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Disempowered, shut off and less able to afford healthy choices – how financial hardship is bad for our health

  • Written by: Edward Jegasothy, Lecturer, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Australia is facing a cost-of-living crisis. Rising costs of rent, fuel, food and power have increased financial stress for many households.

While financial pressures are now being felt by a broader section of society, for many Australians, such pressures are constant.

The health costs of such socioeconomic disadvantage are startling. A 2...

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