Ella Chivers

Public servant. Former xbench staffer. Former Associate at Grattan Institute. Proud policy wonk

[Amy Remeikis @AmyRemeikis]

The senate adjournment debate is looking a little different today

[Howard Maclean @HowardFMaclean]

There's a lot to talk about with this article, but suffice to say that the ACT's land tax problem is in many ways a zoning problem. Bear with me. #CBR #Canberra #housing

https://t.co/JA9lD82khb

[David Pocock @DavidPocock]

We need more transparency - not less.

Last week the Greens decided not to support my disallowance motion to block the government's move to reduce reporting requirements for super funds.

With annual statements going out this week, what that means is...

[Ella Chivers @Ella_Chivers_]

@DHolmesnoise Also: “unprecedented”

[Josh Butler @JoshButler]

People are entitled to their ministerial proclivities, let there be a thousand secret cabinet positions bloom... But I ain’t spending any time on it, because in the meantime, every three months, a cafe owner has to close early

[Robert Davis CSM @RBD926]

Thank you @KarenMMiddleton for your message early am 15 Aug 2021 to get out of Kabul. (I had a tkt leaving 17 Aug). I got to the airport early & fortunately Kam Air had put on a 2nd plane to leave at 8pm. That didn't happen. What followed was surreal.

[Australian Senate @AuSenate]

Good morning everyone! As promised, today’s thread is about the resources we have available to help you prepare for an upcoming sitting week, and/or to get an idea of what business we’re expecting to be on the #Senate’s agenda

[Naveen Razik @naveenjrazik]

@saffronhowden https://t.co/drPlO74BKK

[Ella Chivers @Ella_Chivers_]

@peter_tulip @ColvinKate You need both. There will always be people who can't rent on the private market. The best way to help them is to give them stable housing. CRA (and lower private rents) help those who can get into the market when it's more affordable -- also good to do

[Ella Chivers @Ella_Chivers_]

This makes me stupid happy. Shame you have to pay for it though

[Emily Millane @EmilyMillane]

This is a cool legislation tracker by the folks at Jade https://t.co/zXTNaJefWQ Makes me think there are many more opportunities for data viz folk and law folk to combine forces.

[Ben Oquist @BenOquist]

💥 The lack of debate about the Senate in this election is a travesty. People have two votes. The voting system is poorly understood and a lot hangs on key senate races. 💥

A thread….

[Kishor @kishor_nr]

“All I’m saying is give ‘em a rifle” — @RealBobKatter calls for school kids to be armed

[Ella Chivers @Ella_Chivers_]

In other news...

[Andrew Brown @AndrewBrownAU]

The end of Concetta Fierravanti-Wells' diatribe against Morrison. Peter Whish-Wilson's reaction at the end is all of us, tbh

[Tom Crowley @TomisCrowley]

New data alert! I'm excited about this. Asked our audience about attitudes to wfh. I've been frustrated with patchy data on wfh preferences, esp the lack of data asking young people **why** they have the prefs they do. Very interesting results imo, check em out and pls share ⬇️

[Molly Struve 🦄 @molly_struve]

The plural of regex is regrets

[Bonney Corbin @BonneyCorbin]

People with chronic conditions & young people, particularly young women - are most likely to miss health appointments or scripts in Australia due to out of pocket costs. The @GrattanInst report launched today on health injustice & need for universal access:https://t.co/G10GjMpWlX

[Griptread @Griptread]

I rang Centrelink two weeks ago because I wanted to see if the mutual obligation suspension I was on could be extended a bit longer. If that wasn’t possible, I wanted to end my Centrelink engagement in a way that would ensure I didn’t attract any potential penalties/suspensions

[Kishor @kishor_nr]

On a related note, the Jenkins Report noted the specific challenges faced by people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in Parliament and called for measures to boost diversity. This was almost completely ignored by subsequent media coverage and discussion