Sums in a notepad: mental health and work
Nov 12, 2019•15 min
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Episode description
New work from the Productivity Commission shows the federal government spends twice as much on income support for people affected by mental illness as it does on treatment. Rick Morton on the human realities of living in poverty while being mentally unwell.
Guest: Senior reporter for The Saturday Paper Rick Morton.
Background reading:
Mental health cost of welfare in The Saturday Paper.
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