Hey Melbournians! If you're 18+ and commute in inner Melbourne regularly (any type of commute is fine!🚆🚍🚲🛵🚎), I'd love to hear from you please - my uni project is on how attitudes to, & use of, cycle commuting changed due to COVID-19. Muchas gracias! forms.gle/idMrwZcQm2ED1k…

'Thanks to the Truss-Kwarteng ideological experiment, which turned Britons into lab rats, the world has seen what happens when you do what the right has demanded for decades [w tax cuts for the top 1% etc]. It leads to the opposite of growth,' theguardian.com/politics/2022/…

Relieving rates of perceived financial stress via income support can indeed substantially reduce mental distress However, such income support should be of a more permanent nature and at sufficiently high levels to achieve better long-term mental health outcomes #AntiPovertyWeek

Each time they lowered the COVID supplement, which lifted some people on Centrelink payments to the poverty line for 6 months in 2020, there was an increase in the prevalence of mental distress and financial stress. Reader, we are not shocked to hear it. #BTPM

“Homelessness is a death sentence in our own backyard” former president 🇨🇦 medical assoc. Same in 🇦🇺. Die on average 3 decades younger as shown in our ⁦notredameaus⁩ research @aaeh #zerosummit22 ⁦Can Net for the Health and Housing of the Homeless⁩ ⁦SimonJudkins⁩ ⁦Annabel Hennessy⁩

A stand-out example of 'careful wording': 'An initial review of this morning’s incident has confirmed that an integrity issue with a containment fence enabled five lions to temporarily exit their main exhibit.' taronga.org.au/media-release/…

To be clear, our @UNDAFreo research does NOT refer to deaths on the streets - but all 107 deaths in 2022 were people: #homeless at time of death or within the last 6 years Grimly, average age death 50 years - 3 decades younger than for the general 🇦🇺 population #HousingIsHealth

Nearly 1 in 200 (or 122,000) people experienced homelessness on Census night in 2021. Find out more at nuvi.me/etfei4

Vale Pat Grainger pmhps.org.au/2023/03/pat-gr…

Only 65% of NDIS participants spend free time doing activities that interest them, according to Australia's Disability Strategy results out today aihw.gov.au/australias-dis…

Could switching our frame of reference to 'social care' help the homelessness service system address some of its weakness and vulnerabilities? Cameron Duff at the AHURI conference last year: youtu.be/uBYbyNJwHXQ?t=…

I feel a little relief that some of the barriers to service eligibility for New Zealanders are being reduced. Could this also build a bit more momentum to find solutions for many others who haven't held the right visa for the magic amount of time? abc.net.au/news/2023-04-2…

Aust wellbeing survey 2022 showed drops. ‘satisfaction with our Health and our sense of Community Connectedness, fell below the average range. These results were their lowest levels in 21 years. Achieving in Life also recorded its lowest score,’ australianunity.com.au/wellbeing/what…

#BREAKINGNEWS VCAT has granted Homes Victoria with a possession order to evict Margaret. Colin Brooks MP is evicting residents in a housing crisis. This is landlord behaviour at its worst! Despite this, Margaret will continue her fight to stay in her home and #SaveBarakBeacon

We know people don't come to this site for facts, but we thought we'd give it a crack anyway. Here are 10 facts you should know about the campaign to #SaveBarakBeacon 🧵