Craig Lyons

urban geographer, community sector worker

[Claire Parfitt @claire_rhiannon]

STRIKE! At #usyd This Thursday & Friday ✊✊✊💜💜💜✊✊✊

[Gordon 🇵🇸 / rent controls fan account @istreasatuatha]

The rent freeze announcement and upcoming rent controls have been bringing out some absolutely bonkers arguments from landlords, so here is a quick thread debunking some of the biggest myths out there on rent controls:

[Unions NSW @unionsnsw]

MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT

All opal machines at train stations in Sydney and NSW will be turned off indefinitely, from Wednesday next week.

If there is no way to tap on or off, you cannot be fined. Please remain vigilant as the NSW Premier may try various tactics to turn machines on.

[Neil Gray @NeilGray00]

Immediate 'rent freeze' in Scotland announced for private and social sectors! (until Mar 2023). Years of work by @Living_Rent behind this. Next steps are a proper programme of public housing investment and the expropriation of empty homes for universal social need.

[Craig Lyons @craigmlyons]

@DrNatOsborne https://t.co/bnX9VytkOw

The elected are such willing partners
Look who's buying all their tickets to the game
Development wants, development gets -- it's official
Development wants this neighbourhood gone so the city just wants the same

[Craig Lyons @craigmlyons]

@jesseadamsstein https://t.co/3ZG3qJxX19
my mum worked in the "showcard and ticket writing" section of tafe until at least the late 90s

[Craig Lyons @craigmlyons]

@Christian_E_ER Congrats Christian!

[mark g @furiousaffects]

Fred Moore was a legend. Honorary Aboriginal Elder, helped establish Aboriginal Advancement League, lifelong honorary member of Mining Women’s Auxiliary & I learned yesterday he passed the first motion in the world to make an annual donation to the ANC struggle against apartheid

[Craig Lyons @craigmlyons]

@malakju Congrats Abdul!

[Tenants' Union of NSW @TUNSW]

Today is International Tenants' Day. While we renters are awesome and should be celebrated 👏 👏 , our housing conditions … hmmm, not so much. How do we go about changing this? When renters organise, we can win! First step: RSVP to this! https://t.co/TdOgq2qtSU

[AHURI @AHURI_Research]

The latest #AHURIResearch report; Understanding discrimination effects in private rental housing,
is now available to download. The report was undertaken by researchers from @Sydney_Uni .
View here: https://t.co/gsQjkfm7aW

[no home left behind @LeoPatRoss]

Welp

[Overland Journal @OverlandJournal]

Today Overland is proud to publish an open letter—wondefully illustrated by @wallmansam—in support of the union campaign at Better Read Than Dead, 'a litmus test for Australian literature and for retail working conditions across the continent.'
https://t.co/WGIJEVx2Dl

[Mehreen Faruqi @MehreenFaruqi]

Enough is enough. Communities across Greater Sydney are in desperate need of more support to get through this lockdown and ensure everyone is safe.

We need proper income support and JobKeeper, and for the eviction bans to be reinstated. Our health and livelihoods depend on it.

[Shane Reside @shane_reside]

Why can’t we have teams of multilingual nurses walking south western sydney, answering questions about COVID19, and what we need to do to look after each other?

[Craig Lyons @craigmlyons]

v important thread. Same thing happening down the coast on Crown St Wollongong and in Corrimal:

[Workers in Palestine @WorkersinPales1]

Palestinian Trade Unions call for immediate and urgent action from international Trade Unions. For translations and model motion see here https://t.co/3HkvttYAIO #SaveSheikhJarrah #Gaza #Solidarity