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We Need You
I know others have made the same point about other movements, and more eloquently, but wanted to say: If you’re outraged by the treatment of poor people in this country, if you’ve been following the anti-poverty movement, but feel like…
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On “Jobs Snobs”
The phrase, “job snob”, always grinds my gears. Can we recognise that there are lots of jobs that are undesirable, that are unsafe, that you cannot build a life around, that offer no financial security or stability, that require you…
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Get A Job, They Say
Get a job, they say. But what sort of job? A job with no security? A job where you don’t know what hours you’ll have in a week, or a month, or six? A job that keeps you poor? A…
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Scrapping “Mutual Obligation” Requirements Won’t End The World
Scrapping so-called “Mutual Obligation” requirements (which are as “mutual” as being hit over the head with a bat), for job-seekers, won’t end the world. But my God, how much easier, more predictable, life would be for job-seekers, knowing they do…
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David’s Speech To The Housing Emergency Rally
“My name is David, I’ve lived in Public Housing for 11 years in a wonderful 3 bedroom unit within a cul-de-sac from 1978. It’s provided us with an amazing sense of security and it’s been absolutely wonderful to live in.…
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If You Can’t Afford It…
If you can’t afford to pay a living wage, you don’t deserve to be in business. If you’re only able to fill a job by having people live in grinding poverty, you don’t deserve to have that job filled. If…
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A JobSeeker Raise Cannot Discriminate
This evening (Monday May 1st), Channel 7 reported there will be a JobSeeker raise in the May Federal Budget, but only for the over-55s. This is appalling. The cost-of-living crisis does not discriminate. Skyrocketing rents do not discriminate. Rising utilities,…
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20 Reasons To Raise JobSeeker
1. JobSeeker is only $49 a day. 2. Huge numbers of people on JobSeeker are skipping meals. 3. Huge numbers of people on JobSeeker are skipping medicines. 4. Half of people JobSeeker have less than $7 a day, after paying…
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