The Australian billionaire Clive Palmer has presented Foodbank a donation of $ 5 million -and urged fellow rich listers to do the same.
'We live in uncertain times and many Australian families are getting more and more pressure to take care of their children. Many are trapped between the need for shelter, health and food, “said Mr. Palmer.
'Increased costs of living and increased interest rates have meant that even with both parents who work, there is simply not enough to save the parental home and meet the needs of the family.
“The result is often that house payments and children are given priority and there is simply not enough income to deliver three meals a day for the whole family.”
Mr. Palmer said that over the past three years, under the government of Anthony Albanese, the standard of living in Australia had fallen.
'I hope that Peter Dutton, if the chosen prime minister, will tackle the serious costs of the life of Living Crisis Australia and the Foodbank will offer the support they need.
“Australia has to do more than it does to feed those who are confronted with the consequences of increased costs of living.”
Praal households' reach their limits' with parents who go without food to protect their children against hunger ', according to Brianna Casey, CEO of Foodbank.
The Australian billionaire Clive Palmer (photo) has presented Foodbank with a donation of $ 5 million and forced the same thing for other rich lists
Foodbank has an increase in demand, because more Australians turn to the charity to survive
“More than half of the households for food-our interruptions are now at the serious end of the food insecurity spectrum,” said Mrs. Casey in the Foodbank Hunger Report 2024.
“For these families it is not just about cutting back – it is about completely missing meals, sometimes for days.”
More than 870,000 of the households with low income with low income, defined as those with an annual income of less than $ 30,000, experienced serious food insecurity according to the report.
This represented an increase of five percent compared to 2022, and 53 percent of the wrestling households who also have food more often in search of a charity of food than a year ago.
“At the start of the costs of living crisis, we warned that households with a low income would always suffer the worst and before the longest and these findings confirm this,” said Mrs. Casey.
'We see families who would just make ends meet, reach their limits and make unimaginable choices.
Brianna Casey, CEO of Foodbank, said that many poorer households have reached their limit and have to go without food for days
Almost a third of all Australian households had cut back in the last 12 months in the last 12 months, according to the report at a certain point in the past 12 months.
“This means that 3.4 million households have at least reduced the quality, variety or desirability of their food and, in the worst case, have no food anymore, so that members of the household go without eating for the entire days,” the report said .
Households of single -parent health were particularly affected, because two -thirds (69 percent) were confronted with food insecurity, with 41 percent of that number of serious hardships reported.
“The current costs of living has seriously influenced me as a single mother who works full -time but does not receive a child benefit from my former partner,” a publicly interviewed person said the report.
'One income is no longer affordable since COVID for a single parent family to live with the increased fuel, energy, insurance, rent, food and daily costs of living.
“I often go without food and supplies to ensure that my children don't go without it.”
Food insecurity was also more serious in regional Australia than in cities.
