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Borrowed from @MostlyHarmless to add alt text❤️. Poverty is super time consuming. So much time is stolen for those of us under the poverty line.

#povertykills #raisetherate #disabled #povertyline

#Auspol @[email protected] #RaiseTheRate per The Guardian

#Auspol @[email protected] #RaiseTheRate per The Guardian

🚨HEY Amanda Rishworth 🚨
You don't pay the 'Work-for-the-dole' participants minimum wage? That's slavery!
They're WORKERS not SLAVES and they're entitled to the same rights & protections as everyone else in Australia.
#auspol #raisetherate

@kentparkstreet1 I want the government to presume, for the sake of everyone's well being, that ALL recipients of assistance do EVERYTHING they can to get off it.

If you reckon someone is not? Well, goodness, that's quite an accusation - prove it to a judge.
[years pass]
Proved it?
OK, then give the person food and shelter, and take away the dole, if you must, you selfish PHascist fucker.

Also, I agree #RaiseTheRate

@kentparkstreet1 I want the government to presume, for the sake of everyone's well being, that ALL recipients of assistance do EVERYTHING they can to get off it.

If you reckon someone is not? Well, goodness, that's quite an accusation - prove it to a judge.
[years pass]
Proved it?
OK, then give the person food and shelter, and take away the dole, if you must, you selfish PHascist fucker.

Also, I agree #RaiseTheRate

Unemployed Australians aren’t on parole.

Our government has no right to compel them to do anything.

Let’s start from the point of unemployed people being equal citizens, then adding any assistance from there.

#AusPol

#RaiseTheRate

Unemployed Australians aren’t on parole.

Our government has no right to compel them to do anything.

Let’s start from the point of unemployed people being equal citizens, then adding any assistance from there.

#AusPol

#RaiseTheRate

HEYHEYHEY It's FAAAT #Albo
And I ain't gonna do anything.
Mansion on the cliffs like I'm a King.
I'll have some fun now, livin' at your expense.
Countin' all my dollars,
While you're all scraping cents.

Naah Naah Naah Gonna do nothin'*

#TaxTheGas
#RaiseTheRate
#AusPol

*Except fucking over the disabled, the unemployed, the non-propertied; real goddamn active on that.

HEYHEYHEY It's FAAAT #Albo
And I ain't gonna do anything.
Mansion on the cliffs like I'm a King.
I'll have some fun now, livin' at your expense.
Countin' all my dollars,
While you're all scraping cents.

Naah Naah Naah Gonna do nothin'*

#TaxTheGas
#RaiseTheRate
#AusPol

*Except fucking over the disabled, the unemployed, the non-propertied; real goddamn active on that.

25,000 families across Australia on the social housing waiting list. There’s more, not being counted for sure. This is a national crisis. We must see action to ensure everyone has a home, and can afford to live. #NationalHousingCrisis #housing #auspol #FederalSOS #RaiseTheRate 🙌

25,000 families across Australia on the social housing waiting list. There’s more, not being counted for sure. This is a national crisis. We must see action to ensure everyone has a home, and can afford to live. #NationalHousingCrisis #housing #auspol #FederalSOS #RaiseTheRate 🙌

#HomesNotBombs #RaiseTheRate #auspol What war is worth fighting if we doesn’t ensure our own are home and safe and secure? What values do we take from here to anywhere if we don’t ensure #HumanRights are protected and defended here at home? The economy doesn’t care our religion or creed. #inflation

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vzhasc32fu4oaivv5s3iaqz2/post/3mhaa7tmu6s27

#HomesNotBombs #RaiseTheRate #auspol What war is worth fighting if we doesn’t ensure our own are home and safe and secure? What values do we take from here to anywhere if we don’t ensure #HumanRights are protected and defended here at home? The economy doesn’t care our religion or creed. #inflation

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vzhasc32fu4oaivv5s3iaqz2/post/3mhaa7tmu6s27

They can afford an undisclosed amount on defence, but find it very hard to #RaiseTheRate of JobSeeker and all social security payments so people can live. Apparently it’s okay to count every cent with a scowl for citizens and not to count it at all for defence. Defending what? #auspol #economy

They can afford an undisclosed amount on defence, but find it very hard to #RaiseTheRate of JobSeeker and all social security payments so people can live. Apparently it’s okay to count every cent with a scowl for citizens and not to count it at all for defence. Defending what? #auspol #economy

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03... Excellent: Evicting homeless campers violates #HumanRights. Shame Moreton Bay City Council. Full shame. #NoEmptyHouses #AffordableHousing #RaiseTheRate #HomelessnessIsSystemic #auspol #HousingNOW stable, secure, affordable, long tenure, known community. #SpaceToLive

Evicting homeless campers viol...

