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Wave of poverty to hit western Sydney as stimulus withdrawn – Sydney Morning Herald
Eight out of the 10 districts with the biggest projected increases in poverty rates are in Sydney’s west.
Associate Professor Ben Phillips, who led the study, said suburbs that traditionally had high levels of unemployment and those with a high share of jobs disrupted by COVID-19 would record the biggest increases in poverty.
“From October onwards many areas will have a higher level of poverty than what they have ever had in the past,” he said.
Sydneys north and east will experience the smallest increases in poverty as income support payments are reduced, with Ku-Ring-Gai, North Sydney and Mosman,…
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