From: Healthy diets ASAP – Australian Standardised Affordability and Pricing methods protocol
The reference household consists of an adult male, an adult female, a 14 year old boy and an 8 year old girl • The adult male works on a permanent basis at the national minimum wage ($17.29 per hour)for 38 h a week • The adult female works on a part-time basis at the national minimum wage ($17.29 per hour)for 6 h a week • Both children attend school and are fully immunised • None of the family are disabled • The family has some emergency savings that earn negligible interest |