ACOSS will hold a press conference in Canberra on Monday to launch its Cost of Living Report on the devastating impact of low income support payments.
When: 11.30am
Where: Mural Hall, Parliament House
Who: ACOSS Deputy CEO Edwina MacDonald; lived expert Sam Thomas; lived expert Emily Lightfoot
Charlie Moore: 0452 606 171
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