poverty

As part of this year's Anti-Poverty Week, a conference in South Australia A looked at how a lack of jobs is changing the nature of unemployment into an increasingly long-term phenomenon.

Fearless Milk Crate Theatre Carriageworks, Sydney September 13-22 $35, $25 www.milkcratetheatre.com Milk Crate Theatre director Mirra Todd says his main goal is to get people thinking and talking about homelessness. β€œAll theatre is about starting a conversation,” the wiry, animated Todd tells ΒιΆΉΣ³»­ at Milk Crate’s rehearsal rooms in Sydney’s Kings Cross.