Report calls for Centrelink payments to rise - as welfare recipients struggle ... trends now
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Australians on welfare are struggling to survive one of the toughest cost of living crises in decades as payments fail to cover necessities, a new report shows.
Research by Anglicare Australia shows households with the lowest incomes are bearing the brunt of the nation's worst inflationary period since the 1980s.
Despite the soaring cost of essentials such as food and housing, most Centrelink payments are only raised through indexation and are not keeping up, the report says.
Households on lower incomes spend a greater proportion of their budgets on essential items and have less capacity to absorb higher prices or reduce their discretionary spending.
The report found in the past two years, housing costs
