CSMC

CSMC works for positive social change. We want single mother families valued in a diverse society and every child to have a fair chance.

[CSMC @CSMCVIC]

Read this! We have long argued benefits of prioritising housing for women & children and this report makes the case. Investing in housing for women & children delivers billions in social & economic returns
@ClareONeilMP @JacintaAllanMP @LiberalVictoria
https://t.co/GyIhxZpem6

[CSMC @CSMCVIC]

Will anything make the government see the need to lift all #SocialSecurityPayments above the #poverty line? An economic slowdown perhaps? In #COVID govt doubled most payments. Sensible wd be lifting all and indexing so they keep up @JEChalmers @ACOSS
https://t.co/yKEx3pK8iK

[CSMC @CSMCVIC]

Good to see @GrattanInst inject some sense into this debacle. Wish they had gone further and listed ways to reduce costs as outlined by people with a #disability @NDIS @Mark_Butler_MP #NDIScuts @PWDAustralia
https://t.co/2kgVfzKmhL

[CSMC @CSMCVIC]

Yuendumu is a remote Aboriginal community at centre of NTs #diphtheriaoutbreak. 3 week wait for test results, no hand sanitizer at health clinic & no info about how to stay safe or what to do if you test positive. #AboriginalHealthMatters @Mark_Butler_MP
https://t.co/b9hliMWpPK

[jeremy poxon @JeremyPoxon]

@ej_australia Note: DEWR said that part of the 310k cohort whose payment was cancelled under 42AM may have lost eligibility because they had paid work above the income threshold (potentially 55–70% of people)

However, this is still many tens of thousands of people eligible for compensation

[jeremy poxon @JeremyPoxon]

If you're wondering why the government made a song and dance about employment services reform last week

It's to distract from this 👇
https://t.co/83BmioG6OJ

[David Pocock @DavidPocock]

AstraZeneca's decision to withdraw this drug from the PBS will affect 1000's of women in Australia living with endo & breast cancer.

They say it's a "commercial decision" but are leaving the higher dose used for prostate cancer as is.

I asked questions at Estimates yesterday on behalf of Canberrans who had contacted me, worried about what their treatment looks like in the future.

I urge AZ to front up and explain what's happening - women with breast cancer deserve transparency here.
https://t.co/Ik0FCb8EBp

[CSMC @CSMCVIC]

Stories of #homelessness in Wagga Wagga are replicated around #regional Australia & in the cities. So too are #fundingdeficits for community services & #housingshortages. NINE people #die from homelessness every day. https://t.co/hKxcdOoZLy
#Wecandobetter #RaisetheRate

[Katie @Kitty_On_Wheels]

Poverty + inadequate support are already destroying disabled people's lives

It has destroyed mine

Yet we have media/politicians who do nothing but misrepresent disability benefits AND ignore mountain of evidence of inadequate support + opportunities

Anyone can become disabled

[jeremy poxon @JeremyPoxon]

so funny that they got breathless coverage about a "massive overhaul" to employment services, when the details are like "we're replacing the job plan with an employment goal plan"

[CSMC @CSMCVIC]

What the Minister says will be different is "up-front payments, progress payments, outcome payments, bonuses", different contracts & KPIs "so private service providers put genuine effort into helping unemployed Australians find suitable jobs". Pay them more than current $2B

[jeremy poxon @JeremyPoxon]

"its plan won't require legislative change. It won't abolish mutual obligations. It will still rely on private job agencies to find work for jobseekers

So, major elements of our employment services system won't be changing at all."
https://t.co/TvrRISNuxk

[CSMC @CSMCVIC]

Yep, it is a thing. Imagine how people on #socialsecurity - well below the #povertyline- are faring in their daily lives, #caring for #kidstargetaudience , trying to get #work & #housing, trying to meet govt compliance rules? It is so not fun.

[melissa @ArtistAffame]

This is a thing

[😷 Jen Votes Anti-Poverty @JenHogben]

Save $1.5b of public funds a year by ending Mutual Obligations.

[😷 Jen Votes Anti-Poverty @JenHogben]

You can always depend on #Insiders to argue for the corporates (gas companies this week) and totally ignore people being kicked off the NDIS. #auspol

[CSMC @CSMCVIC]

I’m a solo mum with a good job. The system still feels stacked against me. Fabulous article from @tarla_lambert Policy suggestions @SenKatyG @JEChalmers @terese_smfa @ej_australia https://t.co/puEGbKd3PN

[CSMC @CSMCVIC]

Congratulations to all involved in the @VicLawFoundn report on the #weaponisation of #womenssurvival and #childrenswellbeing Many system intersections are problematic but #criminaljustice + #childprotection is a recipe for harm. https://t.co/V7lHnPPH9A

[Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycent]

1.6 million people are in electricity and gas debt, with more people in debt being referred to collection agencies – this is only going to get worse as rents keep going up and the RBA makes more people unemployed.

Wipe the debt. Stop the Bill Shock.
https://t.co/BeMqiuEN7P

[Barbara Pocock @BarbaraPocock]

Millions are already in mortgage stress, caught in a cost of living & housing crisis. Another rate increase will punish struggling households, not billionaires & big corps profiting off inflation. Australians are looking at the big banks’ profits & asking: how is this fair?

[CSMC @CSMCVIC]

At a time when many families are struggling, this Tassie program is a winner and could be spread across Aus. #schoollunches #nutritiousfood #hungrykids
https://t.co/eOOVHkCULF

[CSMC @CSMCVIC]

Yet another Minister says 'We cannot solve the housing crisis overnight' but during COVID, people were housed. A family linked in with Homes NSW 'for years', has come to this. #homeless #poverty
https://t.co/QNcCGijCnH