vividspecter@aussie.zone to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 6 days agoIn such a rich country, it is shameful how many Australians on jobseeker are dying in desperate poverty | Greg Jerichowww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down10
arrow-up163arrow-down1external-linkIn such a rich country, it is shameful how many Australians on jobseeker are dying in desperate poverty | Greg Jerichowww.theguardian.comvividspecter@aussie.zone to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square8linkfedilink
minus-squareSeagoon_@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoHow many people were too sick to work so had to go on benefits? What other risk factors are there? It’s a study that would be difficult to make . But I definitely agree that poverty is bad for health.
minus-squarebrisk@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 days agoThis is jobseeker. If there are people on it who can’t work that’s still a failing of the welfare system, albeit a different one.
minus-squareSeagoon_@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agooh I agree not just a failure of government services but of the job market/economy
How many people were too sick to work so had to go on benefits?
What other risk factors are there?
It’s a study that would be difficult to make .
But I definitely agree that poverty is bad for health.
This is jobseeker. If there are people on it who can’t work that’s still a failing of the welfare system, albeit a different one.
oh I agree
not just a failure of government services but of the job market/economy