Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s stimulus package has helped to stabilise Australia’s economy through a very difficult economic period.

But how successful have federal and state Labor government’s been at looking after the nation’s most needy?

This week was Anti-Poverty week and welfare agencies have been highlighting Australia’s worsening living standards for many people.

One study found that 10% of all people in Queensland are living below the official poverty line.

2SER’s Jane Want spoke to Jane Woodruff, the CEO of Uniting Care Burnside and co-chair of New South Wales Anti-Poverty Week.