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New study: Children who grow up in poverty are 5 times more likely to be poor young adults
Source: Phys.org · Published
About 757,000 Australian children younger than 15 lived in poverty in 2022–23—more than all the people living in the cities of Geelong, Newcastle and Wollongong combined.
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