City share-house rents eat up most of Newstart, leaving less than $100 a week to live on
- Written by Simone Casey, Research Associate, Future Social Service Institute, RMIT University
Even when sharing a house, the average cost of rent means very little is left over from the Newstart allowance for food and living costs.shutterstock.com
In all Australia’s capital cities, average share-house rents in the inner suburbs (where jobs are concentrated) leave people without enough money for food and other basics, new research...
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