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Cassandra Goldie

We need to fix poverty and stop blaming the stereotyped poor

Responding to Pru Goward’s opinion piece last week, the head of ACOSS warns against looking at the symptoms of poverty rather than the real lack of opportunity that lies behind it.

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Poverty exists in Australia, but the people who live in poverty should not be blamed.

Poverty is not caused by a lack of motivation and discipline, poor budgeting, bad genes or bad parenting.

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Cassandra Goldie is chief executive of the Australian Council of Social Service.

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