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03... Excellent: Evicting homeless campers violates #HumanRights. Shame Moreton Bay City Council. Full shame. #NoEmptyHouses #AffordableHousing #RaiseTheRate #HomelessnessIsSystemic #auspol #HousingNOW stable, secure, affordable, long tenure, known community. #SpaceToLive

Evicting homeless campers viol...

So I assume the new social housing in Victoria will charge 35% of benefits, vs 25% of benefits for the public housing it [partly] replaces.

#RaiseTheRate

So I assume the new social housing in Victoria will charge 35% of benefits, vs 25% of benefits for the public housing it [partly] replaces.

#RaiseTheRate

Everyday people deserve and require respect and care from harm. #RaiseTheRate While there’s a #HousingCrisis let’s have a #MoratoriumOnEvictions and bring all empty properties back onto the market: for sale or rent. Housing prices are harming Australians. #auspol #RentersRights #ruleoflaw #SOS

FYI the poverty line is $584 a week for a single adult and $1226 a week for a couple with two children.

Albo Labor is hopeless.

#RaiseTheRate

FYI the poverty line is $584 a week for a single adult and $1226 a week for a couple with two children.

Albo Labor is hopeless.

#RaiseTheRate

Good to hear talk of #JobSeeker being raised today. To more than the 67% it currently is of the aged pension. Acknowledging that poverty ends up costing a lot more than just the lives affected. If we #RaiseTheRate we boost the economy, livelihoods and SAVE $$! #auspol #EndPovertyInAustralia #Housing

Fun how Albo's Team found $600 Million to prop up a multi-national's failing business in Mount Isa but #RaiseTheRate is too hard

Fun how Albo's Team found $600 Million to prop up a multi-national's failing business in Mount Isa but #RaiseTheRate is too hard

Did anything fundamentally change when we swapped one of these for the other?

What do we have now? Scott Albanese? Anthony Morrison?

Is it any wonder people distrust voting, institutions and other trappings of so called, 'governance'.

#auspol #aukus #raisetherate #housingcrisis #inequality #climatechange #gaza #Australia #australianlaborparty

Did anything fundamentally change when we swapped one of these for the other?

What do we have now? Scott Albanese? Anthony Morrison?

Is it any wonder people distrust voting, institutions and other trappings of so called, 'governance'.

#auspol #aukus #raisetherate #housingcrisis #inequality #climatechange #gaza #Australia #australianlaborparty

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... This is what a #HumanRights abuser looks like. They’re blind to the systemic nature of poverty and homelessness. To the fact other laws of governments create those things. Housing and health are human rights. Poverty kills. #HousingForAll #auspol #RaiseTheRate

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vzhasc32fu4oaivv5s3iaqz2/post/3lsaoyahgbc2f

Queensland MP calls for return...

So how’s your night going?

Universe clearly feels I have had it far too easy today…

#FML #Disabled #Poverty #RaiseTheRate #MacGyver

So how’s your night going?

Universe clearly feels I have had it far too easy today…

#FML #Disabled #Poverty #RaiseTheRate #MacGyver

#RaiseTheRate
i’m not talking about giving landlords a bonus by paying rent assistance (which then just gets included in the amount of rent charged)
i’m talking about giving people a reasonable amount to live on. it’s a fair price to pay in exchange for homeless people recognise property rights

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-13/gold-coast-city-council-endorses-fining-people-sleeping-rough/105288198

#RaiseTheRate
i’m not talking about giving landlords a bonus by paying rent assistance (which then just gets included in the amount of rent charged)
i’m talking about giving people a reasonable amount to live on. it’s a fair price to pay in exchange for homeless people recognise property rights

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-13/gold-coast-city-council-endorses-fining-people-sleeping-rough/105288198

In news surprising to no one, blood tests show I haven't been getting adequate nutrition.

