CSMC works for positive social change. We want single mother families valued in a diverse society and every child to have a fair chance.
Melbourne VIC, Australia
Joined March 2013
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Is it a conflict of interest for the Salvation Army to run mutual obligations programs for JobSeekers, while not calling to #RaiseTheRate and more funding to housing solutions for renters struggling or homeless right now. The same charities that feed the poor, help create them?
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Here’s a better idea - why don’t you get rid of this bad boy instead x
Fuel prices are easing, but pressure remains. We’re extending fuel excise relief for July, cutting 16c a litre from petrol and diesel and saving motorists around $11 a tank. #auspol
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Whistleblowers play a critical role in exposing misconduct, but too often they pay a high price for doing the right thing.
The KPMG whistleblower told parliament they would not speak up again after alleged retaliation, loss of employment, circulation of their identity and gaps in legal protection.
Senators Deb O’Neill, Barbara Pocock and Richard Colbeck and others have done outstanding work highlighting the failure of the system.
🇦🇺 needs a standalone Whistleblower Protection Authority to protect people in the public and private sectors who come forward in the public interest.
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Worse than a joke, it is destabilizing and terrifying for all those who need to get on with their lives and rely on the NDIS to help them do it. The whole community needs govt to listen. There are flaws, ways to cut costs, but chucking people out, is not the way. @Mark_Butler_MP
With all the fuss over #Budget2026, the govt has neglected to #RaisetheRates leaving too many people will out enough for rent, bills, food, etc Please share this survey to reach as many as possible #PovertyCausesHarm #auspol
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I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage.
This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country.
#CommitToALivingWage
Read this! We have long argued benefits of prioritising housing for women & children and this report makes the case. Investing in housing for women & children delivers billions in social & economic returns
@ClareONeilMP @JacintaAllanMP @LiberalVictoria
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Will anything make the government see the need to lift all #SocialSecurityPayments above the #poverty line? An economic slowdown perhaps? In #COVID govt doubled most payments. Sensible wd be lifting all and indexing so they keep up @JEChalmers @ACOSS
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Good to see @GrattanInst inject some sense into this debacle. Wish they had gone further and listed ways to reduce costs as outlined by people with a #disability @NDIS @Mark_Butler_MP #NDIScuts @PWDAustralia
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Yuendumu is a remote Aboriginal community at centre of NTs #diphtheriaoutbreak. 3 week wait for test results, no hand sanitizer at health clinic & no info about how to stay safe or what to do if you test positive. #AboriginalHealthMatters @Mark_Butler_MP
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Note: DEWR said that part of the 310k cohort whose payment was cancelled under 42AM may have lost eligibility because they had paid work above the income threshold (potentially 55–70% of people)
However, this is still many tens of thousands of people eligible for compensation
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If you're wondering why the government made a song and dance about employment services reform last week
It's to distract from this 👇
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"@ej_australia estimated that under 42AM there could be up to 310k people affected [by unlawful payment cancellations]. What's your estimate?"
Department: "It is in the vicinity of that"
Well, nice of them to finally-sorta-vaguely acknowledge some of the scale of this scandal
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AstraZeneca's decision to withdraw this drug from the PBS will affect 1000's of women in Australia living with endo & breast cancer.
They say it's a "commercial decision" but are leaving the higher dose used for prostate cancer as is.
I asked questions at Estimates yesterday on behalf of Canberrans who had contacted me, worried about what their treatment looks like in the future.
I urge AZ to front up and explain what's happening - women with breast cancer deserve transparency here.
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Stories of #homelessness in Wagga Wagga are replicated around #regional Australia & in the cities. So too are #fundingdeficits for community services & #housingshortages. NINE people #die from homelessness every day. tinyurl.com/4jz5e9ft
#Wecandobetter #RaisetheRate
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Poverty + inadequate support are already destroying disabled people's lives
It has destroyed mine
Yet we have media/politicians who do nothing but misrepresent disability benefits AND ignore mountain of evidence of inadequate support + opportunities
Anyone can become disabled
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so funny that they got breathless coverage about a "massive overhaul" to employment services, when the details are like "we're replacing the job plan with an employment goal plan"
What the Minister says will be different is "up-front payments, progress payments, outcome payments, bonuses", different contracts & KPIs "so private service providers put genuine effort into helping unemployed Australians find suitable jobs". Pay them more than current $2B
"its plan won't require legislative change. It won't abolish mutual obligations. It will still rely on private job agencies to find work for jobseekers
So, major elements of our employment services system won't be changing at all."
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Yep, it is a thing. Imagine how people on #socialsecurity - well below the #povertyline- are faring in their daily lives, #caring for #kidstargetaudience , trying to get #work & #housing, trying to meet govt compliance rules? It is so not fun.
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Save $1.5b of public funds a year by ending Mutual Obligations.
It is not a "major overhaul" if you keep the unlawful mutual obligations system in place. That's punishment as usual
There will still be outsourced providers, work for the dole, daily payment suspensions
It's the same stick with a new brochure
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