400,000 Queenslanders 'living in poverty'
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Tomorrow marks the start of Anti-Poverty Week. (www.sxc.hu: Piotr Ciuchta, file photo)
The Queensland Council for Social Service (QCOSS) says one in every 10 Queenslanders is living in poverty.
It estimates 413,000 Queenslanders are living below the poverty line, with an increasing number of people only just managing to make ends meet.
The benchmark used is $281 for a single adult, $421 for a couple and $590 for a family with two children.
QCOSS released its statement in time to mark the start of Anti-Poverty Week tomorrow.
A report into the cost effectiveness for early intervention programs in Queensland found that spending $1 on preventing poverty saves Government and the community between $2 and $19 on crisis programs.