#RaiseTheRate #DSP #Poverty #HealthCare

https://tenor.com/en-GB/view/protein-proteyyn-cat-sparkle-eyes-gif-17858258

Alt text

A GIF of an extreme close-up shot of "Yoga Instructor" (ヨガインストラクター), a kangaroo character with as yet no name, in the Japanese and US animated series Aggretsuko. His eyes are glowing and sparkling as he says "Pro-teyyn".

In news surprising to no one, blood tests show I haven't been getting adequate nutrition.

#RaiseTheRate #DSP #Poverty #HealthCare

https://tenor.com/en-GB/view/protein-proteyyn-cat-sparkle-eyes-gif-17858258

Alt text

A GIF of an extreme close-up shot of "Yoga Instructor" (ヨガインストラクター), a kangaroo character with as yet no name, in the Japanese and US animated series Aggretsuko. His eyes are glowing and sparkling as he says "Pro-teyyn".

With 86 seats (at least) in the Lower House, there’s no excuse for Albanese not to #RaiseTheRate, fix the #HousingCrisis, #CloseTheGap, enact a #MurdochRC and do all the other progressive policy initiatives for which Aussies have given him the mandate. #auspol #ausvotes2025

No one left behind Albo? Cool then #raisetherate

No one left behind Albo? Cool then #raisetherate

To top it off, QSTARS has made it clear that, despite my efforts, securing alternative accommodation is unlikely.

I feel invisible, hardly even a statistic, much less a person.

QLD Housing Centre continue to refuse assistance and gaslights me & others in desperate need. Lying to our faces.
 
So, the next time you hear a politician claim they’re helping individuals like us, remember—it’s often far from the truth.

#auspol #AusVotes2025 #ableism #fallaciousDichotomy #Poverty #RaiseTheRate #DSP

To top it off, QSTARS has made it clear that, despite my efforts, securing alternative accommodation is unlikely.

I feel invisible, hardly even a statistic, much less a person.

QLD Housing Centre continue to refuse assistance and gaslights me & others in desperate need. Lying to our faces.
 
So, the next time you hear a politician claim they’re helping individuals like us, remember—it’s often far from the truth.

#auspol #AusVotes2025 #ableism #fallaciousDichotomy #Poverty #RaiseTheRate #DSP

Food banks are just a more expensive way to get food that isn't necessarily suitable to poor people: Prove me wrong https://phonakins.com/2024/11/29/food-banks-are-just-a-more-expensive-way-to-get-food-that-isnt-necessarily-suitable-to-to-poor-people-prove-me-wrong/ #Charity, #Christmas, #FoodBanks, #Foodbank, #Lidia, #Ozharvest, #RaiseTheRate, #Vinnies, #Volunteers, #Welfare

Food banks are just a more expensive way to get food that isn't necessarily suitable to poor people: Prove me wrong https://phonakins.com/2024/11/29/food-banks-are-just-a-more-expensive-way-to-get-food-that-isnt-necessarily-suitable-to-to-poor-people-prove-me-wrong/ #Charity, #Christmas, #FoodBanks, #Foodbank, #Lidia, #Ozharvest, #RaiseTheRate, #Vinnies, #Volunteers, #Welfare

We need to get out of this expensive agreement & put funds back into NDIS, public housing &. Infrastructure & other social security.

Fellow Aussies please sign and/or share.
#raisetherate #aukusisasinkingship

https://www.change.org/p/the-australian-government-no-nuclear-submarines-end-u-s-dominance-healthcare-not-warfare/psf/share

We need to get out of this expensive agreement & put funds back into NDIS, public housing &. Infrastructure & other social security.

Fellow Aussies please sign and/or share.
#raisetherate #aukusisasinkingship

https://www.change.org/p/the-australian-government-no-nuclear-submarines-end-u-s-dominance-healthcare-not-warfare/psf/share

Raising Jobseeker to $80 per day—in line with the Raise the Rate campaign—and indexing it to keep up with wages would cost $9.5 billion per year.

