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Mark Glasson @MarkGlasson

CEO of @AnglicareWA. President of @WACOSS. Board member of @HomelessnessAus. Committed collaborator looking for new ways to solve old problems.

Joined March 2012
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Mark Glasson retweeted
Anglicare Australia@anglicare_aust
27 Aug 2024
Wealth inequality hasn't happened by accident. Our new report shows that the Government is choosing to boost the people who need it the least. It's time to turn that around and use the tax system to make our country fairer.
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Some food for thought here. theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Tough on elites, tough on the causes of elites: that’s how Starmer can defeat the allure of...

As the west zigzags between centrists and populists, it will take a fiercer response from Labour to halt a creep to the right, says Guardian columnist Andy Becket

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Don’t come as a service provider, come as a person and rely on your ears more than your mouth. Michelle Turvey at #WAMWC
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“We need to construct stories of success and share them with other men”. Alex Bickford, WAPHA #WAMWC
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Great discussion of policy challenges to kick off WA 2024 Men’s Wellbeing Conference - Children, Aboriginal people, Prisoners, remote areas and so much more. A strong panel to explore the way ahead. #WAMWC
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There is no budgetary or economic reason that makes increasing jobseeker (or other payments) by $550 “not fiscally sustainable”. Poverty is a policy choice! theguardian.com/business/gro…

Raising jobseeker is not 'fiscally sustainable’? Sorry, but that is flat out wrong | Greg Jericho

Never fall for the line that lifting people out of poverty and reducing inequality is a task too complex or costly to undertake

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Lazy policy. Credit Suisse estimated last year there are 2 million millionaires in Australia. Every one of them got a $300 electricity gift in tonight’s #Budget2024 Meanwhile those below the poverty line…
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"..whether or not we have a budget surplus tells us little about the worth of a government, what they spend money on and who and what they tax, does." theguardian.com/business/gro…

Whether Australia’s budget has a surplus tells us little about the government’s worth – it’s all on...

Do you direct the recourses of the economy on things that produce good outcomes for Australians, or spend $4.6bn to improve the UK economy?

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Mark Glasson retweeted
ACOSS@ACOSS
29 Feb 2024
ACOSS CEO @cassandragoldie this morning called on the government to heed the Senate Committee’s poverty report's top recommendation to urgently act to end poverty. The single best way to end poverty is to #raisetherate of income support payments.
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Good call. Better late than never! Perth Mayor Basil Zempilas backs proposed Safe Night Space planning approval to reopen shelter abc.net.au/news/2024-02-26/p…

Basil Zempilas changes mind on location of women's shelter, says inevitable WA government would...

Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas says he has changed his mind on plans to relocate the Safe Night Space women's shelter to a new Northbridge site, despite previously repeatedly opposing the new...

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$254 billion!! To the wrong people!! Indefensible.
Anglicare Australia@anglicare_aust
30 Nov 2023
Australians are crying out for cost of living relief as rents. But instead of helping them, the Government is going ahead with tax cuts for people on the highest incomes. Our new report #TrickleUp calls on them to scrap the tax cuts and give the help to people who need it.
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What else can we do with $254 billion? anglicare.asn.au/2023/11/30/…

Anglicare Australia calls for Stage 3 Tax Cuts to be scrapped for cost of living relief - Anglicare...

Anglicare Australia has released Trickle Up, a paper showing that the planned Stage 3 Tax Cuts will go to the highest income earners in the country and leave behind people who need cost of living...

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Housing advocates have been warning of this collapse for decades. In its current form Commonwealth Rent Assistance is lame and not an appropriate response. Time to fix CRA @JulieCollinsMP @AmandaRishworth @NationalShelter abc.net.au/news/2023-11-14/a… via @ABCaustralia

Tiffany and Andrew applied for dozens of rentals, offering to pay 70 per cent of their income. It's...

Renters in every Australian capital city are in a worse position than they were before the pandemic, the latest Rental Affordability Index report shows

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Where have we lost our way?
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Thomas Mayo@thomasmayo23
12 Oct 2023
“You can’t separate politics from the plight of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people … they are structural in nature,” “What has been proposed is absolutely the logical and moral thing for Australia to embrace.” #VoteYesAustralia dlvr.it/SxLfHx
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I am voting Yes because I want a better future for ALL Australian children. #yes23
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Yes is beyond feeling better. The Voice is a mechanism that can empower. @ceda_news @LindaBurneyMP #Yes23
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If you are in Perth next Wednesday why not come along to Mt Lawley Bowling Club and hear from those who know about the referendum. You can register and ask your questions here trybooking.com/events/landin…
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Mark Glasson retweeted
Wilson Tucker@WilsonTuckerMLC
21 Aug 2023
Does anyone know who was responsible for the Monday morning handy work above Kwinana freeway? I can't (publicly) condone the method but I approve of the messaging
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What are all these people doing at Optus Stadium tonight. #schoolsleepout
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