Here's another open invitation for Australian Unions to work with us, and people in poverty, to boost income support

Raising welfare payments is union business. As Catherine Caine asks: 'Why aren't you talking about this?'

Join the campaign: nobodydeservespoverty.org.au
#RaiseTheRate

You can now read AYAC's full analysis on the key initiatives announced by the Australian Government in the 2024-2025 May Budget that will affect young people in Australia.

👉 bit.ly/3UJKDNE

#budget2024 #auspol #raisetherate #budgetanalysis

The low rate of income support is keep Victorians in poverty & making it harder for women to escape family violence.

Why isn't the Victorian government publicly advocating for it to be raised above the poverty line in today's federal budget? #RaiseTheRate

Our income support spokesperson, Catherine Caine, shares her thoughts with Labor after #Budget2024 :

'You came in with absolutely dick for a plan, and congratulations! You fucked it

Australia is worse off than when you came into government'

#RaiseTheRate #NobodyDeservesPoverty

Despite being sold as a better deal for young people, this #federalbudget has prioritised those already privileged, and failed to deliver tangible relief for young Australians doing it tough today.

🔗Full response: bit.ly/3yeqmbh

#budget2024 #raisetherate #auspol

#RaiseTheRate

Is this some kind of sick joke?

Instead of clapping back against the few people in Parliament advocating for welfare recipients to be lifted out of poverty, how about you grow up, listen to your own Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee, and do your job?

#RaiseTheRate

A JobSeeker recipient — who's been losing weight because she can't afford food — says she's angry at the $9/week rent assistance offering: #RaiseTheRate 👇 sbs.com.au/news/article/t…

“A gaping hole in the budget” says ⁦Cassandra Goldie🌈⁩ @acoss about the failure to #RaiseTheRate for most on #jobseeker and Youth Allowance.

“People with the least should have been put first”. #Budget2024

🌹 @[email protected] 🌹 Dear Anthony,
Still waiting for you to fix the dole. I need to put some skin on these bones.
Yours, Seriously Unemployed
#RaiseTheRate #AnthonyAlbanesePM

The seriously unemployed skeleton and I agree. #raisetherate

'WHY IS THE DSP BELOW THE HENDERSON POVERTY LINE? DISABLED PEOPLE INHERENTLY HAVE A HIGHER COST OF LIVING THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. WHETHER IT BE FOOD ISSUES, MOBILITY, SENSORY ISSUES, ETC. THESE ISSUES CAUSE EXTRA EXPENSES'

#NobodyDeservesPoverty
#RaiseTheRate

“…A budget for every Australian” (just not for those starving on the lowest unemployment benefit in the OECD and living below the poverty line).

#RaiseTheRate #Budget2024 #auspol

Tonight, the Government has failed to #RaiseTheRate for 1 million Australians.

Labor continues to pay lip service to caring about women and the millions of Australians across the country trying to survive on Jobseeker poverty-payments.

They're so desperate to get a budget surplus that they're prepared to throw people to the wolves. #insiders #RaiseTheRate

'Im a pensioner in my own home so I dont get rent assistance. The SA Valuer General hyperinflated my property value by 41%. My council rates up by 52%, insurance by 47%. After food, mortgage & insurance i have $300 a month to buy medication, AGL, gas, water, phone'

#RaiseTheRate

We are here to make our voices heard, Jim Chalmers MP Anthony Albanese Australian Labor:

#RaiseTheRate YOU COWARDLY SHITS!!!

Raise the Rate
Raise the Bloody Rate
Raise the Fucking Rate

This will address so many other Australian social issues, it's disgracefully & cruelly low.
Anthony Albanese Jim Chalmers MP Australian Labor
#RaisetheRate #auspol

'Are you willing to lift the rate of the Single Parenting Payment to ensure women aren't left in poverty?'

Gallagher: 'There's other payments, like the Commonwealth Rent Assistance'

absolutely identical to a Morrison answer
#RaiseTheRate