Premier Steven Miles announces expansion of free school breakfast program to lunch as cost-of-living crisis bites
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The Queensland government will serve up free school lunches to some students as part of a pre-election policy roundly criticised by the Greens as not going far enough.
Just days after a promise to slash transport fares to 50 cents for a six-month period, the premier, Steven Miles, announced a plan to spend $15m on the school and community food relief program to expand the state’s existing free school breakfast program to lunches.
Continue reading…Premier Steven Miles announces expansion of free school breakfast program to lunch as cost-of-living crisis bitesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland government will serve up free school lunches to some students as part of a pre-election policy roundly criticised by the Greens as not going far enough.Just days after a promise to slash transport fares to 50 cents for a six-month period, the premier, Steven Miles, announced a plan to spend $15m on the school and community food relief program to expand the state’s existing free school breakfast program to lunches.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading…