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.@greenleftweekly spoke to our brilliant state coordinator @PasForg about #APW2017, the ongoing govt attacks on the poor, & our plans — including campaigning to #increaseNewstart — going forward:
https://t.co/GtnTpYhn0w
@EmmaKingVic @CHPVic #australia2030
While lamenting the decline in ownership, do you pause to think how the ownership model itself is the CAUSE of poverty? It monetises the right to Nature's free gift for life. #APW2017
“when ppl talk about survival on this sort of money, they’re thinking in terms of months not years”
Trek for #JobsJusticeAndDignity
#APW2017
“I hope that more & more ppl say enough’s enough, & it’s time for a fair go for ppl on benefits"
Trek for #JobsJusticeAndDignity
#APW2017
“these job service providers are just making money off the unemployed."
Trek for #JobsJusticeAndDignity
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The Trek for #JobsJusticeAndDignity is marching from Port Adelaide now.
POWER TO THE POOR! SILENT NO MORE!
#APW2017
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Fair Go For Pensioners fighting land-grab closing public housing in Vic, has 4 inner city local govs on side. #AttackPoverty2017
#APW2017
Having an advocate there at the table completely shifts balance of power. Powerful way to help ppl. #AttackPoverty2017 #APW2017
Before coming to the Salvos, more than half of those seeking assistance did not have access to the internet #APW2017
The govt's war on the poor is being resisted, by poor ppl themselves.
And the resistance, gradually, is growing.
#AttackPoverty2017 #APW2017
Yesterday was incredible — so much defiance, passion & solidarity!
Now day 2 of #AttackPoverty2017, #APW2017’s only event by & for poor ppl
New and important resource #credit #debt #financialexclusion #AntiPovertyWeek #APW2017 https://t.co/wYiC3Fa0Cd
Watch Adrian from @UCommunitiesSA, @greensSA's @TammyMLC, @greenleftweekly
’s Dr Renfry Clark,
& @SAsolarCitizens’ @dan_spencer123.
#APW2017
Before coming to the Salvos, 69% of those seeking assistance struggled to afford enough food to eat #APW2017
Australia needs a National Housing & Homelessness Strategy. Govt's need to step up at all levels to combat poverty #APW2017
Non-traditional family structures & community networks need support & money, not hostility & attack.
#AttackPoverty2017
#APW2017
in Vic there’s only 7 beds accessible + relatively safe for homeless trans youth
#AttackPoverty2017
"Young, Stressed, Under Attack”
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The life of a mural... Our Disability Innovation Institute @UNSW in action creating their mural for #antipovertyweek illustrating the link between disability and poverty #APW2017
Elizabeth Lanyon @consumervic - a range of responses, tailored to differing world views, can help drive change #APW2017 #welfarereform
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