Aussie soldier exposes the huge problem facing Australian families – and it’s getting much much worse
Former soldier Sam Bamford has called on Aussies to ‘get angry’ after it was revealed one in three Australian children go to school without food.
Bamford, a social media influencer and host of the 2Worlds Collide podcast, revealed he ‘was past the point of debate’ with the country’s leaders after it was revealed millions of kids went to school starving.
‘You know I wear my heart on my sleeve but I am past the point of anger,’ Bamford told his followers.
‘Do you want to know how well a country’s been run economically? See if they can feed their children.’
Bamford said the issue hit hard after he became a first-time father seven months ago, which he said was the ‘greatest accomplishment in my life’.
‘You know my biggest fear, not being able to provide the life that I want my little daughter to have, and the rest of my kids when they come along,’ he said.
‘Giving them a better life than I had growing up, that’s my main goal in life, to protect them, to provide for them, to be there for them, to feed them.
‘And while Anthony Albanese buys a $4.3million mansion, one in three families are sending their kids to school without food.’
Former soldier Sam Bamford has called on Aussies to get angry after it was revealed one in three Australian children go to school without food
Bamford called out Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
Bamford during his time in the ADF
Bamford lashed the federal Labor government and said Aussies ‘weren’t angry enough’ that kids were going hungry across the country.
‘Our government selling us out to foreign interests, mass immigration and massive amounts of debt, you are not angry enough,’ Bamford said.
‘You are not angry enough at Tony Burke, you are not angry enough at Jim Chalmers, you are not angry enough at Chris Bowen, you are not angry enough at Penny Wong and you are not angry enough at Anthony Albanese. This Labor regime has to go.
‘You are not angry enough. This is their fault, all their fault.
‘I am past the point of debate with these people. I am past the point of them lying to us. I am past the point of them telling us everything is OK.
‘There is no more time for debate.’
Bamford’s plea comes after it was revealed the number of Australian children going to school hungry has risen dramatically.
New stats exposed one in three kids are regularly sent to school without food as the cost-of-living crisis pressures intensify.
Children’s charity Eat Up reports the figure had increased from one in four the previous year and one in five the year before, as more families struggle with bills.
Bamford said people weren’t angry enough at federal Foreign Minister Penny Wong
Bamford said the issue hit hard after he became a first-time father seven months ago
Every Wednesday, Eat Up sends a delivery to schools across the country which includes trays of fresh fruit, sandwiches and snacks for Aussie school kids who would otherwise go hungry.
‘We would have 200 to 250 students come through every week,’ one school representative told 7News.
‘The queues are getting longer, but it’s just a wonderful asset to our community to support our families.’
Eat Up delivers 1.2million free lunches to more than 1,200 schools across the country every year.
‘And then they go off for the rest of the day, they’re happy, they’ve got full stomachs, and hopefully it translates in the classroom as well,’ a volunteer said.
The charity recently expanded its operations which included getting a new delivery van on the road in Brisbane this year.
The new van took 70 schools off the wait list while they also added another new delivery van in Melbourne.
However, the charity is still struggling to catch up, with more than 470 schools across Australia on the waiting list for lunches.
According to the charity the waitlist is growing.
