Working in partnership with the Charitable Food Sector to Better meet the Food Needs of People in Perth
The Western Australian community faces increasing numbers of people vulnerable to food insecurity due to their economic or social circumstance. This is partly due to geographic isolation and the cost of food, as well as the demise of the mining boom and a stalled economy. For example, food c...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Council to Homeless Persons
2016
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| Online Access: | https://chp.org.au/parity/ http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80333 |
| Summary: | The Western Australian community
faces increasing numbers of people
vulnerable to food insecurity due to
their economic or social circumstance.
This is partly due to geographic
isolation and the cost of food, as well
as the demise of the mining boom
and a stalled economy. For example,
food costs more in remote areas,
26 per cent more for a healthy food
basket than in the Perth metropolitan
area. Welfare dependent families in
WA would need to spend 44 per cent
of their disposable income to
purchase a healthy diet compared to
only 14 per cent average income
earners.1 This simply does not
happen, as food is the one area
families can sacrifice to pay for other
expenditures |
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