- Up to 4.1 million Australians live in poverty.
- At least 1 million Australians live in poverty despite living in households with one or more employed adults.
- At least 700,000 children live in households where neither parent is employed.
- 21% of households in Australia live on less than $400 per week (less than the minimum wage).
- Unemployment benefits for single adults amount to just 78% of the poverty line.
- Government payments for single adult students amount to 63% of the poverty line.
[Source: A Hand Up Not a Hand Out: Renewing the fight against poverty, March 2004.]