Rose Kerr
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197 appearances
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first heard Apr 2026
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reader.
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Yeah, look, I'm always trying to find an excuse to spend more money on books.
But to be honest, what actually inspired the episode was noticing in my day-to-day life, all of a sudden, reading has become really cool.
Mm-hmm.
Like, I know lots of people in their 20s and 30s who are making their own little book clubs.
They are following BookTok influencers, like people who just talk about books.
And they're even renewing their library cards.
Yeah.
So that statistic you mentioned earlier, that 44% of Australian adults are functionally illiterate, that comes from a 2013 survey from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, which is from over a decade ago.
So things may have shifted since then.
But it's like one of those statistics people tend to talk about when they look at this topic.
It's also estimated that for Indigenous Australian adults, the rate of illiteracy is between 40 and 70%.
And that comes from the Literacy for Life Foundation.
And then in terms of 2026 data, we can look at NAPLAN results.
So if you've not heard of these before, these are Australia's national standardised school tests.
And the results from this year showed that one in three students are falling below basic proficiency levels for reading and writing.
Yeah, good idea.
So functional literacy recognises that someone is able to read and write at a level where they can participate in society.
You know, they can go to work, they can do the things that they need to do.
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