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'The rising tide isn't lifting those without boats'
I spoke with Salvation Army Social Policy & Parliamentary Unit Director Bonnie Robinson yesterday about the unit’s State of the Nation 2026 report, which showed a range of indicators of poverty worsening through 2024 and 2025.
She challenged the Government to adopt specific policies to address rising levels housing un-affordability and homelessness, more food and electricity poverty, and the worst domestic violence figures since 2018.
“I’m not an economist, but I like to say the rising tide lifts all boats, but you need a boat in the first place.”
Robinson said housing remained a significant…
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