Government funding cuts bite emergency relief services

By Judith Ireland
Updated February 28 2015 - 1:14am, first published 12:15am
Linda Sabato, Christine Bird and Rambayi Majuru have been delivering emergency relief to people in Sydney's Sutherland Shire for 30 years. Photo: John Veage
Linda Sabato, Christine Bird and Rambayi Majuru have been delivering emergency relief to people in Sydney's Sutherland Shire for 30 years. Photo: John Veage
Linda Sabato, Christine Bird and Rambayi Majuru have been delivering emergency relief to people in Sydney's Sutherland Shire for 30 years. Photo: John Veage
Linda Sabato, Christine Bird and Rambayi Majuru have been delivering emergency relief to people in Sydney's Sutherland Shire for 30 years. Photo: John Veage
Linda Sabato, Christine Bird and Rambayi Majuru have been delivering emergency relief to people in Sydney's Sutherland Shire for 30 years. Photo: John Veage
Linda Sabato, Christine Bird and Rambayi Majuru have been delivering emergency relief to people in Sydney's Sutherland Shire for 30 years. Photo: John Veage
Linda Sabato, Christine Bird and Rambayi Majuru have been delivering emergency relief to people in Sydney's Sutherland Shire for 30 years. Photo: John Veage
Linda Sabato, Christine Bird and Rambayi Majuru have been delivering emergency relief to people in Sydney's Sutherland Shire for 30 years. Photo: John Veage

Christine Bird is the co-ordinator at the Crossroads Community Care Centre in Sydney's Sutherland Shire, where she works with locals facing poverty due to issues like high rents and domestic violence.

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