Time to print some more of these @greens.org.au stickers by @artistaffame.bsky.social

Got accepted for scholarship into a short course UNSW are doing called understanding poverty inequality and disadvantage in Australia

"Increase welfare payments. Invest in public education and healthcare. Build public homes. Abolish the CGT discount."

I’m calling on Jim chalmers to be bold and be brave thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

Hey Adelaide folks if you’re not busy on Wednesday night you’re more then welcome to join us for a discussion about jobseeker events.humanitix.com/grannies-for...

People in poverty always have to wait, because there's ALWAYS something else that takes priority. And if there isn't, don't worry they will find something.

Labor, like the Liberals before then, prefer performative cruelty to actual solutions.

I attend stupid, maddening Job Search Provider appts as part of 'Inclusive Employment Australia'. I can affirm they're an absolute waste of millions, if not billions of $. And I know Labor knows this. Ppl who want to compare them to the Coalition but go silent on this...

Hi hello everyone, I’ve posted an update on my GFM about where I’ve been in my health and what’s next. Please share as I have a very important and life changing specialist appointment in June that I need to pay for!!! Ty 💚 gofund.me/c1c2f9f2b

This. The msg is clearly that ppl in poverty have to wait. For the next election, for inflation to drop, for the current crisis to pass. Ppl on Jobseeker shouldn't have to crowdfund specialist appts to (hopefully) get the (too low) DSP. "Give them TIME" ppl said. They've had plenty.

Labor is choosing to make Defense spending a priority while ignoring poverty. This is who they are

Do you have to use your car because there is no PT in your area? Do you have to do "Mutual" Obligations right now? Would you feel comfortable chatting for a story? contact @caitkelly.bsky.social (cait rules btw)

If you’re in energy debt and are willing to talk about it please dm me

Whipping up fear against Palestinian refugees who have fled Israel’s genocide in Gaza – a crime that the Coalition has heartily endorsed – is a sickening spectacle that demonstrates they’re unworthy of governing. We can and should be better than this.

In other news bros started talking about weddings and marriage 😂 he’s definitely in love with his gf

If anyone wants to help us out with food, fuel or other life costs: 💜 youpay.me/phonakins 💷 paypal.me/phonakins 🦄 phonakins.com/support 💟 amazon.com.au/hz/wishlist/ls/3LW8RHVSZQFOP

So update bros had surgery and is recovering very well. Because he took time off as a casual he got fired. Good news is he starts a new full time job on the 27th. He seen it coming and prepared accordingly

“The longer we delay implementing a gas export tax . . . as our gas giveaway tracker shows, every day of delay cost tens of millions of dollars in lost revenue," said Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO at The Australia Institute. Read more: https://theaus.in/3Q6Mtt6

It was a very busy week and I won’t lie I’m having a few quiet days to recover. Melbourne was amazing and I learned so much at the progress conference. Shout out to everyone who made it possible for me to attend

I’m in east Brunswick tomorrow If anyone wants to meet up

"As Bullock was settling her luxury investment home, she gave a speech on March 3 saying “the unemployment rate will probably have to rise” – meaning more working Australians should lose their jobs – to help counter inflation." fyi @phonakins.com @artistaffame.bsky.social @antipovertycentre.org

NUMBER OF THE BEAST: Instead of giving 2 billion to UK company Rio Tinto to save the planet by switching to renewables in 15 years time, taxpayer money = $666 each to the 3 million in poverty in Australia @antipovertycentre.org @artistaffame.bsky.social. But apparently Anthony Rio Tinto knows best.

So what am I doing in Naarm? I’m at a conference of advocates from all over to learn from them and learn more skills to add to my own advocacy

Thank you for the much needed article! I can't think of a better way to work towards the kind of society I want to live in than to do everything possible to reduce extreme inequality & increase sufficiency for all! Welcome to Melbourne & please enjoy a meal on me! (sent via ko-fi)

Hello Naarm

Our family has benefited from the capital gains tax discount and I think it should be scrapped I'd rather the state invest, as @artistaffame.bsky.social says, "in things we really need, like public education, public housing and liveable Centrelink payments" End negative gearing too

Barnaby Joyce with a wild, racist rant on Sky, compares Muslim migrants to “cattle” that “just don’t work when they get off the truck” Insists even the “nice” ones go “to mud”. Utter disgrace. Speaker Milton Dick, will you act? #auspol @aboutthehouse.bsky.social

I fly to Melbourne tomorrow I’m excited !

What a day yesterday was. I was at a voting booth with apnsa where we handed out score cards to say who has good housing policy then home for a rest Then on to the SA socialists after party

Happy heavenly birthday to my mum this was her favourite day of the year

Daily, I see what poverty does to people, people standing in the supermarket finding the cheapest food on the shelf, people begging on the street, people struggling with everyday tasks due to disability with little or no support. Anything I can do to help your advocacy is most welcome, hope it helps

Been a busy day, finished a Tafe assignment, had a mate drop by, not sure we solved the world's problems, but we talked about some serious shit. Now just trying to help others get their message out, like those of @artistaffame.bsky.social Have a read and please share: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

"Allegra Spender launched a plan for CGT changes to fund income tax cuts that would do little to make up for degraded public services and unbearable living costs." @artistaffame.bsky.social The Teals also support compulsory income management, which is a violation of human rights.

"In recent years we’ve seen poverty increase from 1 in 8 people to 1 in 7. Homelessness and housing stress are rising. Increase welfare payments. Invest in public education and healthcare. Build public homes. Abolish the CGT discount." New from @artistaffame.bsky.social for @thepointau.bsky.social

I did a thing

"The political process seems designed to make us think of these policies in the abstract... But the CGT discount and negative gearing aren’t just accounting tricks, they affect us all." – @artistaffame.bsky.social on what we should do with $21 billion instead of the CGT discount + other tax breaks

Mel, as a parent, grandparent & uncle to too many nieces & Vnephews, I'm horrified at the state of the world now. Back in 1983, getting into radio, I read an item on 2SER about World Food Day, the Earth could feed the people many times over. The problem wasn't with growing, it was distribution & war

Getting reports now that the majority of people who call certain Workforce Australia lines are now abandoning their calls, because of the enormous wait times. If you don't get through to these lines, there's no other way to overturn payment suspensions from your job provider

Australia could of been at the forefront of eradicating poverty instead our governments decided to be warmongers instead

Perfectly encapsulating the character test

Interesting chat with Manon Garcia on why ordinary men commit violence against women

😂😂 let’s go

"The stigma the government and media has built around those on welfare is all a part of the system. They've made sure that whatever they do to us the general public won't have sympathy or empathy." Labor is in their 2nd term now. If they act like they've earned some good will, they haven't.

"We know that the powerful will never be held accountable because they've built and protected this system. The overall system has been built to punish the poor and protect the powerful and it's still happening" New from @artistaffame.bsky.social ko-fi.com/post/The-sys...

The Albanese government cannot pretend to care about poor people while it continues to force people to live in poverty, refuse to act on Robodebt royal commission recommendations, and inflict millions of penalties a year – many unlawful – on people with compulsory activities.