If they do not increase Centrelink payments above the poverty line and abolish partner income tests they are not taking gendered violence seriously. Period.

And whenever Bill Shorten invokes the UN right to social security we must always be clear that one of the key elements of that right is adequacy of benefits, and that the need to substantially increase benefits was a key commentary of the #RobodebtRC report.

The indexed Centrelink Rates with the much hyped 10% Commonwealth Rent Assistance increase have dropped. CRA goes to too few for tiny increases to be helpful. Here're the Rent assistance tables, the rest is at dss.gov.au/sites/default/… #NobodyDeservesPoverty #RaiseTheRate #BTPM

Jobseeker from September 20 #NobodyDeservesPoverty #RaiseTheRate #BTPM dss.gov.au/sites/default/…

Pensions from September 20 #NobodyDeservesPoverty #RaiseTheRate #BTPM dss.gov.au/sites/default/…

Parenting Payments from September 20 #NobodyDeservesPoverty #RaiseTheRate #BTPM dss.gov.au/sites/default/…

Youth Allowance is only indexed annually, on January 1. This is the current pittance we expect young people to study and seek work on: #NobodyDeservesPoverty #RaiseTheRate #BTPM

Well that's some BS Developers of a planned Subiaco apartment complex are seeking to strike out six social housing units from the build, citing escalating construction costs. The government development agency has confirmed it will oppose that request abc.net.au/news/2024-09-0…

Amanda Rishworth MP Partner income tests and rent assistance are a form of income control and it aids abusive men Just raise all income support payments to a livable amount rather than wasting money on submarines and tax cuts for the rich

This is where all the promises to build "x% Affordable Housing" "x% Social Housing" all mean nothing when left in the hands of private developers. Governments must build and buy PUBLIC housing and stop selling off public land to developers. #NobodyDeservesPoverty

$778 a fortnight. What's the bet I lose all of that $15.30 indexation to a rent increase 😐

My rent assistance wil go to $199 a fortnight...

The partner income test was designed in an era when it was accepted that women were the property of the men who controlled their finances. It takes away dignity. It forces dependency that strains relationships no matter how healthy they are. Abolish.

PTSD Barnum kristin (she/her) Shaun Lambert Love how I instantly need $300 less a fortnight cos I'm now a kept woman. x.com/NobodyInPovert…

The NACC has betrayed its core obligation and failed to carry out its primary statutory duty by refusing to investigate six public officials referred by the robodebt royal commission, according to former NSW Supreme Court judge Anthony Whealy thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-crime…