We have zero confidence that DEWR can safely or lawfully administer the TCF – it's not possible. Yet again DEWR acting in bad faith with no regard for the human cost of compulsory activities, and they aren't offering any meaningful compensation to people who had their payment cancelled unlawfully.

Tom Studans@maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 21h ago

#BREAKING 🚨 The new DEWR Secretary announced they'll seek to resume suspending or cancelling welfare payments on October 26 in respect of: • Refusal or failure to accept an offer of suitable work • Failure to 'reconnect' with a provider within 4 weeks www.dewr.gov.au/assuring-int...

The ultimate outcome of folks paying higher mortgages is not slower price increases, it's more of us being made *actually* poor, because employers fire people or cut casual shifts to maintain profit. Unemployment is by design & the RBA chief doesn't care a bit about how many lives she destroys.

The Australia Institute@australiainstitute.org.au · 21h ago

Why does the Reserve Bank want to make Australians feel poorer? 🤔 Co-CEO Richard Denniss answers this question and more in the latest episode of 'What's the Point?' 🏦🏦🏦 #auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social

Wouldn't it be great to have tenant run housing @ournewhomecoach.bsky.social @antipovertycentre.org ?

Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭@mayorwu.boston.gov · last mo.

Jackson Square is home to the first tenant-run public housing management organization in the country. The redevelopment of the Mildred Hailey Apartments wouldn’t be possible without Anna Mae Cole and Mildred Hailey, who transformed public housing and set the bar for communities across the country.

Presumably this 350 hectares is unsuitable for houses and that’s why people like Albanese think it’s such a good idea to use it to accelerate the expansion of anti human, climate destroying infrastructure instead of … building public housing, or literally anything else at all.

Parliamentary Library's restructure plan provided in response to Question on Notice at Budget Estimates. Subject-based sections in the research branch to be replaced by 'strategic pillars': www.aph.gov.au/api/qon/down...

Some of these are problems with the penalty framework, some of these are problems with the legislation, some of these are problems for the lawfulness of mutual obligations sanctions more broadly, some problems are because companies are defrauding the Commonwealth, some are because Centrelink sucks,

Tom Studans@maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 2w ago

Targeted Compliance Framework unlawfully knobs payment expenditure like this: • Entitlements suspended/deferred by providers • Not restored in timely fashion • Then reduced or cancelled entirely • Backpay withheld • Those who go through this don't claim in future FIVE times. They're entitlements!

The government is designing a "new" (un)employment service to replace Workforce Australia. Once again, they're failing to meaningfully include people affected. If you would like to inform our work on this & ensure we reflect your views, contribute here: bit.ly/MOs2026survey

Media needs to start: - verifying and examining claims that housing opportunities are really being offered to people in homeless camps - educate about how camps can help with some safety and amenity concerns of homeless people

💜 phonakins 🍉🌲@phonakins.com · 2w ago

The beatings will continue until morale improves "Fines could be an incentive, council says "The knowledge that we will eventually exercise some form of regulatory power might incentivise them to take up the opportunities being provided to them,"

“It is only natural for the community to have concerns about conflicts of interest when we see the employment minister – who is supposed to be holding these providers accountable – headlining their industry conference..." Full statement below 👇

Amanda Rishworth and the Albanese government love giving billions of dollars in public money to make millionaires off the backs of poor people. Great report from CICTAR showing the legal way job agencies profit from poverty. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

Private firms profit as Australia's job system fails workers, report finds

A new report argues Australia's employment services system is failing jobseekers, while filling the pockets private equity and millionaires.

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Man who recently announced they will be keeping the privatised employment services provider system for [if anyone found a reason in there please let me know] 👇

Tom Studans@maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 3w ago

Don't you??????????????????????????????????

You don’t make the community safe by throwing more people into crisis and insecurity.

ABC News Bot (unofficial)@abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 3w ago

Under the new policy, tenants who receive three warnings for serious behaviour, including aggressive language, harassment and deliberate damage, in a year are evicted.

The only stakeholders who are relevant to the design of support services for unemployed workers are the unemployed workers themselves, and the employers who would employ them. Why does the government exclude these groups?

joblink has received $2.2 million from the FORCED UNPAID LABOUR OF POOR PEOPLE in the past 2 years It's completely legal for this charity to rake in 10s of millions in public funds making poor people do harmful activities then turn around & give the profit to a festival put on by their board member

Antipoverty Centre@antipovertycentre.org · 3w ago

We're looking into it. What we do know from their most recent financial statements lodged with the charities commission is that they spend millions a year on "community donations and initiatives", so a couple of hundred thousand dollars would very much be within their budget.

