Poverty & sdgs articles
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Column: As some nursing homes cry poverty, what can be done about increased staffing requirements?
If you suspect that you or a loved one might one day end up in a nursing home, and you breathed a sigh of relief when the Biden administration announced increased staffing requirements on April 22, you may need to pull a Larry David and curb your enthusiasm. Biden’s follow-through on an earlier promise was applauded by many, given the dark history of substandard care and chronic staffing shortages that have led to unconscionable levels of suffering and even death. But will the nursing home...
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Poverty experts tell Labor jobseeker payments should be lifted to 90% of age pension
The Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee warns that unemployment benefits are still too low Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastJobseeker payments should be raised to 90% of the age pension and indexed to prevent people going “without life’s essentials”, the government’s poverty experts say.The Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee released its pre-budget report on Friday, warning that jobseeker and other...
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Michigan doctor who revealed Flint water crisis now takes on child poverty
Mona Hanna-Attisha launched a program to provide funds during a newborn’s first year – and wants to replicate it across the countryFlint residents grapple with water crisis a decade later: ‘If we had the energy left, we’d cry’In 2015, Dr Mona Hanna-Attisha alerted the world that children were being poisoned by lead in the water of her home town of Flint, Michigan. Now, as Flint marks the 10-year anniversary of the crisis, she’s set her sights on another target: the underlying poverty that she...