A Dutton Coalition Government will provide $50 million to help food charities, like Foodbank, SecondBite, and OzHarvest, expand their services, including school breakfast programs, to support Australians struggling under Labor’s cost-of-living crisis.
This funding comprises:
• $20 million in the first year (2025-26), to provide immediate support to Australians in need, with $10 million for the three national food relief charities and $10 million for other charities providing food support; and
• $10 million each year from 2026 to 2029, to further support the three national food relief charities.
Under the Albanese Labor Government, Australians are experiencing the worst collapse in living standards in history. Real household disposable income has plummeted by 8 per cent, and the price of everything has soared by more than 10 per cent since the last election. To put Labor’s cost-of-living crisis into perspective, nearly 2 million Australian households of all age groups and demographics have experienced severe food insecurity in the past 12 months.
Liberal Member for Casey, Aaron Violi MP, spoke of the announcement during a visit to Linc Yarra Valley on Friday 28 May.
“We are fortunate to have many food charities supporting our community, but unfortunately in the last three years, they have seen demand soar.
“I have visited many of these important organisations and heard stories of families skipping meals, and even of double income households turning to food charities during this cost of living crisis.
30 per cent of households with mortgages and 46 per cent of renting households are being forced to skip meals just to keep a roof over their head in the last 12 months.
