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phonakins 💜Food banks are just a more expensive way to get food that isn't necessarily suitable to poor people: Prove me wrong <a href="https://phonakins.com/2024/11/29/food-banks-are-just-a-more-expensive-way-to-get-food-that-isnt-necessarily-suitable-to-to-poor-people-prove-me-wrong/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://phonakins.com/2024/11/29/food-banks-are-just-a-more-expensive-way-to-get-food-that-isnt-necessarily-suitable-to-to-poor-people-prove-me-wrong/</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Charity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Charity</a>, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Christmas</a>, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FoodBanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FoodBanks</a>, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Foodbank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Foodbank</a>, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Lidia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lidia</a>, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Ozharvest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ozharvest</a>, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/RaiseTheRate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RaiseTheRate</a>, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Vinnies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vinnies</a>, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Volunteers</a>, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Welfare</a>

Imogen When they tell people on incomes below the poverty line that they need social services to help them budget before they are assisted to better or secure accommodation is found - they’re monsters. They are blind, dumb and nasty. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RaiseTheRate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RaiseTheRate</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RentCaps" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RentCaps</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HousingNow" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HousingNow</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23auspol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> money for living needed.

SidherianWe need to get out of this expensive agreement & put funds back into NDIS, public housing &. Infrastructure & other social security. Fellow Aussies please sign and/or share. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/raisetherate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#raisetherate</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/aukusisasinkingship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aukusisasinkingship</a> <a href="https://www.change.org/p/the-australian-government-no-nuclear-submarines-end-u-s-dominance-healthcare-not-warfare/psf/share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.change.org/p/the-australian-government-no-nuclear-submarines-end-u-s-dominance-healthcare-not-warfare/psf/share</a>

Imogen <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RaiseTheRate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RaiseTheRate</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HousingForAll" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HousingForAll</a> this helps everyone who isn’t independently wealthy, isn’t earning enough to live, even if working, and who probably isn’t earning any Superannuation and likely doesn’t have much. Fix the housing crisis by ensuing the economic levers and tax breaks are healthy. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23auspol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a>

Imogen Affordable housing for all. Stop the runaway overly inflated housing market from killing Australia! It’s well on the way. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RaiseTheRate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RaiseTheRate</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23PublicHousingNow" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicHousingNow</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RentCaps" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RentCaps</a> tax incentives for landlords tied to creating long term stable rentals for people. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HousingForAll" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HousingForAll</a> is multifaceted. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23auspol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a>

Peter RileyRaising Jobseeker to $80 per day—in line with the Raise the Rate campaign—and indexing it to keep up with wages would cost $9.5 billion per year.This a fraction of the cost of superannuation tax concessions ($50 billion per year) or the Capital Gains Tax discount ($15 billion), both of which mainly benefit the richest Australians.<a href="https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/jobseeker-payments-are-too-low/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/jobseeker-payments-are-too-low/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AUWU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AUWU</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/breadline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#breadline</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/costoflivingcrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#costoflivingcrisis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dole</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jobseeker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jobseeker</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/povertyline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#povertyline</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RaiseTheRate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RaiseTheRate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unemployedworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unemployedworkers</a>

Imogen <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HousingForAll" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HousingForAll</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RaiseTheRate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RaiseTheRate</a> Cost of living starts at home and when you don’t have enough, you cannot be productive for yourself or anyone else. You enter survival mode: a place where opportunistic crimes and petty theft is more likely. Need isn’t greed. Ensure people have enough. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23auspol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23vote" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vote</a>

phonakins 💜Why are people paying more for Anzac biscuits at the foodbank than their local supermarket?<a href="https://aus.social/tags/RaiseTheRate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RaiseTheRate</a>

Imogen Social Security ensures civil society. It does this by making sure people don’t need to break the law to afford essentials and the cost of living. When taxes, tariffs and profit margins mean people cannot afford things - the black market thrives. Government must curtail this. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RaiseTheRate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RaiseTheRate</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23auspol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a>

David WakehamRīx and Badger showing y’all how they share good 😻Please don't force me to separate our loving family. We need each other. And I need them all, most of all. Because they are all I have. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HousingInsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HousingInsecurity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disabled</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poverty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cPTSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cPTSD</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cats</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pets</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TuxedoCat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TuxedoCat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanAnimalBond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanAnimalBond</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RaiseTheRate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RaiseTheRate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MentalHealth</a>

Trish Roberts<a href="https://aus.social/@johnquiggin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@johnquiggin</a> Chalmers smiles too much, while failing to <a href="https://aus.social/tags/raisetherate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#raisetherate</a>, call out Gaza genocide, or do anything substantial re the environment.

