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Number of Australia's vulnerable children is set to double as COVID-19 takes its toll

  • Written by Kate Noble, Education Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Three quarters of a million Australian children are likely to be experiencing employment stress in the family as a result of COVID-19. This is on top of around 615,000 children whose families were already dealing with employment stress, whose situation may have worsened.

Latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show 2.7...

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