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Impoverished Australian Children Book Report

Team was comprised of an informal group of social workers who are interested in the current situation facing Australian children in terms of marginalization with respect to percentages of children living below the poverty line. The information required was considered unprotected since it is available to the general public (Information sharing: Policy and procedure guidelines, 2008). Information-collection method, tests for relevance and timeliness, and formatting approach

The information needed by the team of social workers was collected from relevant Australian government online resources as well as nonprofit organizations, peer-reviewed and scholarly sources as well as the mainstream media. The information collected was limited to reports published within the last 4 years to ensure timeliness and all reports that were not specifically targeted at Australian children were excluded from the analysis to ensure relevance. The information was presented in a systematic format that addressed each issue of interest in turn.

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Estimating the numbers of Australian children who live in poverty is complicated by the fact that the Australia government does not have an official poverty line, but social scientists have determined that each child needs a median amount of $50 (AUS) per day to cover the costs of food,...

In 2010, it was estimated that approximately one in seven Australian children (14.7%) lived in families that had incomes that were more than 50 per cent below the equivalised median income level which is among the most widely used poverty lines, including use by the United Nations (Hilferty & Redmond, 2010). The 14.7% level for 2010 was higher than the poverty level for children in the majority of European countries, and the percentage is even higher for Indigenous Australian children (Hilferty & Redmond, 2010). Based on the estimates developed during the 1990s, almost 50 per cent of all Indigenous Australian children live in families that have incomes more than 50 per cent below the median income level (Hilferty & Redmond, 2010).
By 2014, the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) estimated that about 603,000 (17.7%) of all Australian children are currently living in poverty. Despite significant efforts by the Australian government to reduce these numbers, the number of children living in impoverished conditions in Australia continues to represent a nationwide problem. As the ACOSS emphasizes, "The number of children living in poverty is a disturbing and growing human rights issue in Australia. While Australia continues to thrive as one of the most prosperous countries in the world, an increasing…

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Cox, J. (2013, July 30). Poverty in Australia: Statistics and facts. Poverty Living. Retrieved from http://www.povertyliving.com/2013/07/poverty-in-australia-statistics-and-facts/.

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