And a co-founder of the Festival of Dangerous Ideas! Nice way to funnel some public funds from your "charity" employment service into a fancy event for rich people.

Andy Fleming@slackbastard.bsky.social · 3w ago

Simon Longstaff is on the board of both Joblink & The Ethics Centre.

The government is designing a "new" (un)employment service to replace Workforce Australia. Once again, they're failing to meaningfully include people affected. If you would like to inform our work on this & ensure we reflect your views, contribute here: bit.ly/MOs2026survey

We're supporting community housing tenants at a number of locations who are experiencing predatory rent setting, price gouging from electricity, water & internet retailers connected to their landlord & issues with maintenance. Get in touch via team@antipovertycentre.org if you have similar problems

Interesting, who could have seen this coming? Except you know, all of us who called for more public housing to be built instead of "Social" and "affordable" housing.

Antipoverty Centre@antipovertycentre.org · 3w ago

The HAFF is doing exactly what it was designed to do – profit developers, financiers & community housing landlords at the expense of folks who need homes we can afford. We don't need MORE private landlords, especially not super funds using poor people to benefit those with high super balances.

In 5 years when the uselessness of the ALP’s announcements for more private supply of housing & tinkering in the style of tortuous and unliveable market-rate rent extortion, then the loud and “give them time!” proud defenders will disappear into the night & pretend they never supported this shitbox.

Antipoverty Centre@antipovertycentre.org · 3w ago

The HAFF is doing exactly what it was designed to do – profit developers, financiers & community housing landlords at the expense of folks who need homes we can afford. We don't need MORE private landlords, especially not super funds using poor people to benefit those with high super balances.

The HAFF is doing exactly what it was designed to do – profit developers, financiers & community housing landlords at the expense of folks who need homes we can afford. We don't need MORE private landlords, especially not super funds using poor people to benefit those with high super balances.

'Affordable' homes sit vacant more than seven months after completion

Governments across Australia are spending billions to boost the number of rentals available to people on low and middle incomes. A Four Corners investigation found many of these homes were unaffordabl...

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I live in transitional housing, for seriously disabled or aged people who are homeless and lack supports to be exited to independent living. It's like a disability based homeless place. Anyway, we aren't allowed heating or cooling of the very mouldy residences

A BABY DIED AFTER BIRTH HERE TWO MONTHS AGO www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

Wagga Wagga homeless told to leave camp or face enforcement action

Homeless people in Wagga Wagga's Wilks Park camping area have been ordered to remove all personal belongings by July 7.

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33% of the World's population does not have access to clean drinking water. Eff the data centers.

Local woman pretends she invented batch cooking for a payment from a news broadcaster pretending that the cost of living crisis is a skill issue.

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · last mo.

How I save money by storing and cooking things differently

@antipovertycentre.org is there any info on the MyGov and Express Plus apps not being useable on GrapheneOS? I couldn't download Express Plus at all but I had MyGov working until recently and now it returns, "Compromised Device" which is such a bunch of BS. Feels like a surviellance thing...

If you're in Sydney and would like to come along to talk about Centrelink payments and what it would mean to have a better life while on payments, sign the EOI! It will be held on 7 July and will go for roughly 5-6 hours Sign up + more information👇 qualtricsxm48vzzvzwp.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

"But it isn’t just dehumanising; the cancellation of income support could be unlawful – that’s what the Commonwealth Ombudsman found in relation to the use of payment suspensions in his review into the Framework." live.thepoint.com.au?post=9e0584d...

Labor's proposed employment services "reforms" will lock in a privatised system built on coercion and control. They need to go back to the drawing board. Thanks to @antipovertycentre.org for their briefing yesterday and for centring people with lived experience in this conversation.

Cheyanne features in a mini-documentary alongside Jesse, which will be screened at parliament at an event with additional speakers from the @antipovertycentre.org, Anglicare Australia and Economic Justice Australia. Watch the doco here:

No room to breathe: Centrelink's welfare compliance regime

YouTube video by Antipoverty Centre

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