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Salvation Army highlights what Govt can do better on poverty

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Wed, 12 Feb 2020, 3:22PM
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Salvation Army highlights what Govt can do better on poverty

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 12 Feb 2020, 3:22PM

This year’s State of the Nation report by The Salvation Army offers a mixed bag of outcomes and an ambitious list of “can do better”.

The government's action on a number of areas is having "limited improvement", with areas such as social housing, crime, family violence, drug and alcohol abuse and children still real problems.

Director of the Salvation Army's Social Policy and Parliamentary Unit, Lt. Colonel Ian Hutson joined Kerre McIvor to unpack the report and what needs to improve.

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