Maiy Azize

Deputy Director at @Anglicare_Aust and Spokesperson for @_EverybodysHome

[Maiy Azize @MaiyAzize]

We’re launching a People’s Commission into the Housing Crisis - an Australian first.

@_EverybodysHome is convening, with Prof Nicole Gurran and @DougCameron51 at the helm as Commissioners.

Share your story today and be part of it!

[Maiy Azize @MaiyAzize]

Huge Ombudsman report today exposing unfair Centrelink suspensions.

Naturally, the media barely blinked. Luckily @antipovertycent and @JeremyPoxon have the best explainers.

My personal highlight is this dystopian infographic suggesting agencies “base decisions on evidence”

[Maiy Azize @MaiyAzize]

I’m coming out of Twitter hibernation for this one. It’s a must-read.

Housing IS about distribution and redistribution. When we dodge the truth, dark forces step in and fill the vacuum.

https://t.co/KnLPHYuSTd

[Maiy Azize @MaiyAzize]

When hiking, your chances of being killed by birds are small but never zero.

Lovely sunset though.

[Maiy Azize @MaiyAzize]

If you’re in Brisbane next weekend, make sure you come to the #PeopleAgainstPoverty Summit. I’m excited to spend time with amazing friends and activists who always challenge me to do better (and escape the Canberra cold!)

[Anti-Poverty Network SA @AntiPovertyN_SA]

At the #PeopleAgainstPoverty Summit 21–22 June, hear from Mel Powersmith, Gary Penfold, & Maiy Azize on how we can shift the conversation, challenge broken systems, and fight for real housing justice.

RSVP here: https://t.co/j5sAIP93IT

#AusPol #HumanRights #EndHousingCrisis

[Maiy Azize @MaiyAzize]

So many friends, colleagues and even distant acquaintances have been in touch to ask if my family in Lebanon is okay. I’m touched by everyone’s concern.

This is just an update to say thanks, and that noone in my family is directly affected. I’m so sad for everyone who has been.

[Maiy Azize @MaiyAzize]

@purplepingers @kristin8X I’m in the NT that week doing some work on remote housing… but tbh being on a debate team with you actually does sound like it would have been fun

[Maiy Azize @MaiyAzize]

@kristin8X @purplepingers 😂

[Maiy Azize @MaiyAzize]

@kristin8X @purplepingers I’ve been invited too! I guess they’d put us on the same debate team

[Doug Cameron @DougCameron51]

The NACC concludes its media release with an assertion that it will make no further comment on abandoning its investigation of the Robodebt perpetrators.
This is an arrogant and ignominious statement and undermines accountability and public confidence. https://t.co/63m1yeueVV

[Maiy Azize @MaiyAzize]

A final thought on #robodebt and @NACCgovau before I log off for the night.

Every single institution and official process has failed people on welfare, from the RC which had its most important recommendation ignored through to the class action disappointment.

Every single one.

[Nick Feik @NickFeik]

Not only that, but the RC final report had a sealed section of allegations against individuals- kept sealed so as not to jeopardise further proceedings or prosecutions.
What’s happened to that? Not investigated, kept sealed. What an abuse of process.
https://t.co/aUxKw2S44q

[Maiy Azize @MaiyAzize]

Where’s the lie.

[kristin (she/her) @kristin8X]

The reason this is happening is because welfare recipients’ lives just do not matter to people with power.

[Maiy Azize @MaiyAzize]

Robodebt wasn’t just designed to target the people caught up in it (although there were plenty of them).

Policies like these exist to send the message that all people on welfare are cheats who can’t be trusted.

This WILL keep happening.

[ABC News @abcnews]

#BREAKING: The National Anti-Corruption Commission will not pursue a corruption investigation into public officials involved in the Robodebt scandal.

https://t.co/RfFBtNK6Rs

[Maiy Azize @MaiyAzize]

Horrible decision and one that will undermine trust in the NACC.

Failing to hold anyone accountable for this sends the message that institutions exist to protect the powerful, not help people who need it.

Victims and their families must be livid.

[NACCgovau @NACCgovau]

We understand that our decision not to pursue the referrals from the Robodebt Royal Commission will be difficult for victims, their families and friends. We encourage anyone experiencing distress to seek support - https://t.co/bb7h1iPmXj

[Maiy Azize @MaiyAzize]

@JohnAll50690792 @SimonCopland Only if you use datasets that don’t look at out of pocket costs (eg the Commonwealth Fund). The US does pretty well in those rankings too. Not a very honest representation.

[Maiy Azize @MaiyAzize]

@HeathTudor1 @SimonCopland @JohnAll50690792 Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, just off the top of my head. A few of these have small out of pocket costs at point of use, but they are capped at a fairly modest amount per year.

[Maiy Azize @MaiyAzize]

@SimonCopland @JohnAll50690792 Plenty of other systems outperform us on equity and out of pocket costs. Truly too many to list. And many of those also outperform us on outcomes.

(And yes, you should just be able to expect better x)

[Maiy Azize @MaiyAzize]

Landlords will take any excuse to push up rents. That's why we need rent caps alongside rental standards.

People should be able to expect decent rental homes AND protection from unlimited rent increases. One without the other is a job unfinished.

https://t.co/AxBgyPb00P

[Maiy Azize @MaiyAzize]

@BenPhillips_ANU 2/2 but imo, it’s neither honest nor technically correct to say that person’s rent only went up by 20 percent. This scenario isn’t rare and saying costs are only rising by modest amounts is a distortion of what people are living with.

I think we’ll have to agree to disagree.

[Maiy Azize @MaiyAzize]

@BenPhillips_ANU 1/2 It is very typical for renters to face big rent increases and move regularly because they can’t afford to absorb them. A person who has moved multiple times over the last decade into less and less suitable housing might only be paying an extra 20 percent