Noel KellyMeanwhile 4 years later, there are a lot of people still waiting. <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/raisetherate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#raisetherate</a>

Imogen I have an incredible collection of lever arch folders detailing all communications. And people say JobSeekers don’t work! Ha! <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RaiseTheRate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RaiseTheRate</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23auspol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a>

Imogen I have just had an hour phone call with the department of employment and workplace relations attempting to get to the bottom of ongoing complaints about the abuse of employment providers. We shouldn’t employ sociopaths or commodify the poorest. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23AbolishESPs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbolishESPs</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RaiseTheRate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RaiseTheRate</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23auspol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HumanRights" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:afsoc4ni2pxgic7sswmkbztn/post/3lku6ddnd4c2x" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:afsoc4ni2pxgic7sswmkbztn/post/3lku6ddnd4c2x</a>

Imogen <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-18/six-figure-salary-rental-affordability-australia-high-income/105064814" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...</a> Quote: “A new report by campaign group Everybody's Home found that a single person now needed to earn at least $130,000 to comfortably afford a typical unit <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HousingForAll" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HousingForAll</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HomesNow" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomesNow</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23auspol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RaiseTheRate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RaiseTheRate</a> and increase rent assistance. Build more <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23PublicHousing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicHousing</a> now. <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-18/six-figure-salary-rental-affordability-australia-high-income/105064814" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Even on a $100,000 salary, Aus...</a>

Imogen For JobSeekers and some Pensioners this no-interest loans scheme won’t help at all. They can’t save so they cannot repay a loan. Jobseekers can earn half as much as Pensioners before being cut off - below the poverty line. Cut off just under the base rate of a Pension in fact. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RaiseTheRate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RaiseTheRate</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23auspol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a>

Imogen The base rate of JobSeeker for a homeless person is $778.00 per fortnight. Homeless people don’t get rent assistance. The rate of JobSeeker is so low it is driving homelessness. There is no doubt in my mind about it. Pensioners on much more, are struggling. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HomesNow" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomesNow</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RaiseTheRate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RaiseTheRate</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23auspol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> 🏡 😔

Imogen To all people interested in solving the housing crisis humanely, please join RAHU: <a href="https://rahu.org.au/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">rahu.org.au</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23auspol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HousingIsAHumanRight" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HousingIsAHumanRight</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RaiseTheRate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RaiseTheRate</a> <a href="https://rahu.org.au/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Renters and Housing Union Aust...</a>

Imogen <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/diaryofthedowntrodden/p/musgrave-park-sunday-meeting-a-new?r=4lqi83&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">open.substack.com/pub/diaryoft...</a> Here is an article about yesterday’s snap community meeting at Musgrave Park in Brisbane. Being homeless is not a crime of the person, but rather evidence of the negligence of the State. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Housing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Housing</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HomesNow" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomesNow</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RaiseTheRate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RaiseTheRate</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23auspol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vzhasc32fu4oaivv5s3iaqz2/post/3lkck7qlqck2s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vzhasc32fu4oaivv5s3iaqz2/post/3lkck7qlqck2s</a> <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/diaryofthedowntrodden/p/musgrave-park-sunday-meeting-a-new?r=4lqi83&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Musgrave Park Sunday Meeting: ...</a>

Imogen No country is as rich as the one that puts all its people first. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HomesNow" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomesNow</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RaiseTheRate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RaiseTheRate</a> insisting that people live below the poverty line, forcing it on the unemployed and casually employed (allowing Pensioners to earn twice as much as JobSeekers while already getting a higher base rate) is wrong.

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