“When we dismiss efforts to address pay equity and the gender pay gap we miss a critical strategy to address child poverty,” Jo Cribb writes. Twenty per cent of these children live in severe material hardship; their households are unable to afford nine or more essentials items. Child poverty is caused by lazy parents and their big screen TVs, smokes and six packs. So when we dismiss efforts to address pay equity and the gender pay gap we miss a critical strategy to address child poverty. In the after-glow of our summer break, it is time to consider whether we are serious or not about tackling the entrenched hardship too many children experience.

Source: Stuff January 25, 2021 15:56 UTC