NobodyDeservesPoverty
@NobodyInPoverty
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Raise all income support above the Henderson Poverty Line, because #NobodyDeservesPoverty. An @AusUnemployment backed campaign.
Australia
Joined February 2023
"the government can and must urgently stop all Centrelink payment penalties – including suspensions, reductions and cancellations – related to compulsory activities and commit to permanently removing the Targeted Compliance Framework." @antipovertycent .
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RT @antipovertycent: “Mutual” Obligations have been paused for today. You should not receive a suspension notice or receive a demerit if yo….
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RT @maximumwelfare: 'The automated penalties are applied in Australia with almost no discretion for individual cases despite legislated req….
innovationaus.com
An urgent review of the federal government’s automated welfare compliance system shows Australia’s punitive scheme is a global outlier, adding to doubts about the capability and accountability of...
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RT @helenhainesindi: Robodebt can’t be forgotten or repeated. We can’t allow the most vulnerable in our community to come up against autom….
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ICYMI "In July, the federal court ruled the social services department could estimate a welfare recipient’s income using its preferred method, meaning thousands of recipients could now be liable for debts totaling more than $1bn and dating back decades.".
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Fifty Years Beyond the Henderson Inquiry: Rethinking Poverty Measurement for Australia.(open access articles). #NobodyDeservesPoverty .
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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RT @WilkieMP: It’s 2yrs since the Robodebt Royal Commission & we are yet to see the Fed Gov legislate to stop it happening again. Well, I’v….
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Not at all an outlier, thank you for trying to get the government to be decent. "a person presented to my office so distressed that they curled up into a ball on the floor in my waiting room and broke down in tears having a panic attack".
Today, Minister @WilkieMP introduced into Parliament a Private Members Bill seconded by @HelenHainesIndi, that if passed would help to prevent a repeat of the Robodebt scandal. The Bill will be introduced into the Senate shortly by @SenatorPennyQld.
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RT @ej_australia: Today, Minister @WilkieMP introduced into Parliament a Private Members Bill seconded by @HelenHainesIndi, that if passed….
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RT @NobodyInPoverty: Our frens at @antipovertycent are planning zine-making workshops and are seeking EOIs for locations (in-person and onl….
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RT @MelissaSweetDr: Reform roundtable ends with key health voices still overlooked . .By @jasonline .#AusPol.#Healt….
croakey.org
Jason Staines writes: After three days of exchanges, the Federal Government’s Economic Reform Roundtable has wrapped up in Canberra, with
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RT @haveachattabs: I’ve wrote this piece on my blog a couple of weeks ago and forgot to share it, but it feels so relevant right now. We a….
therevolutionware.com
There’s a powerful moment from I Am Not Your Negro (the 2016 documentary by Raoul Peck based on James Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript Remember This House) where Baldwin has just finished speaking,...
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Our frens at @antipovertycent are planning zine-making workshops and are seeking EOIs for locations (in-person and online) and times . Let them know here if you're keen:. #NobodyDeservesPoverty
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RT @phonakins: The @TheAusInstitute liveblog with @AmyRemeikis is back for two weeks while the pollies do their hing in Canberra https://t.….
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Imagine if there was planning, and universal design standard for homes in general, and good public transport and health and other services out in the suburbs and this all wasn't just seen as a way to make money.
Many SDA houses have been constructed on the outskirts of capital and regional cities where the land is cheap. "That's why, of course, the average investor wants to invest,". "But it's not necessarily where people with disabilities want to live.".
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RT @NobodyInPoverty: Gurindji leaders say struggle for economic prosperity continues 50 years after land was handed back. Gurindji leaders….
abc.net.au
Gough Whitlam poured sand into the hands of Vincent Lingiari 50 years ago, marking the first Aboriginal community to be given land back from the Commonwealth — but Gurindji leaders say more still...
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RT @NobodyInPoverty: But do people "deserve" to be able to afford to live regardless of age? Do they "deserves" poverty @JEChalmers?."Retir….
theguardian.com
No plan to alter concessional measures on retirees’ superannuation as part of tax reforms, Jim Chalmers says
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RT @ok_lyndsey: I noticed Melissa Coade wrote Asher and I out of the article for the Mandarin reporting on the #Robodebt series. Recently….
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But do people "deserve" to be able to afford to live regardless of age? Do they "deserves" poverty @JEChalmers?."Retirees ‘deserve’ super tax breaks, treasurer says". #NobodyDeservesPoverty.#RaiseTheRate.
theguardian.com
No plan to alter concessional measures on retirees’ superannuation as part of tax reforms, Jim Chalmers says
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