Welfare agencies say cuts are hurting
Welfare agencies say they are struggling to cope because of South Australian Government spending cuts.
View ArticleLiving on the edge of poverty
As many as 10,000 people across the Riverland - or one in four - are living under such financial hardship that they may need to access emergency food relief in the next year.
View ArticleElectricity and gas prices to jump 18pc in SA
The Essential Services Commission of South Australia has announced an electricity price rise of 18 per cent. The state's gas users to face a 17.7 per cent increase from July. Commission chief executive...
View ArticleDropping Off The Edge report: Fears Riverland still struggling to escape...
A social service provider says it is concerned that a number of communities across South Australia's Riverland are still seen as disadvantaged, despite being labelled that eight years ago.
View ArticleFoodbank school breakfast program offering Riverland students a healthy start
School breakfast clubs are now offered by nine in 10 Riverland schools as part of a push to ensure students have a healthy start to each day.
View ArticleSilent killer: The opioid addiction crisis that has crept up on regional...
While the impacts of drugs like ice are well documented, the rising addiction to prescription painkillers is a deepening crisis in regional areas, where dealers are making big bucks on high-strength...
View ArticleGirls resorting to animal manure and rocks for sanitary products prompts...
Australian volunteers come together to produce hand-crafted sanitary items that are changing the lives of girls living in developing countries where menstruation is such a taboo topic, they use rocks,...
View ArticleFoodbank funding cuts risk more than $8m worth of food for needy families
The Social Services Minister has indicated a short-term lifeline may be thrown to a charity that provides 67 million meals for hungry Australians each year after Government moves to split food charity...
View ArticleScott Morrison backflips on Foodbank funding cuts amid community backlash
The Prime Minister says the Government will maintain Foodbank's funding following community anger over plans to slash its budget in half.
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