Cassandra Goldie🌈 (@cassandragoldie) 's Twitter Profile
Cassandra Goldie🌈

@cassandragoldie

CEO of ACOSS, Australian Council of Social Service, national voice for people experiencing poverty and inequality and peak body for the community welfare sector

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linkhttp://www.acoss.org.au calendar_today30-09-2010 09:50:52

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Kon Karapanagiotidis (@kon__k) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Adam I understand where that feeling comes from, but after having the ASRC robbed twice this week, as devastating as it was what I want to see us instead being is tough on poverty, by raising the rate so people aren’t so desperate as to do something as cruel as to rob a charity.

Kon Karapanagiotidis (@kon__k) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The @ssrc1 has just finished presenting at a Senate Hearing into the Labor Gov's deportation and offshore expansion laws. We stood side by side with our colleagues at Refugee Council of Australia, RACS, UNSW Kaldor Centre and the powerful Behrouz Boochani.

Cassandra Goldie🌈 (@cassandragoldie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

ACOSS has referred the Federal Government to the Commonwealth Ombudsman following latest revelations that income support payments may have been illegally cancelled. Listen Patricia Karvelas abc.net.au/listen/program… Read @SquigglyRick lnkd.in/gKqAUcqi

Cassandra Goldie🌈 (@cassandragoldie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Any chance anyone have spare #CrowdedHouse ticket for 2night in Syd? A friend super keen to join us 🙏 🙏 ❤️ DM ❤️ 🙏 🙏

Everybody's Home (@_everybodyshome) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The #HousingCrisis is getting worse - more people, including workers, are turning to homelessness services, and many are stuck in homelessness for longer. We need a plan to end Australia's social housing shortfall. #BuildSocialHousing! theguardian.com/society/2024/d…

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) (@pwdaustralia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We have the lowest unemployment payment of all 38 OECD countries — just $56 a day, a figure ACOSS CEO Cassandra Goldie labelled "poverty level". ACOSS's Faces of Unemployment report shows many people with disability have been pushed from the DSP to unemployment payments. 2/3

ACOSS (@acoss) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Cassandra Goldie🌈 said, "It's harder for people with entry level jobs to get secure ongoing employment." Additionally, 40% of people on unemployment-related income support payments experience disability or health conditions with partial capacity to work. acoss.org.au/faces-of-unemp…

ACOSS (@acoss) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New report from UNSW and Homelessness Australia shows a 22% increase in people experiencing rough sleeping in the past 3 years (10,000 more per month). Employed people are comprising an increasing portion of people seeking homelessness services. theguardian.com/society/2024/d…

Cassandra Goldie🌈 (@cassandragoldie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Acts of violence, hate & discrimination are abhorrent & have no place in our society. These acts are unequivocally condemned. Every day, people from diverse backgrounds are targeted & exposed to hate crimes & slurs. Read ACOSS Statement here bit.ly/4iKoCcO

ACOSS (@acoss) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This summer ACOSS is running a survey in partnership with @FirstNationsCEN and National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Association to understand the impacts of heat on people experiencing financial stress. Will you complete the survey? efcee0ql45h.typeform.com/to/GTNqOi9x

This summer ACOSS is running a survey in partnership with @FirstNationsCEN and National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Association to understand the impacts of heat on people experiencing financial stress. Will you complete the survey? efcee0ql45h.typeform.com/to/GTNqOi9x
Gerard Thomas (@gerardthomas_1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

557,000 pple on payments for more than a year & 190,000 more than 5 yrs. “We have a mismatch in labour market with fewer entry-level jobs available, making it harder for people on income support to get work,” said Cassandra Goldie🌈 ACOSS