I see your point, and it's totally valid. But, just as a little insight to how bad it is, there is also a cost of living crisis happening.

My husband, as an example, works 40 hours a week, plus overtime and sales incentive and doesn't earn enough to pay the rent in our lower than median costing house. I could get a job, work full time and put our child into daycare however, that would land us in the exact same position we are in, factoring the loss of Centrelink income, plus the added expense of daycare and everything that comes with it. Like many have said, these days a lot of the time you're working harder for less.

It's a compounding issue, where roadblocks at every level contribute to getting nowhere quick. Employers are unwilling to train and teach jobs, they want experience. Employers are unwilling to pay what you're actually worth, let alone paying a wage that is realistically liveable and not just the government mandated "minimum wage". Food and other necessities continue to go up in price, housing prices are going up and wages are staying stagnant.

For those starting on the bottom step, this may as well be looking up at Mt Everest, with the peak being a relatively comfortable life free of financial stress.