👹The Cruel, Criminal Morrison Government:
@ScottMorrisonMP &
@JoshFrydenberg
⚠️VOTERS BEWARE:
Make sure u know who & what u are voting for...
🧵A thread re; the $3.57 a day Jobseeker raise.
The TRUISM that u can judge a country by the way it TREATS its Least Fortunate is
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@ScottMorrisonMP &
@JoshFrydenberg
⚠️VOTERS BEWARE:
Make sure u know who & what u are voting for...
🧵A thread re; the $3.57 a day Jobseeker raise.
The TRUISM that u can judge a country by the way it TREATS its Least Fortunate is
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a damning indictment on the way we treat our jobless.
A rise in Jobseeker of $25 a week – an extra $3.57 a day – is possibly the LEAST AMOUNT that could be announced with some maintenance of a straight face.
It is little enough to mean NEXT TO NOTHING for its recipients
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A rise in Jobseeker of $25 a week – an extra $3.57 a day – is possibly the LEAST AMOUNT that could be announced with some maintenance of a straight face.
It is little enough to mean NEXT TO NOTHING for its recipients
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– crumbs from the table – & is accompanied by ADDITIONAL JOB SEEKING Requirements. Which makes NO SENSE in a time when the number of unemployed (& underemployed) far OUTNUMBERS the number of available job vacancies by a factor of somewhere between 4 to 1 & 9 to 1.
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The Jobseeker rate is SO LOW that it actively forms a BARRIER to Gaining Employment. How can u ace an interview when u are HUNGRY, can’t afford interview CLOTHES, struggle to PAY the Public Transport to get there on time?
The Gov't has made an INFORMED & DELIBERATE decision
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The Gov't has made an INFORMED & DELIBERATE decision
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to put over 1 million Australian families & individuals INTO POVERTY.
They have decided it is OK for CHILDREN TO GO WITHOUT REGULAR MEALS.
It is OK with the Government for Australians – those they are elected to serve – to NOT be able to AFFORD to PAY their electricity BILL,
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They have decided it is OK for CHILDREN TO GO WITHOUT REGULAR MEALS.
It is OK with the Government for Australians – those they are elected to serve – to NOT be able to AFFORD to PAY their electricity BILL,
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or buy the MEDICATIONS they need, to be at RISK of Homelessness, or indeed to be on the streets. Because that is what this decision means.
This GUARANTEES that nearly 1 million adults – & their children & other dependents – WILL REMAIN IN POVERTY.
Including those who might
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This GUARANTEES that nearly 1 million adults – & their children & other dependents – WILL REMAIN IN POVERTY.
Including those who might
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PREVIOUSLY have been ELIGIBLE 4 DISABILITY Support Pension, parenting payment & the age pension but due to previous CHANGES IN ELIGIBILITIES, are now on JobSeeker. Including the 40% who've been JUDGED to only have PARTIAL CAPACITY TO WORK & so face ADDITIONAL DISCRIMINATION
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in the Job Market. Including the 56% of WOMAN & 45% of men receiving JobSeeker who are 45 or older & face additional JOB DISCRIMINATION DUE TO AGE.
When this GOVERNMENT ACTS with such INTENTIONAL CRUELTY against the Most Vulnerable, Least Advantaged in our community,
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When this GOVERNMENT ACTS with such INTENTIONAL CRUELTY against the Most Vulnerable, Least Advantaged in our community,
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AGAINST the Recommendations of Economic Modelling, then we have to say WE HAVE LONG CEASED BEING THE LUCKY COUNTRY.
– Written by Louise Miller Frost, CEO, St Vincent de Paul Society (SA)
@SenatorSiewert
@SenKatyG
Release the modelling & advice to Gov't.
indaily.com.au/opinion/reader…
– Written by Louise Miller Frost, CEO, St Vincent de Paul Society (SA)
@SenatorSiewert
@SenKatyG
Release the modelling & advice to Gov't.
indaily.com.au/opinion/reader…
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