DSS Meeting Update: We raised the impacts of Partner Income Testing, shared lived experience evidence, and submitted follow-up questions. We are now awaiting a response.

PIT campaign update: We have a meeting with DSS policy advisors coming up to discuss Partner Income Testing. We’ve covered a lot of ground, but if there’s something you think needs to be raised, we’d love to hear it. Comment below. we’ll do our best to take your concerns to them.

National media coverage for Partner Income Testing. A relationship should not cost someone their financial independence. au.finance.yahoo.com/news/calls-f... @sophiaredjeb.bsky.social @pennyallmanpayne.com

Laura has been a driving force behind this campaign and a strong advocate for the disability community. If you’re able, please consider donating or sharing her fundraiser. Every bit of support helps. ❤️ www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-re...

Another refusal from Tanya Plibersek. No meeting. No adviser. No staff contact. Partner Income Testing keeps disabled people and vulnerable women financially dependent, yet those affected continue to be denied a voice. #auspol @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social

URGENT: Disabled woman trying to escape an unsafe home environment after repeated failures across DV, housing and support systems. This fundraiser is to help provide immediate safety and stability. GoFundMe fundraiser www.gofundme.com/f/alice-need...

The 'archaic' rule forcing Australians with a disability to choose between 'love and survival': An archaic social security rule in Australia, known as the partner income test, is forcing individuals with disabilities to choose between living with a romantic partner an… https://ranked.news/743009?u=b

NEW REPORT: The Human Cost of the Partner Income Test Based on 794 survey responses from Australians impacted by partner income testing. A relationship should not mean losing financial independence. Read the report: tr.ee/sCjrwigD79 #EndthePartnerIncomeTest #RaisetheRate #Centrelink

Article is out on Partner Income test. @sophiaredjeb.bsky.social is also mentioned as we try and put a end to this together. Thank you to @pennyallmanpayne.com www.9news.com.au/national/the...

How does the Partner Income Test (PIT) affect you? Nobody should be punished for love. Help document the human cost of these Centrelink systems with an anonymous 10-15 minute survey here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #RaisetheRate #Centrelink #Aus #Disability #DVAwareness #EconomicAbuse

I tried to FOI this app, which the Department said it built to track job provider punishments. It turns out it doesn't exist, and they've lied to the Commonwealth Ombudsman www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/27/r...

I’m Elle Sanders, co-founder of Pit. I raised Partner Income Testing with the PM. It was referred back to the department enforcing it. Financial dependency written into law is a safety issue.

To keep the electricity on, Davis must top up her prepaid card at the service station or local grocery. When credit on her card runs out, the power to her home automatically disconnects, cutting off access to lights, refrigeration and cooling.

Ms Rickson says she did not understand at the time that the carer was about to place her in a live-in home in the town. She said the carer did not facilitate any trips outside, making her feel like she was being treated like a "slave" or a "hostage". www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

The partner income test traps people in abusive relationships and dangerous households, and the Department is out here doing bad Bridgerton jokes about it

New from me: Why won't the government switch off the unlawful mutual obligations system? FOI documents reveal a ramshackle Department that's scrambling to cover legal messes, preserve industry profits, and pretend that punishment is policy thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

🚨 The PIT website is live. If partner income testing has hurt you or someone you love, this is for you. Read, share, and help us end it. endpartnerincometesting.com

"Victim-survivors shouldn't have to sit in court and hear the person who hurt them or their loved one described as a 'good person,'" "We know some offenders try to use their reputations and social standing to commit serious crimes and then minimise their culpability."

Labor has announced the next 7 public housing towers they're going to destroy. Apart from the obvious, here's what's wrong with that. youtu.be/hF4mtIYqEIg

A lot has been happening behind the scenes. The work is underway and it’s not stopping.

How are they going to spin this as the fault of immigration and Muslim hate speach. We should be convening parliament to criminalise hate speech against women. "A WOMAN IS KILLED EVERY 4 DAYS BY HER PARTNER"!!!! #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Governments across Australia have poured millions into coercive-control campaigns, but domestic violence advocate Ashlee Donohue says the failure to properly fund frontline services is leaving Aboriginal women at deadly risk.

Found a new way climate change affects infrastructure Ongoing dry conditions across South Australia since 2024 are causing dust and salt to build up on power poles, leading to power outages. The phenomenon is known as insulator pollution www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

The Partner Income Test violates the UN CRPD by stripping disabled people of autonomy and forcing financial dependence on partners. Disabled people are adults, not extensions of someone else’s income. #endpartnerincometest #pit #welfare

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead Pic of the day #photography

I didn’t come to advocacy through theory. I came through lived experience. Financial dependence becomes control. That’s why the Partner Income Test is dangerous.

Australia’s welfare rates are below the poverty line by design. Then we means-test people against partners who may not share money, safety, or stability. This isn’t about “budget repair.” It’s about controlling who deserves to survive.

Workforce Australia just posted this on FB Mutual obligation requirements will be paused for participants in the Goulburn Murray Employment Region due to bushfires, from Monday 12 January 2026 to Sunday 8 February 2026 (inclusive). www.workforceaustralia.gov.au/individuals/...

killing women <allegedly> by males who know us continues unabated as politicians draft laws to silence those of us who stand against lethal, hate-fuelled violence. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

"Tony Lewis has Motor Neurone Disease and can’t access the NDIS because of his age. He’s now chosen voluntary assisted dying because of his inadequate aged care support."

An outsourced call centre operator for Centrelink paid no corporate tax for several years even after winning a major government agency contract worth tens of millions of dollars Telco Services Australia, generated more than $185m in revenue in 2024-25 but reported no taxable income

Crazy how the US has got ICE just executing people in the streets, bombing foreign countries and kidnapping their leaders and wife and Albo is just gonna send them $400 billion for funzies

Your own words recognise financial control as abuse and dignity as a right. The Partner Income Test violates both. That’s not inconsistency it’s harm. @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social

When the system knows you’re drowning and tightens the grip anyway, that’s not governance. it is cruelty dressed up as policy.

We’ve officially started work on the website for the End Partner Income Test campaign. Infrastructure matters. Progress continues.

Blog for End Partner Income Testing campaign is live. Website is not far off. endpartnerincometesting.wordpress.com/2026/01/04/e...

So what is the government going to do about this? Nothing. That’s why advocates are stepping in and we’re not backing down.

Surely Ray White know it’s against the realestate.com ToS to list carparks as studio apartments lol

Hi. I’m Elle. I’m not new to thinking, just new to being here.

All feedback to [email protected] #endpartnerincometesting #welfarereform

Happy new years from aus! May all the corrupt people in power have justice and accountability held upon them for once For once Please

Someone asked why people on DSP or other payments should get the full rate if their partner earns 80k. Because disability is individual. Support isn’t shared income. A partner’s wage isn’t guaranteed or safe to rely on. #endpartnerincometesting #PIT

The richest 10% of Australian households get more money from the capital gains tax discount than the government spends on Jobseeker, the childcare subsidy, government schools or higher education - nearly $4.5bn more than it would cost to include dental in Medicare.

Welfare reform doesn’t require new compassion. It requires evidence, autonomy, and the courage to stop punishing people for circumstances they didn’t choose.