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Does anyone understand what this article is saying? Please help.. i dont fully understand it. Thanks ( 10 points for the best sensible answer)

THE St Vincent de Paul Society has called for a national anti-poverty strategy in the lead-up to the Federal election.

The Society made an additional plea for political action to assist children in low-income households.

The latest UNICEF report on child poverty indicates that Australia’s level of child poverty has worsened marginally over the last 10 years.

Dr John Falzon, chief executive officer of the Society’s national council, said “one in every three homeless Australians is a child”. And two in every three children who need support are “turned away from homelessness services”.

Countries with strong social services such as Finland, Sweden and Denmark had significantly better outcomes for children.

“Australia has a child poverty rate of 14.7 per cent – this is nowhere near as bad as the USA with its massive child poverty rate of 21.9 per cent,” Dr Falzon said.

‘Neither, however, is it anywhere near as good as Denmark’s rate of 2.4 per cent.’

He added: “We’ve just witnessed the reports of there being close to one million working poor in Australia.

“Then there are the families that are outside the labour market and struggling to survive on sub-standard pensions and benefits, facing the threat of being breached, and battling the horrendous costs of housing, especially in the private rental market.”

Last month the Society’s National Social Justice Committee held its annual planning meeting in Canberra, specifically endorsing recommendations 43 and 44 from the Senate Report on Poverty and Financial Hardship in Australia: “That the Commonwealth, in co-operation with the States and Territories, develop a comprehensive system of community-based early childhood and parenting support for all families.

“Similarly they should co-operate to ensure additional funding for disadvantaged families ‘experiencing multiple and complex problems which impact on the care of children’. Such services for Indigenous communities be given a high priority."

The committee’s national chair, Anthony Dalton, declared that “governments must invest heavily in early childhood and parenting support centres, so that irretrievable harm to developing children can be avoided in Australia.”

Answer 1

Basically it is saying that now since it's almost election time in Australia the government wants to focus on Childhood poverty. It says the rate is slightly higher than last year, better than US but worse than the scandanavian countries. Also said that 2 out of 3 kids who could and should be getting help are not. They will be working to ensure childhood poverty is done away with.

Answer 2

They are just talking about poverty in a way that makes the author feel special.

Answer 3

Cooperating to help those in poverty since it is becoming worse in countries.