Lenka Thompson

PhD student and planning policy for local government & affordable housing. Mum. Ex-councillor and environmental scientist. Nga Puhi/Ngati Whatua.

[Lenka Thompson @lenkathompson1]

@dontattempt Cut steal adds to flying solo

[Samantha Ratnam @SamanthaRatnam]

Mr Gepp ends his powerful speech as a former public housing resident by calling on Ms Lovell to resign over her speech.

He asks Opposition Leader Matthew Guy to denounce her speech as well. #SpringSt

[Samantha Ratnam @SamanthaRatnam]

Pleased to hear that Ms Patten supports our Ending Homelessness Bill 👏🏽

She says our push for a plan and a target is clear and makes sense to do. She's also speaking to the importance of recognising housing as a human right in the Charter of Human Rights.

[Samantha Ratnam @SamanthaRatnam]

... But what she doesn’t acknowledge is that privatisation has failed.

Let me be clear: public housing is a government responsibility and should be fully funded.

[Samantha Ratnam @SamanthaRatnam]

This afternoon the Upper House will be debating a Greens' bill that would require the state government to commit to ending homelessness in Victoria by 2030.

I'll be live-tweeting the debate below, or you can watch it online: https://t.co/itTK9aHa3B #SpringSt

[Samantha Ratnam @SamanthaRatnam]

Today is a day of mourning.

It commemorates 234 years of dispossession, displacement and oppression of First Nations peoples by the invaders of Country.

This Day of Mourning, I stand in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

[Lenka Thompson @lenkathompson1]

Saving Post Office Creek one mug and one tee-shirt at a time.

[Lenka Thompson @lenkathompson1]

#WorldHomelessDay2021

[Lenka Thompson @lenkathompson1]

@mjrowland68 and @LisaMillar can you talk about the news of govt wanting to charge people w solar for going into the grid? @BreakfastNews wtf?

[Lenka Thompson @lenkathompson1]

I just made a donation to keep a Maccas, KFC, Bunnings and 24/7 petrol station out of my hometown of KYNETON😩 You can help too! https://t.co/halEvhI2Ez

[Adam Bandt @AdamBandt]

BREAKING: the Senate has just voted to support our amendment demanding that companies making huge profits (like Harvey Norman) are ineligible for payments like JobKeeper - and that they pay it back.

Support is meant for workers, not cashed-up corporations & billionaires.

[Bevan Warner @bevan_warner]

Despite @JoshFrydenberg spending on a #budget deficit twice the size of the most reckless of the Whitlam years, still no investment in #socialhousing, so I guess they don’t like #renters and really believe #socialhousing doesn’t save lives that it entrenches #poverty, go figure.

[Lenka Thompson @lenkathompson1]

And the childcare educators be one of our most sort after and respected jobs on earth. Get the foundations right ❤

[Adam Bandt @AdamBandt]

Childcare should be $0. Permanently.

[Women's Leadership Institute Australia @WLIAus]

Applications for the #pathwaystopolitics @Government_UoM program close Sun 9 May.

The "program is a great opportunity for women thinking about a role in public life to...gain new skills, knowledge and develop confidence." @SamanthaRatnam

To apply:
https://t.co/ytcCGG4ZPO

[Samantha Ratnam @SamanthaRatnam]

Government-owned VicForests has been caught illegally logging AGAIN - this time in one of our water catchment areas.

It’s time for Labor to stop destroying our environment, putting our water at risk and pushing our native animals to extinction. https://t.co/cQXohrXZxL #SpringSt

[Julie Lawson @juliemlawson]

This latest #Housing2030 podcast is vital listening for those interested in a sustainable public and social housing system @NHFIC_AUS @RMIT_CUR @AHURI_Research @UNSWCityFutures @NationalShelter #everybodyshome @CHIA_News

[Lenka Thompson @lenkathompson1]

As one student gets out of bed, another gets in: thousands are #hotbedding in Australia. How tragic to read this research by @AlanMorrisUTS from @IPPGatUTS :.( over 22,700 #InternationalStudents hot-bedding.

https://t.co/9L9yw9D6xL via @ConversationEDU