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Haves or have-nots, that is the question for education: Educational advantage, and its opposite, start early in life. And while some kids are merely slow off the block, and others show pluck and resilience in the face of dysfunctional families, many youngsters never catch up. smh.com.au 3/3/07
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Economic boom bypasses nation's poor: The economic boom has failed to improve the lives of tens of thousands of Australians, leaving them locked into communities of deep disadvantage. New research shows Kempsey to be severely disadvantaged smh.com.au 26/2/07
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Mobile phones rule the young: Young people are going without food, clothes & textbooks to pay their mobile phone costs smh.com.au 2/2/07
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Brotherhood plea to abolish youth dole: People aged 15 - 20 should not get unemployment benefits because it sends the wrong signals smh.com.au 29/11/06
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Jobless just pawns in a nasty numbers game: The Job Network has gone wildly wrong. smh.com.au 25/11/06 Read the report catholicwelfare.com.au Nov 06
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Lives without shelter: Life on the streets is tough, unrelenting and a reality for more and more young people. smh.com.au 25/11/06
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The new deal: A radical plan to use welfare as a reward and punishment could be the last hope for many Aborigines. smh.com.au 28/10/06
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Youth Transition Social Barometer report:
* One-fifth of young people impoverished: A report by the charity group Brotherhood of St Laurence finds about one in five young people lives below the poverty line. abc.net.au/news 18/8/06
* media release with links to summary & full reports bsl.org.au 18/8/06 -
Many on welfare living in poverty: study: Many Australian welfare recipients are living well below the poverty line. smh.com.au 3/8/06
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Birthright still the best hope: A student's socio-economic background is a more reliable predictor of achievement in Australia than in other parts of the developed world. And 25 per cent of early school leavers came from just 5 per cent of postcodes. smh.com.au 13/5/06
