We know people don't come to this site for facts, but we thought we'd give it a crack anyway.
Here are 10 facts you should know about the campaign to #SaveBarakBeacon 🧵
#BREAKINGNEWS VCAT has granted Homes Victoria with a possession order to evict Margaret.
@ColinBrooksMP is evicting residents in a housing crisis. This is landlord behaviour at its worst!
Despite this, Margaret will continue her fight to stay in her home and #SaveBarakBeacon
Aust wellbeing survey 2022 showed drops. ‘satisfaction with our Health and our sense of Community Connectedness, fell below the average range. These results were their lowest levels in 21 years. Achieving in Life also recorded its lowest score,’
https://t.co/tgtzRmrS6i
and after that, it would lift the C13 wage rate by 5.75 per cent.
That means the national minimum wage will actually lift by 8.65 per cent from July 1, compared to last year's lower-aligned minimum wage rate.' (2/2)
as explained by @abcnews https://t.co/pgyUchEBnT
'the FWC said it would end the alignment between the national minimum wage rate and the C14 classification wage rate in modern awards, ...Instead, it would realign the national minimum wage with the slightly higher C13 classification wage rate in modern awards, (1/2)
I feel a little relief that some of the barriers to service eligibility for New Zealanders are being reduced. Could this also build a bit more momentum to find solutions for many others who haven't held the right visa for the magic amount of time?
https://t.co/N5zBJKQihe
Could switching our frame of reference to 'social care' help the homelessness service system address some of its weakness and vulnerabilities?
Cameron Duff at the AHURI conference last year:
https://t.co/7lzHAQIIki
Only 65% of NDIS participants spend free time doing activities that interest them, according to Australia's Disability Strategy results out today
https://t.co/yYnN6NMLxu
the longer people are homeless, we consistently see that their risk of premature death increases."'
https://t.co/uJkJ1UA0es
#homelessness#equity#HumanRights
'Noelene Garlett spent 15 years sleeping rough in Perth.
One of her most devastating experiences was asking after people she had not seen in a while.
"You're thinking that the homeless mob got houses and stuff,and they haven't got houses,they end up dying," Ms Garlett said..
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"A lot of people come onto the streets healthy I suppose, but after they've lived on the streets they don't look so healthy." ...
"You can't separate out health and housing," Professor Wood said.
"The two go together, and
To be clear, our @UNDAFreo research does NOT refer to deaths on the streets - but all 107 deaths in 2022 were people:
#homeless at time of death or within the last 6 years
Grimly, average age death 50 years - 3 decades younger than for the general 🇦🇺 population
#HousingIsHealth
A stand-out example of 'careful wording':
'An initial review of this morning’s incident has confirmed that an integrity issue with a containment fence enabled five lions to temporarily exit their main exhibit.' https://t.co/XnvsxPoQbE
Each time they lowered the COVID supplement, which lifted some people on Centrelink payments to the poverty line for 6 months in 2020, there was an increase in the prevalence of mental distress and financial stress.
Reader, we are not shocked to hear it. #BTPM
Relieving rates of perceived financial stress via income support can indeed substantially reduce mental distress
However, such income support should be of a more permanent nature and at sufficiently high levels to achieve better long-term mental health outcomes
#AntiPovertyWeek
'Thanks to the Truss-Kwarteng ideological experiment, which turned Britons into lab rats, the world has seen what happens when you do what the right has demanded for decades [w tax cuts for the top 1% etc]. It leads to the opposite of growth,' https://t.co/IB8vTQarhl
Hey Melbournians! If you're 18+ and commute in inner Melbourne regularly (any type of commute is fine!🚆🚍🚲🛵🚎), I'd love to hear from you please - my uni project is on how attitudes to, & use of, cycle commuting changed due to COVID-19. Muchas gracias! https://t.co/aVLhYHa1sQ