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When they say they will hurt racialised, queer, poor and disabled people, they mean it.
The evidence currently being given by people to the Senate inquiry on the NDIS cuts is utterly heartbreaking
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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
Jobseeker is criminally low and anyone who says otherwise hasn’t tried to live off it
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.
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.
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.
Skyrocketing living costs and lack of government support are deterring potential PhD candidates. Experts say the obvious solution is to lift the stipend
Join us for this event tomorrow night, it's going to be awesome.
Auslan interpretation and live captioning will be available.
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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.
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Greg Jericho
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Antipoverty Centre
Labor's cruel NDIS cuts will make it worse for families like mine
I know we need more public housing but we also need to improve the public housing we do have. Currently I’ve been a week without hot water I reported my water heater wasn’t working on the 2nd
A major new study has looked at the impact of the Australian welfare system on the rates of suicide
It concludes that effective suicide prevention would mean raising JobSeeker payments & replacing punitive mutual obligations (such as Work for the Dole)
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