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I live in transitional housing, for seriously disabled or aged people who are homeless and lack supports to be exited to independent living. It's like a disability based homeless place. Anyway, we aren't allowed heating or cooling of the very mouldy residences

A BABY DIED AFTER BIRTH HERE TWO MONTHS AGO www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

33% of the World's population does not have access to clean drinking water. Eff the data centers.

Local woman pretends she invented batch cooking for a payment from a news broadcaster pretending that the cost of living crisis is a skill issue.

@antipovertycentre.org is there any info on the MyGov and Express Plus apps not being useable on GrapheneOS? I couldn't download Express Plus at all but I had MyGov working until recently and now it returns, "Compromised Device" which is such a bunch of BS. Feels like a surviellance thing...

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"But it isn’t just dehumanising; the cancellation of income support could be unlawful – that’s what the Commonwealth Ombudsman found in relation to the use of payment suspensions in his review into the Framework." live.thepoint.com.au?post=9e0584d...

Labor's proposed employment services "reforms" will lock in a privatised system built on coercion and control. They need to go back to the drawing board. Thanks to @antipovertycentre.org for their briefing yesterday and for centring people with lived experience in this conversation.

Cheyanne features in a mini-documentary alongside Jesse, which will be screened at parliament at an event with additional speakers from the @antipovertycentre.org, Anglicare Australia and Economic Justice Australia. Watch the doco here:

Hugely important story from Queensland where Indigenous people are being dropped from any positions of influence. This is just the start. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

Robodebt class action hearing on now. Objections to the settlement were heard this morning. Just heard from Gordon Legal that there are ~200 people who have applied for the class action as having been affected by the death of a relative re: Robodebt. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPD7...

"The real lesson from decades of harm is not that we need to tweak compulsory activities. It is that we need to abandon compulsion and place our trust in people instead of providers." thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

Got my records not that long ago. Showed proof of the dumbest mutual obligation I've ever had, take a photo of something orange 😑🤦‍♀️

What Cheyanne found when she got her job agency records for 'mutual' obligations penalties: "It just doesn't make sense". We made a guide to help you get your records too: bit.ly/WelfareFOI

Well done to @antipovertycentre.org on the new mini doco youtube.com/watch?v=AO8U...

Matthew Chaplin following yesterday’s high court decision on unlawfully calculated Centrelink debts.

"See you at the top!"

WATCH LIVE: launch of the mini documentary No Room to Breathe with Cheyanne, an artist and welfare recipient who contributed to the Commonwealth Ombudsman's investigation into unlawful welfare compliance for people on Centrelink payments. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL-z...

TONIGHT: No Room to Breathe, a short film about compulsory Centrelink activities featuring Cheyanne and Jesse, two welfare recipients revealing the human impact of the welfare compliance regime that continues to unfairly punish people in poverty, turning our hardship into welfare cop profits

Join @antipovertycentre.org for the launch of the mini doco "No Room to Breathe" tonight at 7pm AEST

Join us for this event tomorrow night, it's going to be awesome. Auslan interpretation and live captioning will be available. REGISTER: bit.ly/PFP-online

This is the discussion that must be had about the violence of the current welfare system. Thank you to all welfare recipients who contributed to this important work.

When they say they will hurt racialised, queer, poor and disabled people, they mean it.

Jobseeker is criminally low and anyone who says otherwise hasn’t tried to live off it

Research students: Government guarantee of minimum wage would be nice? Edu Minister @jasonclaremp.bsky.social: Nah. Universities can pay that if they want. Unis: We’re sacking researchers & defunding our research scholarship programs. What a “system”! Below-minimum wage = below-minimum research

The quality of public housing is not a mistake – neglecting homes is a policy choice designed to further undermine support for public housing, punish the people who live in it for needing support, and to ultimately justify sell-offs and privatisation. Governments must maintain, buy AND build homes.

Fair to say this was written in anger, frustration and despair. The NDIS cuts, and the way they are being done, are cruel. They cannot be supported. www.deepcutnews.com/p/health-min...

The evidence currently being given by people to the Senate inquiry on the NDIS cuts is utterly heartbreaking www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nmh...

Get the background on last year’s police welfare cancellation powers, unlawful use of welfare penalties & what would actually be useful for people who want help finding paid work. Thanks @tomcballard.bsky.social for having @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org on to get into the details.

Typical. #auspol

🗞️ Today SBS is doing (yet another) story about how unliveable the JobSeeker payment is. If you’re in Sydney or Melbourne and are interested in being interviewed for tonight’s news, send us an email via [email protected]

hearings start today on the NDIS cuts in new legislation - huge day of evidence of how harmful this is for disabled people from disability orgs www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar... watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCOn...

Get the background on last year’s police welfare cancellation powers, unlawful use of welfare penalties & what would actually be useful for people who want help finding paid work. Thanks @tomcballard.bsky.social for having @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org on to get into the details.

you don't like data centers?? but what if i told you they're actually necessary for every app and/or company making your life harder. what then

Labor's welfare compliance system isn't just morally reprehensible, it's operating illegally. And we've known this for a long time! Their "once-in-a-generation reforms" (lol) mean nothing if the architecture of this punishing system remains.

And let’s not forget the crucial role of Redbridge in message testing how accusations of “fraud” in the NDIS would land with the community on behalf of Bill Shorten. This myth didn’t grow from a single seed, it was a concerted campaign by the people who claim the loudest to support disabled people.

no matter how desperately the government tries to distract us with shiny announcements, the truth will be dragged out – bit by bit if need be. ty @barbarapocock.bsky.social for getting this information out

Graun write-up: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

"When we discovered that behaviour, we issued a lot of guidance" Businesses receiving money from Services Australia get guidance for harrassing people. Whereas individuals receiving money get their payments cut off for mistakes 😡

"Advocate Jeremy Poxon has said this is “a lie”, saying he has been “helping multiple people who say they’re being bullied for their payslips”." and catching up on the guardo, thanks @caitkelly.bsky.social for reporting on this stuff

"Today it’s been confirmed that the legislative architecture that has punished millions of welfare recipients will remain unchanged. Minister Rishworth wants to change the packaging but keep the punishment." @jaycoonan.bsky.social from @antipovertycentre.org

no matter how desperately the government tries to distract us with shiny announcements, the truth will be dragged out – bit by bit if need be. ty @barbarapocock.bsky.social for getting this information out

We are so committed to punishing the most vulnerable workers along with the unemployed that we end up with this kind of perverse situation. And even worse when we realise the unemployment rate is a government policy decision, a tool to control inflation without increasing tax.

parents need a liveable centrelink payment that ensures their family is safe and can afford to live regardless of what their ex does

Did you know the minimum wage increase is worth less for people on Centrelink payments who have a job? Tune in to ABC Canberra Drive at 5:40pm AEST to hear more from @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org or listen back via the ABC website: www.abc.net.au/listen/live/...

TCF may be the next #robodebt. That the Albanese govt doesn't know or care whether it is legal, and how well it's working, suggests they: a) don't give AF about breaking the law b) prefer to punish the poor c) have learned nothing from the royal commission, or d) all of the above. #auspol

The Jewish Council demands country-level sanctions as West Bank settler outposts targeted. Today's sanctions by the Australian government are a welcome step but they do not go nearly far enough. See the full media release at: www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2026/06/jewi...