Independent senator David Pocock rightfully savaging the $300 energy rebate for everyone on the ABC.

Why, he asks, would people like him on six figures need this, when there are 3 million Australians living in poverty?

💧Sally Lawry Linda Rachel Withers I wonder how they figure out who is eligible for JobSeeker? Oh, that’s right, they means test it.

💧Sally Lawry Rachel Withers Jim made it very clear, can only split if to people on benefits or everyone. I’ll be donating mine, hope others do too. My friend volunteers at Salvos and said need has constantly increased. It’s tough out there

Politics is serious! Can humour save the day?
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Cutting the price of medicine and electricity will lower the CPI. Indeed it would be good to cut HECS & make childcare free as well. Those saying ‘you cant subsidise your way to low inflation’ are wrong. A good way to deal with one off price shocks is one off price cuts #auspol

🌹 @[email protected] 🌹 Tony Burke The human side of the numbers is a continuing tragedy.

Roy Morgan Research have a good time series that showed both unemployment and underemployment are underestimated by the ABS

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Given the lack of any increase for 26 years and the fact JobSeekers receive $370/fn less than the Pension, and that the 10% increase to CRA equates to $9.00 I’d say you don’t have a bloody clue about how far behind it is, and I would say you don’t have to live on it! No one can.

🌹 @[email protected] 🌹 Jim Chalmers MP Agree .. this was a foolish act of cruelty of Chalmers to not raise the rate

Yet he gave aways a shit load of Corporate subsidies.

Refuses to raise the PRRT

The money is there to remove Poverty .. but he is heartless. And people won’t forget that.

This is a cruel budget.

StephenC Tony Burke But for anyone reporting fifteen hours, they’re underemployed and not yet across the poverty line. Still receiving incremental JobSeeker and not making any ground for how quickly that payment is removed once they start earning. Underemployed on JobSeeker is #poverty . #auspol

🌹 @[email protected] 🌹 Jim Chalmers MP Defence budget of $55.687 BILLIONS this year and many more years to go.
Any bloody wonder we only got crumbs left for the homeless, unemployed ... etc
I see the local queue for food assist gets LONGER - every bloody day.

One must examine a situation from EVERY angle.

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How Employment Service Providers are selected. Ha!

Jim - there is no evidence of even a heart within Labor after failing to increase JobSeeker in this budget. Definitely not a warm heart. Just a hole where a heart should be. 😡 you’re driving hunger and homelessness and exploitation. Disgusted! #RaiseTheRate #auspol Jim Chalmers MP

𝙿𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚊’𝚜 𝙻𝚒𝚟𝚎 Ross Cadell Adam Bandt Malcolm Roberts 🇦🇺 💚🌏 Sarah Hanson-Young Senator Matt Canavan Senator Jordon Steele-John David Shoebridge Larissa Waters Mehreen Faruqi They should be shown up for their lies! Well done!

Mr Speaker,
my question goes to the health minister.
Will you continue taking and acting on misinformation from NGOs that causes you to make decisions that boost the vaping black market and cause many vapers to return to smoking?

Peter Dutton Adam Bandt David Littleproud MP

Laura Tingle should host 7.30 permanently.
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Promising indifference - is that what we pay Employment Service Providers for? Tony Burke When the National Customer Service Line fails to adequately address complaints OR even try to, this is what you get. Abuse. Failure and incompetence. #auspol #ESPRoyalCommission

While living anywhere else is not possible for them, grant them a permit to camp - on their own land! This City Council is doing anything but protecting the family - they are asking them to live on the streets - not their OWN LAND. #GrantThePermit #HousingForAll #auspol #camping

'They haven't gone for another big JobSeeker increase,' says David Speers, implying last year's increase was massive.

Last year's was $2.86 a day.