Digital Poverty: The New Frontier of Disadvantage

In the lead-up to Anti-Poverty Week, this conversation explores what poverty looks like in modern Australia and how digital poverty is leaving young people experiencing disadvantage further behind in education and employment opportunities.
Our CEO Doug Taylor speaks with Caroline McDaid, CEO of WorkVentures, about what can be done to bridge this digital divide and how organisations are working to ensure every young person has the tools they need to succeed in an increasingly digital world.
Doug and Caroline are also NSW co-chairs of this year’s Anti-Poverty Week, which aims to help Australians understand poverty and take action collectively to end it.  
Caroline talks to Doug about:
[1:27] Her most memorable education moments
[2:58] Why we need Anti-Poverty Week in Australia
[4:30] The definition of digital poverty and why it’s such a challenge for young people
[7:10] Long-term impacts of digital exclusion for young people
[8:56] Initiatives to address digital poverty in Australia
[12:30] Policy changes required to accelerate digital access
[13:55] How to take action this Anti-Poverty Week
[15:24] Why she’s hopeful that change is possible to end child poverty
Actions you can take to help end child poverty and close the digital divide:
Support the call to end child poverty in Australia
Support The Smith Family’s Digital Learning Essentials program
Learn how your organisation can donate technology through WorkVentures
More at: www.thesmithfa...
CREDITS
Host: Doug Taylor, CEO, The Smith Family
Guest: Caroline McDaid, CEO, WorkVentures
Video production: Brown Tree Productions