Brimbank, the second most disadvantaged community in Melbourne

Why is Brimbank getting worse?

The first step to identifying why is to grasp the local economy, we can do this by looking closely at the GRP.

It paints a pretty woeful picture.

Brimbanks GRP has grown since the last census as I recall it sat at $6 Billion, it has risen to over $7BIllion however local residents are actually worse off and take home less of that income.

As you can see in 2017 the workers share dramatically receeded back by almost 10 years. Effectively local workers have had a massive pay cut.

However production and profits have boomed and continued to grow.

The flow on effect is seen on local businesses whose income has also been cut due to locals having less money to spend locally.

It pains me that Brimbank, who gave the world the liveable wage no longer has a liveable wage.

Poverty is climbing as we have now fallen to the 2nd most disadvantaged community, I can not see us overcoming this barrier while our elected local government is unable to effectively research and advocate on our behalf except for posting on Facebook calling for a "Marginal seat".

A marginal seat will not grow our economy, we need local initiatives and partnerships with state and federal governments to lift wages and train local residents to lift them from the precariet and into the new economy.

We can not do this while our government is fractured.