Poverty tightens its grip

THOUSANDS of adults and children across the Mildura area are enduring the grim reality of living in poverty, statewide mapping reveals. Using 2021 census data, the Victorian Council of Social Services’ Poverty Mapping project partnered with economic modelling group NATSEM to reveal that a “staggering” 800,000 Victorians are living in poverty, including more than 200,000 childen. […]