Living Incomes for Everyone

[Terese_NCSMC @terese_smfa]

⁦@jacindaardern⁩ talk to ⁦⁦⁦@AlboMP⁩ NZ women forced to say or leave without their kids . Aus court. No parenting payment/ crisis housing. Emails exchange with your staff April 22. #safetyFirst #equality #singleMum22 https://t.co/9gr2a9ByqS

[Terese_NCSMC @terese_smfa]

Letter sent to @albo, carrying our hopes, our pleas our voice. We need you @JEChalmers @SenKatyG @AdamBandt @JacquiLambie @TammyTyrrell12 @zalisteggall @Mon4Kooyong @KyleaTink @helenhainesindi @SophieScamps @zdaniel @WilkieMP @BarbaraPocock https://t.co/qRCYf2GzBw

[Terese_NCSMC @terese_smfa]

We are sorry for all the times that your wisdom was ignored, that your voice was silenced, and your knowledge mistreated. We are sorry for the tears that you have shed. We are sincerely sorry. #SorryDay2022

[Terese_NCSMC @terese_smfa]

So proud of #singleMum22 who spoke, who refused to be silent or ignored 💜To our First Nation sisters, we are shaking with anticipation ❤️💛🖤 @albo @LindaBurneyMP @AdamBandt #Ulurustatementfromtheheart #humanity #hope #AusVotes22

[Terese_NCSMC @terese_smfa]

Yep, this is how kids in single mother families feel. Mum denied a parenting payment, living under the breadline. The superhero task of sole parenting is taken for granted. Restore access to a parenting payment. Doing the job of 2. #singlemum22 superheroes who vote #AusVotes22

[Terese_NCSMC @terese_smfa]

Inpatient for a better, a fairer, a kinder and more hopeful Australia.
#Uluru Statement.
#equality
#ClimateAction
#abolishthecard
#womensafety
#singleMum22 #AusVotes22

[Terese_NCSMC @terese_smfa]

Social security needs an independent umpire. Like wages & MP`s conditions @helenhainesindi please replicate Cathy McGowan`s call. Lost faith in the Gov. Our safety net needs transparency & integrity. @zalisteggall #ausvotes #singleMum22

[Gerard Thomas @gerardthomas_1]

Thanks @AlboMP for labelling $1.5mil on “welfare” saying “childcare - it is not about going on the government tab.” But many can’t get jobs locally, can’t work, have serious disabilities, are carers or raise children alone. @abc730 @ACOSS @PWDAustralia @Terese_NCSMC #Auspol

[Terese_NCSMC @terese_smfa]

Witnessed the magic of the Coronavirus Supplement. It brought food, safety, health, a trip to the dentist, work ready needs, haircut, glasses, heating & cooling, kids sport, family pet, the car on the road, dignity & hope. Thats what the extra money did @550_smile #ausvotes

[Terese_NCSMC @terese_smfa]

“The card does not work” thank you @LindaBurneyMP

[Terese_NCSMC @terese_smfa]

unregulated Buy Now Pay Later products can be a dangerous last resort for single mums who are on a low income or income support and have inadequate supports or safety nets. Regulation is definitely needed but adequate help for essentials also need to be available. #raisetherate

[Terese_NCSMC @terese_smfa]

"The odds of experiencing intimate partner violence in young adulthood were 4.1 times higher for women who grew up with violence and economic hardship."
We need to stop normalizing violence for women and children by making sure they are financially supported to leave.

[Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycent]

This paltry, one-off payment will never be enough to give women financial security and & safety.

Removing the partner income test & lifting JobSeeker to at least the poverty line would give people up to roughly $16,000 in a year �� so they can live beyond the moment of escape.

[Terese_NCSMC @terese_smfa]

#InsidersABC @latingle housing stress, homelessness, shortages, unaffordable #CostOfLivingCrisis let’s keep women & children in a house & off the street. #dobetter #ausvotes @age_no_barrier

[Terese_NCSMC @terese_smfa]

Speak up even if your voice shakes. Even if it's through your vote. Women over 50, many who have been single mothers for potentally decades really need recognition in who you vote for this election. Chances are you know women already in this position. #AusVotes22 #singlemum

[Terese_NCSMC @terese_smfa]

reducing the cost of living and raising the rate will allow people to live within their means, especially single mums and women escaping DV who are already financially disadvantaged but have kids and rebuilding to pay for too.

[Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycent]

HUGE NEWS: @Greens will push for Centrelink payments **above the poverty line** as a key demand in negotiations with @AustralianLabor if there's a hung parliament!! #BTPM

@instanterudite & @Senator_Patrick have also committed to make welfare a priority.
https://t.co/lE9M7nBIjM

[Terese_NCSMC @terese_smfa]

Always at the top of our agenda. We even complained to the UN's Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women outlining the damage this policy does across generations. Their response to our govt was a please explain. #ausvotes22 @csmc

[Terese_NCSMC @terese_smfa]

Missed milestones, missed friends, missed learning and missing out on a response.

[Terese_NCSMC @terese_smfa]

#abolishthecard
#fact does not work. It harms
#LNPfail
#racist
#equality
#singleMum22 #AusVotes22
Thanks @LindaBurneyMP @Senator_Patrick @TammyTyrrell12 @JacquiLambie @instanterudite @JaneCaro4Reason