This a fraction of the cost of superannuation tax concessions ($50 billion per year) or the Capital Gains Tax discount ($15 billion), both of which mainly benefit the richest Australians.

https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/jobseeker-payments-are-too-low/

#AUWU #breadline #costoflivingcrisis #dole #jobseeker #povertyline #RaiseTheRate #unemployedworkers

Raising Jobseeker to $80 per day—in line with the Raise the Rate campaign—and indexing it to keep up with wages would cost $9.5 billion per year.

This a fraction of the cost of superannuation tax concessions ($50 billion per year) or the Capital Gains Tax discount ($15 billion), both of which mainly benefit the richest Australians.

https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/jobseeker-payments-are-too-low/

#AUWU #breadline #costoflivingcrisis #dole #jobseeker #povertyline #RaiseTheRate #unemployedworkers

Why are people paying more for Anzac biscuits at the foodbank than their local supermarket?

#RaiseTheRate

Why are people paying more for Anzac biscuits at the foodbank than their local supermarket?

#RaiseTheRate

Rīx and Badger showing y’all how they share good 😻

Please don't force me to separate our loving family.

We need each other.

And I need them all, most of all. Because they are all I have.

#auspol #HousingInsecurity #disabled #poverty #cPTSD #Cats #Pets #TuxedoCat #HumanAnimalBond #RaiseTheRate #MentalHealth

Rīx and Badger showing y’all how they share good 😻

Please don't force me to separate our loving family.

We need each other.

And I need them all, most of all. Because they are all I have.

#auspol #HousingInsecurity #disabled #poverty #cPTSD #Cats #Pets #TuxedoCat #HumanAnimalBond #RaiseTheRate #MentalHealth

Meanwhile 4 years later, there are a lot of people still waiting.
#raisetherate

Meanwhile 4 years later, there are a lot of people still waiting.
#raisetherate

I have just had an hour phone call with the department of employment and workplace relations attempting to get to the bottom of ongoing complaints about the abuse of employment providers. We shouldn’t employ sociopaths or commodify the poorest. #AbolishESPs #RaiseTheRate #auspol #HumanRights

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:afsoc4ni2pxgic7sswmkbztn/post/3lku6ddnd4c2x

open.substack.com/pub/diaryoft... Here is an article about yesterday’s snap community meeting at Musgrave Park in Brisbane. Being homeless is not a crime of the person, but rather evidence of the negligence of the State. #Housing #HomesNow #RaiseTheRate #auspol

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vzhasc32fu4oaivv5s3iaqz2/post/3lkck7qlqck2s

Musgrave Park Sunday Meeting: ...

'Why is the government privatising the management of welfare payments instead of administering them directly?' #Australia #auspol #AustralianPolitics #welfare #SocialSecurity #SmartCard #Indue ##RaiseTheRate #LaborFail ##AnthonyAlbanese https://theaimn.net/how-the-smartcard-continues-the-failures-of-the-indue-card/

Yay! Some good news!

Now some decisions to be made.

1. Pay rental arrears?

2. Get car repaired?

3. Essentials food & bills?

4. Buy medications?

5. Finish #TMS treatment?

6. See #ChronicPain Specialist?

7. Buy #educational supplies?

8. Get tutoring supplies/resources?

#auspol #poverty #DSP #cPTSD #ActuallyAutistic #HardDecisons #RaiseTheRate #SmallBusiness #Survival

"I knew that charities on the ground were facing increased costs for their purchases from Foodbank, but I didn’t realise it had gone up so much.
I don’t see the answer as giving more money to Foodbank itself."

https://phonakins.com/2025/01/15/food-banks-are-broken-just-like-the-rest-of-system-they-are-in/

#Charity, #Election, #FoodBanks, #Foodbank, #Raisetherate, #Welfare

This isn’t just a roll of pills; it’s a week’s worth of difficult choices.

Eating? Fuel? Doctor's appointment months in the making?

The anxiety of limited resources weighs heavily.

You can’t collect unless you pay for that one refill.

#auspol #Poverty #Disabled #RaiseTheRate #Survival