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| Title: | The 30/30/40 Society. "The Lowest Rung: Voices of Australian Poverty" by Mark Peel. [review] |
| Authors: | Watts, Rob |
| Keywords: | Australian
Book Reviews
Publishing
Rob Watts
Will Hutton
Margaret Thatcher
income inequality
shrinking middle
Michael Pusey
Professor R.F. Henderson
Geoff Sharp
Inala
Mount Druitt
Broadmeadows
Good Times, Hard Times
Elizabeth
Gerald Graff
poverty
poor
welfare dependants
Economists
Peter Hollingworth
Jenny Trethewey
conservative
mutual obligation
Centrelink
JobNetworks
social security
Howard government
Department of Family and Community Services
McClure Committee |
| Issue Date: | Sep-2003 |
| Publisher: | Australian Book Review |
| Citation: | Watts, Rob 2003. The 30/30/40 Society. Review of "The Lowest Rung: Voices of Australian Poverty" by Mark Peel. 'Australian Book Review', No 254, September, 11-12. |
| Series/Report no.: | No 254 |
| Abstract: | In this fine book, Peel reminds us that there are Australians who experience inadequate income, misery, eviction, homelessness, distress, cold and hunger. Not having enough income is a real experience, but it does not conform to some economist’s construction of a scale of normal consumption. To understand this, we need to listen to what people having these experiences have to say. "The Lowest Rung" is a timely reminder of the value of doing so. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2328/529 |
| ISSN: | 0155-2864 |
| Appears in Collections: | No 254 - September, 2003
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