streamlined to help struggling kids

Support payments streamlined to help struggling kids

Parents battling with day-to-day costs for their kids will be able to access support more easily as a confusing bureaucratic system is slimmed down.

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Used laptops help kids 'locked out of opportunity'

The Smith Family and Telstra Foundation are helping deliver thousands of refurbished laptops to disadvantaged students, tackling "the new frontier of poverty".

Parents shell out billions as back-to-school costs rise

Technology is a major factor in rising back-to-school costs as Australian teachers notice an increase in students without the essentials.

‘I felt I had no choice’: why Deborah did her schoolwork using the shopping centre wifi

One in four Australians don’t have access to essential technology. The Smith Family says a national device bank could help close the gap

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Fears pandemic education fallout not over

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.

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