澳大利亚学校的免费午餐使用量激增;绿洲公司提议为全州方案提供16亿澳元。 Australian schools see surge in free lunch use; Greens propose $1.6 billion for statewide program.

西澳大利亚州学校使用免费午餐方案的学生增加了77%,每所学校有20%的学生现在定期依靠这些午餐。 West Australian schools are seeing a 77% rise in students using a free lunch program, with 20% of students at each school now relying on these meals regularly. 去年向全国912所学校提供了创纪录的948 583份免费午餐, 增加了47%。 Eat Up, the organization providing the service, delivered a record 948,583 free lunches to 912 schools nationwide last year, a 47% increase. WA Greens计划为全州免费午餐拨款16亿美元,如果在3月当选的话。 The WA Greens plan to allocate $1.6 billion for free lunches statewide if elected in March.