Organiser with Anti-Poverty Network SA. Social justice warlock. Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.
Joined August 2014
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Pas Forgione retweeted
19 Sep 2023
parliamentary inquiries suck but sometimes you can wear a good shirt
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Pas Forgione retweeted
6 Sep 2023
83% of all property investor spending goes towards existing dwellings, while only 10% goes towards construction of new dwellings and 7% goes towards newly built homes. The idea capping rents will "affect supply" is a complete joke.
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Pas Forgione retweeted
24 Jul 2023
Not to be alarmist but…this is what’s called a six-sigma event, now unfolding in Antarctica.
Otherwise known as a once-in-7.5-million-year event.
Hang onto your hats.
HT @EliotJacobson
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Pas Forgione retweeted
24 Jul 2023
Outside of recessions and wars, rent controls seem to be the only way to reduce rents
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Pas Forgione retweeted
7 Jul 2023
a small appreciation post: I wouldn’t be here doing this if I didn’t see what #NotMyDebt was doing. many others were inspired into advocacy & activism after seeing what they did with no institutional backing. it provided a blueprint for change & meaningful political engagement
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Pas Forgione retweeted
3 Jun 2023
Millions of people are one rent increase away from eviction or financial stress.
Now is the time for the PM to act and coordinate a national rent freeze 🏠
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Pas Forgione retweeted
2 Jun 2023
So many ‘progressives’, regurgitate the fallacy that housing supply is causing the housing crisis. Then they bash councils for blocking supply. This is complete rubbish. Here’s my take on the issue in @BrunswickVoice
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Pas Forgione retweeted
3 Jun 2023
“We've built anywhere between 150k to 240k new homes every single year for the past decade & you know what, it's not making housing any cheaper… wealthier people are taking up more & more space & they're hoarding more & more homes."
– @MaiyAzize
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Pas Forgione retweeted
4 Jun 2023
BREAKING: Today the Greens have revised our demands in exchange for passing Labor’s deeply flawed housing bill straight away. This is a compromise that focuses on tackling the housing crisis immediately. We’re now asking for 2 things: 🧵
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Pas Forgione retweeted
22 Mar 2023
Another woman’s social security payment cut by a #ParentsNext “provider”. She has cancer. Might die, but @AustralianLabor think it’s best to cut her payments so maybe her kids will die too.
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Pas Forgione retweeted
19 Dec 2022
Well done to @AntiPovertyN_SA, specifically spokespeople @PasForg and @duncanbainbrid2 for calling for more action on South Australia's housing crisis. thecourier.com.au/story/8021…
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Pas Forgione retweeted
13 Jun 2022
New research from @TheAusInstitute shows that on top of paying no tax Australia's gas export industry is 95.7% foreign owned!
So Australia receives no tax revenue and the vast majority of gas export profits go offshore!
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Pas Forgione retweeted
10 Sep 2022
The media are disgusting at the moment. The constant stream of propaganda for the monarchy encourages mindless servility. Our world is troubled by many serious issues that demand urgent action and this media spectacle is diverting attention away from matters we should not forget
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8 Sep 2022
This is shameful.
8 Sep 2022
Why has @unionsaustralia reversed its previous support for a payment at the level of the poverty line?
It's hard not to feel like @ACOSS have essentially negotiated to reduce support for demands that better reflect what welfare recipients want and deserve.
ALT Screencap of 2021 ACTU media released. The highlighted text says "The ACTU supports JobSeeker being increased to the rate of the combined JobSeeker allowance and the original Coronavirus supplement a liveable $80 a day."
ALT Screencap of ACTU media release from 2020. The highlighted text says ""We call on the Morrison Government to return the JobSeeker payment to the original coronavirus supplement rate.""
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Pas Forgione retweeted
19 May 2022
SA folks, check out our election scorecard!!
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Pas Forgione retweeted
29 Mar 2022
Our response to the Federal Budget: crumbs for poor people!!
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Pas Forgione retweeted
27 Mar 2022
Single person households are totally ignored in our political and economic discourse. It's like they don't exist. Everything is focused on "families".
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Pas Forgione retweeted
28 Mar 2022
I think people think "long Covid" is just fatigue, brain fog, and associated post acute phase complications, rather than the myriad of long term possible risks, such as auto immune diseases, Parkinson's, clotting, heart disease, reduction in brain function, and increasingly more
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