#btpm — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #btpm, aggregated by home.social.
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Scenic Rim council cracks down on farmers hosting campers without a permit - ABC News
https://amp.abc.net.au/article/105137282
#auspol #HousingCrisis #BTPM #Homelessness #ROI #UBI #PovertyIsAPoliticalChoice
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In a land of plenty, to be afflicted with such a malady is naught but a jest worthy of a loblolly boy's tale, as many are left with naught but a dog's portion of gruel to sustain them.
#BTPM #PovertyIsAPoliticalChoice #RaiseTheRate #JobSeeker #DSP #UniversalBasicIncome #SackSarina
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Poverty is unquestionably a political choice.
Who would of thought that reducing poverty, unemployment and homelessness would be one also?
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So here's a little bit of writing I'm working on. Thoughts?
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The sounds of my cats lapping at their water bowls brings me peace.
As I’ve no photos of them doing so, please accept these of lions drinking.
Unfortunately, this may be the last week I will have them in my life.
I plan to make the most of it, before the unthinkable happens.
#Caturday #RescueCats #Lions #BigCats #CatsOfMastodon #Blep #AdoptDontShop #CostOfLiving #Poverty #HousingCrisis #BTPM #Homelessness
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You'll just have to imagine Miss Piggy covering Cellophane in the background.
Original artist
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Just finished my Telehealth appointment as per previous toots, too unwell to go in person.
Whilst my GP has done his best to accommodate me, I can no longer afford medical care.
Many others like me are now foregoing medical/mental health.
Go on #DSP to stabilise health - can’t afford to survive on social security - try & fail in finding work - deteriorates further. This merry go round is fvcking exhausting.
#auspol #disabled #poverty #CostOfLiving #RaiseTheRate #BTPM #medicare #MediCant
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New pic. Who dis?
Huge thanks to hairdresser who didn’t make me suffer the indignity of showing my DSP card.
Even so, it is incredibly difficult to afford a haircut when you are living on $12.64 a day.
So best to get it all off and cut down visits.
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CW: auspol, mutual obligations, job service providers
MEMBER WIN: Well #salvos finally did the right thing, and all it took was us rocking up twice in two weeks, and a call to the Department.
Now after an entire month Ray can finally get his car fixed.
System working just great eh #TonyBurke?
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CW: auspol, Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee
#STATEMENT "We have no hope that this 'independent' Committee will give a tenth of a shit about making genuine change."
Link: https://auwu.substack.com/p/an-economic-inclusion-committee-that
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Welfare recipients and people below the poverty line in #BRISBANE: send me a DM if you might be interested in sharing your experiences and ideas at an inquiry next week. #BTPM #poverty #Centrelink #welfare
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CW: auspol, welfare
Yesterday the government announced a new Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee as part of its deal with David Pocock to pass the industrial relations bill.
It was welcomes by the kind of people who claim to have the best interests of welfare recipients at heart, but if the people you claim to speak for don’t agree, who are you it really doing it for?I’ll be on ABC Illawarra this morning at 8:40 giving my thoughts on it all. TLDR: it ain’t great! Tune in live or catch up here: https://www.abc.net.au/illawarra/programs/mornings
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I never expected to do anything but share snippets of poetry on Mastodon, and occasionally engage with fun, smart, and talented individuals I've met here since occasionally dropping by over the past 4 years on another instance. Eventually maybe share photos of my crafting and beautiful surroundings.
I never imagined I would start following politics as closely as I have been recently. It always seemed like some abstract process, removed from me other than at election time.
I was too busy trying to keep myself above water. The best part about going to uni has been coming to understand the reality of structural disadvantage: I like to think I have choices, the reality is that my options are limited by systems designed to favour the wealthy. So I go to uni to learn how to dismantle the machine.
It's been a startling thing to realise I have much to say on public policy these days. I've been wondering how to present myself here - what to excise and what to showcase. I didn't know how to address the constant state of inadequacy that comes from being told I am not important, not eligible, not worthy, that I can't compete.
So what keeps me going? I know that I am capable and intelligent. I believe that people are waking up, becoming angry, demanding change. Mostly, day-to-day, I shoot for making my friends laugh, and providing a loving home to my children.
So hello, this is an #introduction of sorts, and here are some tags:
#poetry
#crochet
#art
#socialjustice
#BTPM
#auspol