Below is what I had time to say in the brief spot on ABC Illawarra this afternoon.
A short thread with a few of the things I *didn't* get to say.
A short thread with a few of the things I *didn't* get to say.
https://twitter.com/antipovertycent/status/1626125142719107073
1) Jenny Macklin is evil. apcentre.substack.com/p/civil-societ…
2) The government has put a lot of spin on its woefully inadequate mental health, family violence and housing policies. But the fastest and most effective thing it could do RIGHT NOW to help people on all these fronts is increase payments to at least the Henderson poverty line.
3) It isn't a very diverse "inclusion" committee.
(literally 21% of the committee is white men from a SINGLE university)
ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/jim-…
(literally 21% of the committee is white men from a SINGLE university)
ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/jim-…
4) We DO need all payments to be at least the Henderson poverty line immediately. But you know what else we did in 2020 that we need to bring back? Abolish "mutual" obligations.
5) We have a Labor government claiming it will LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND.
Doing anything other than making sure no one who relies on Centrelink payments is living in poverty in its first budget is a failure.
Doing anything other than making sure no one who relies on Centrelink payments is living in poverty in its first budget is a failure.
Forgive me for slightly repeating myself now.
6) Civil society has failed us for more than 30 years. Things have only gotten worse in that time, especially under Gillard when Macklin was social services minister. WHY would we expect things will suddenly be different this time?
6) Civil society has failed us for more than 30 years. Things have only gotten worse in that time, especially under Gillard when Macklin was social services minister. WHY would we expect things will suddenly be different this time?
7) We’re tired. TIRED. Of people speaking over and for us.
Stop acting like this is a tolerable state of affairs when you would never tell a woman, a First Nations person, a disabled person, to simply accept decisions being made about them without them because others know best.
Stop acting like this is a tolerable state of affairs when you would never tell a woman, a First Nations person, a disabled person, to simply accept decisions being made about them without them because others know best.
8) We don’t need anymore committees to know what has to happen immediately.
Raise the rate. Abolish “mutual” obligations. That’s it.
Break the whole damn poverty machine. #BTPM
Raise the rate. Abolish “mutual” obligations. That’s it.
Break the whole damn poverty machine. #BTPM
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