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A budget surplus is an insult to people in poverty.
The prime minister has been gloating about a $9.6 billion surplus, with empty words about “tough choices”. It means nothing to those of us whose tough choices mean choosing between eating, rent and other essentials. #Budget2024
ALT The Antipoverty Centre has also reacted to the news that Jim Chalmers will be handing down his second surplus, particularly given the rate of Jobseeker and other associated payments won’t be raised.
Antipoverty Centre spokesperson and Disability Support Pension recipient Kristin O’Connell said there was “no such thing as a ‘responsible budget’ that left people in poverty”.
People in poverty are not the ones fuelling inflation, and helping us would not hurt the economy.
The treasurer has already signalled he will be announcing inadequate and flawed measures such as energy payments and Commonwealth Rent Assistance that are ostensibly to help welfare recipients but in reality achieve little more than giving the government an unearned veneer of humanity.
We and other community-led organisations have been clear about what we will assess Chalmers’ performance on tonight, and a surplus without meaningful support for people in poverty will give them a failing grade.
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Sean from @RAHUnion describing how they've clawed back tens of thousands of dollars for renters at VCAT since they began in 2020, successfully challenging invalid rent increases from up to two years ago.
Well-deserved applause.
#APNSA2023Conference#NoOneDeservesPoverty
The RALLY FOR RENTERS is tomorrow!
If you’re a renter or someone who sees the injustice in the renting system we want you down there, signs at the ready to show that RAHU and renters are a force to be reckoned with. 1/4
#RentersRights
When we have 1/4 families are experiencing food insecurity we have an economic crisis
When we have Indigenous people facing poverty and housing insecurity at levels far beyond the rest of the population, we have a racist problem.
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Every day the members of the Renters and Housing Union help members just like Sophia, fighting unfair and often invalid rent increases, harassment from agents, notices to vacate, and much more. 1/4
If you need support, or want to give a few hours of your time to supporting others, get in touch. We currently have volunteers in South Australia and Victoria, and though we do our best to help members nationally, having local knowledge would be a massive help for our team! 3/4
A win for one is a win for all, the more we fight, the more we can strike at the underlying problems in our housing system, and not just bandages for the conditions. 4/4