Australians not confident life will return to normal
According to a new Red Cross survey, around two in five people in Australia want more support to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, and around half are not confident life will return to normal by this time next year.
Close to 90 per cent agree we need to do more as a community to assist those hardest hit by the pandemic.
“It’s clear people in Australia are increasingly realising this pandemic will run for a long time, and that we may need to develop extraordinary levels of resilience we haven’t previously ever needed,” said Australian Red Cross chief executive Kym Pfitzner.
“The pandemic has led to anxiety and even collective trauma in places like Victoria.
“It’s clear many people in Australia do need more help, especially those affected by compounding disasters or who can’t access safety nets, like people on temporary visas with insecure work.
“Since the outbreak started, Australian Red Cross teams have experienced the biggest demand since WW2. Volunteers have been assisting bushfire and flood relief and recovery, made welfare calls to those in hotel quarantine and helped people on temporary visas put food on the table for their families.
“We can only do that work with the generous support of donors. As the end of financial year approaches, Red Cross is asking Australians to consider making a tax deductible donation to redcross.org.au,” he said.
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Australians not confident life will return to normal.
And I'm one of them. Long way to go yet IMO.