Kasy Chambers

Executive Director of @Anglicare_Aust. Living and working on Ngunnawal Country.

[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

[Anglicare Australia @anglicare_aust]

It's official - renting in Australia is cooked.

Our Rental Snapshot is out today. Out of 45,000 listings, 3 are affordable for someone on JobSeeker.

0 are affordable for someone on Youth Allowance.

It is a disgrace.

https://t.co/UQ46dKnThw

[Anglicare Australia @anglicare_aust]

People on JobSeeker have been stuck on poverty payments for years.

But our latest research shows the payments just keep falling further and further below living costs.

We’re calling on the Govt to #RaisetheRate above the poverty line. It’s past time.

https://t.co/wgHMGVulFa

[Kasy Chambers @ChambersKasy]

Poverty is a choice made by Government. It can #RaisetheRate and end poverty whenever it chooses.

Instead it’s forcing millions of people to live on poverty payments - and our new report shows they’re being pushed into deeper hardship each year.

Me in today’s @CanberraTimes.

[Anglicare Australia @anglicare_aust]

People out of work have waited long enough for relief.

Small increases aren’t cutting it - Centrelink payments just keep falling further and further behind.

We’re calling on the Govt to #RaisetheRate above the poverty line.

https://t.co/686qTURW9k

[NobodyDeservesPoverty @NobodyInPoverty]

Jamie says being out of the house is now too expensive and socialising has become extremely difficult.
She can do two trips out and two trips home, for anything else there's simply not enough money from her Jobseeker payment after rent and bills are paid.

https://t.co/eT9t8Ci9Rt

[Kasy Chambers @ChambersKasy]

Thanks to @PressClubAust for hosting such a great event on the housing crisis and thanks to @HelenHainesIndi and @AnnaHayCampbell for an excellent panel discussion #BuildSocialHousing #BuildSocialHomes

[Kasy Chambers @ChambersKasy]

“Rental stress, insecurity, and homelessness does not have to be the way of the future. We can create affordable homes for everyoneand ensure that everyone has a place to call home.”

Me on the need to #buildsocialhousing at @PressClubAust

[Kasy Chambers @ChambersKasy]

“Private rentals do not ‘trickle down’ and become more affordable, but social housing has benefits that trickle up to all Australians.”

My remarks on the housing crisis today at the @PressClubAust

[National Press Club @PressClubAust]

LIVE NOW: CEO @REIANational, @annahaycampbell, Executive Director, @anglicare_aust @ChambersKasy, Independent Member for Indi, @helenhainesindi MP, will address the NPC on 'Regional Australia’s housing crisis: Plenty of room but nowhere to call home'. Tune in on @abcnews.

[Anglicare Australia @anglicare_aust]

Our #RentalSnapshot is out today.

Every year we think renting couldn’t get any worse. And every year we’re wrong.

It’s time to #BuildSocialHousing and end this crisis once and for all.
https://t.co/8HMUYFAgAP

[Kasy Chambers @ChambersKasy]

“The government has the chance to stop the tax cuts before they even start, freeing up billions of dollars and saving headaches over the cost for years to come” - my piece calling on the govt to stop their unfair tax cuts before it’s too late.

https://t.co/4OWBWcD8vB

[Anglicare Australia @anglicare_aust]

“The tax cuts will be the single biggest blow to tax fairness in decades” - check out today’s opinion piece by our Executive Director @ChambersKasy on our A Costly Choice report.

The govt should abandon its tax cuts before it’s too late.

https://t.co/QNEyRWEWm1

[Kasy Chambers @ChambersKasy]

For years, @Anglicare_Aust has been calling for an end to the use of private debt collectors for people on Centrelink payments. Today, the Govt has finally listened.

Big thanks to @BillShortenMP for listening - and acting.

[Kasy Chambers @ChambersKasy]

At Parliament today launching A Costly Choice.

Our report shows that we need to stop the planned tax cuts before they get baked in to the budget - and before they make our tax system even less fair.

[AAP Photos @aap_photos]

Pix: Kasy Chambers Anglicare Presser

[Anglicare Australia @anglicare_aust]

Today we launched A Costly Choice, a report showing how much Australia spends keeping the richest people rich.

It also shows that the planned tax cuts will make the tax system much less fair.

We need to scrap the tax cuts before they start. #auspol

[Kasy Chambers @ChambersKasy]

Talking to politicians today about our open letter on the Voice - let’s get this done Australia!

[Kasy Chambers @ChambersKasy]

Watching the PMs announcement on the Voice - in Parliament House for this historic day with Leonie Patterson

[Kasy Chambers @ChambersKasy]

Great to be at Parliament today with the leaders of Australia’s major church charities backing the #UluruStatement and a voice to parliament. Let’s get it done!

[Kasy Chambers @ChambersKasy]

Let's close the wealth gap for women this #IWD2023.

The super changes were a good start, now let's scrap the tax cuts which will see twice as much go to men.

[Anglicare Australia @anglicare_aust]

The next round of tax cuts will be a disaster for gender equality - twice as much will go to men than to women.

Let's close the wealth gap for women this #IWD2023 and scrap the tax cuts.