In the last issue of Children Australia, we discussed the concerning impacts of failing social security systems on families with children and young people in their care. The continual reports of difficulties accessing income supports are contributing to poverty in Australia and elsewhere in spite of extreme poverty having decreased on a global basis (Roser & Ortiz-Ospina, 2018). In addition, there is ample anecdotal evidence of the frustrations and difficulties experienced when trying to access income support.

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社论：迈向普遍的基本收入？

在上一期《澳大利亚儿童》中，我们讨论了失败的社会保障体系对照顾儿童和青少年的家庭所产生的令人担忧的影响。尽管极端贫困在全球范围内有所减少（Roser & Ortiz-Ospina, 2018），但有关难以获得收入支持的持续报道正在加剧澳大利亚和其他地方的贫困。此外，有大量轶事证据表明在尝试获得收入支持时遇到的挫折和困难。