NO NO NO it's not a surprise at all. Antipoverty Centre and advocates and those who are impacted have been saying this. Just being ignored by Anthony Albanese et al. Startling rise of working Aussies, older Australians being plunged into homelessness perthnow.com.au/news/startling…

our Welfare Minister again claiming today that automatic indexation of welfare payments is reducing disadvantage if you want to understand why the centre is losing low-income families, it's worth looking at this cruel dickheadery ministers.dss.gov.au/media-releases…

i would simply turn this around by giving low-income people material support instead of lying to them every single day

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In the final #WILOSOPHY of 2024, comedy dynamo Sasha joins Wil to talk about how turning her back on a law degree might have been the best decision she ever made. Get it in the #everyonerelax feed now!

We spoke with many supportive neighbours today - but in the interests of well-rounded coverage, here's the perspective of the one bloke from the street (apart from the landlords) who disagreed with what we were doing x

going through footage now - this was when we got the breach of peace notice

Expect occupations like these more and more. If you'd like to support this particular occupation, show up to 174 Treasure Road, Queens Park WA.

Parts of Western Sydney hit over 40°C today. The record temperature is 48.9°C We need to stop building like this now! But we also need to install systems to reduce urban heat, such as tree planting, reflective roofs and water features

Australia is exponentially "cracking down" on protests, locking up/abusing children, increasingly punitive & invasive apartheid laws targeting Indigenous people, outlawing masking which will cause deaths of disabled people, Albanese is categorically worse than fucking Morrison

A reminder that you don’t have to pay a water bill if your rental isn’t separately metered (and this is probably my favourite way someone has brought this up with their real estate agency)

Heatwave prompts calls for more cool, safe public places in regional Victoria abc.net.au/news/2024-12-1…

Treasurer Jim Chalmers MP will reveal his numbers today, not as shiny as he hoped, blaming disabled ppl and veterans for extra expenditure and soft launch #AusVotes2025 #RaiseTheRate of all welfare payments above the poverty line Jim, then we'll see. theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Alt text: Victoria plans protest crackdown in order to boost social cohesion. Comment: Reminiscent of the old gag, "The beatings will continue until morale improves." #Protest #SocialCohesion

never had a politician — much less a prominent state party chair — tell me to kill myself before, but here we are x.com/DPVAChair/stat…

New From 💜 phonakins 🍉: "Social Cohesion" is not something that can be enforced, but a goal to nurture by looking after people Time for some good old ghosts of Xmas or their earthly brothers, to scare the rich into line. #NobodyDeservesPoverty phonakins.com/2024/12/18/soc…

The sun rises once more. Welcome back, Okami! 🐺🩷

The City of Moreton Bay has banned homeless people from keeping pets or sleeping in vans on public land. The council has begun issuing notices ordering homeless people to stop sleeping in vans or face fines of up to $8,065. abc.net.au/news/2024-12-1…