We can’t fix what we don’t track. That’s why Australia needs an official poverty measure
By Melek Cigdem-Bayram, Ronald Henderson Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
Travers McLeod, Honorary Enterprise Professor in the School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne
Some estimates say up to one in seven people are living in poverty, but Australia doesn’t properly measure it. Here’s how we could.
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Thursday, September 4, 2025