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MP for Hotham. Minister for Home Affairs. Minister for Cyber Security. Authorised by C.O'Neil, ALP, Oakleigh
Jun 25, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
Unbelievably sad news this evening that Simon Crean, former Labor Leader, ACTU President and MP for Hotham for 23-years, has passed away very suddenly. Simon was a giant of the Labor Party and the labour movement. He was a Labor icon; integral to Australian politics and industrial relations for more than forty years. And he was my mentor, and friend.
Jul 21, 2021 20 tweets 3 min read
In their awfully botched vaccine rollout the Morrison Government seem to have negligently missed a HUGE number of our older citizens who receive aged care services.

A thread.

(1/20) Govt promised all aged care workers and residents would be vaccinated by Easter. We’re now in late July.

They still have gaps in vaccinating all nursing home residents and a whopping 57% of residential aged care workers are still waiting for their first jab.

(2/20)
May 12, 2021 7 tweets 2 min read
They called it a 'once in a generation reform' but the Government's #agedcare package falls way short.

The Royal Commission gave them a clear roadmap to fix the crisis but they've left recommendations on key issues ignored or fobbed off.

These are my biggest concerns 👇 First - nothing will really change without reform to the workforce.

There was nothing to improve wages for overstretched, undervalued aged care workers.

How do we attract the needed 700,000 workers to the sector when these workers remain some of the lowest paid in our economy?
Jun 26, 2020 8 tweets 3 min read
The COVID recession is having a particularly devastating impact on Australian women in lower skilled work - but new data shows us that these women were already doing it really tough before COVID hit.

What will the future of work look like for these women?

THREAD👇#auspol The share of women in the labour market who did not study beyond high school or have a Certificate II or III is 2.8m Australian women. Of those women, almost 600,000 were either under-employed or unemployed before COVID. Image