00:00The Salvation Army's latest Red Shield report released in May this year is not easy to read.
00:07It reveals the plight of increasing numbers of low-income Australians who now need help just to get by.
00:16Thousands of Australians are seeking this help every day.
00:21Organisations like the Salvos are so overwhelmed with demand they're having to turn people away.
00:28Of the 4,400 people surveyed, 19 per cent said they'd eaten food from a rubbish bin in the past
00:4012 months.
00:53...bired or spoiled food.
00:5691 per cent said they had skipped meals and 32 per cent said they do so on a daily basis.
01:0335 per cent said they survived on only one meal a day.
01:1035 per cent said they survived on only one meal a day.
01:16And 67 per cent said they watered down food and drinks to make them last longer.
01:2235 per cent of parents said their children had gone to school hungry.
01:33I'll just continue, please, Senator.
01:35Thank you very much.
01:36Well, we're not doing stamps, alright?
01:39You have to present.
01:41I think this is very important, what I've just said.
01:43And I want you, the people here, and the people watching this.
01:4735 per cent...
01:4959 per cent said their children had missed school because they couldn't afford the transport costs.
01:5584 per cent said they went to bed early to keep warm.
01:58Again, where's Peanut Bowen?
02:01Where is he?
02:02With his reliable energy.
02:04What is that doing for our age, for our pensioners, those people?
02:08They can't afford to pay their electricity costs.
02:13Here we go.
02:14Let's go.
02:14Here.
02:15There's all this.
02:15Let's go.
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