Ella Buckland
@ellaNbuckland
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Social welfare advocate & campaigner. #parentingiswork . CEO of Parents Against ParentsNext. Buy me a coffee for my work:
Lismore, New South Wales
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Lost everything I own in the Lismore floods. My house won’t be liveable for months. Homeless. There’s no govt direction here. Community supporting community. Food running out. No fuel. No power. No ice. Is help coming soon? Does anyone know?
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An update on the
#LismoreFloods
; still no ADF. Only civilians helping. Everyone confused. Disease starting to affect people. No accommodation for homeless. 3hr++ wait on hold to insurance agencies. No fuel. Food low. We need organisation and help.
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A woman across the road in her 60s is living in her car. No power. Using a bucket to wash. Drives to the next town to wash clothes. Stripped house but no builders. Insurer won’t answer emails. More than 2 months since the flood.
#LismoreFloods
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About to watch my pile get taken. I feel really upset about it, even though it stinks and hurts to look at, all my things are in it.
#LismoreFloods2022
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Today, someone high and dry in Sydney (someone who prob has a home to live in) said it was my ‘fault’ I lost my house as I decided to live in a flood area. My house was flood fringe- 1 metre above 1in100 yr flood. Only house a sole parent could afford.
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An elderly man in
#LismoreFloods
who has flood insurance with
@CommBank_ID
and has no walls or hot water system has been unable to speak to anyone or get any help. It’s been over 4 months. He’s worried he will die in the cold.
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All these noobs who are horrified by the
#centrelink
system... “Centrelink know I have children but I have to re prove they were born”... “I had to wait 3 hrs and they couldn’t answer my questions”....Wtf. Did people think we were making this shit up??
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Living in Australia is becoming more and more like being in a violent domestic relationship. The smug and infuriating hypocrisy, the financial manipulation and being told I should 'have a go at doing better' while being spat on.
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I’m furious at men earning over $200k having an opinion about anything I experience.
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I got a job (one where I earn actual real money). A permanent (in a few weeks) job. Wow.
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.
@originenergy
just charged me for power when I haven’t lived in my flood ruined house for 2 months. The guy on the phone doesn’t believe me and is now having to start an investigation.
#LismoreFloods
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Seriously offended with this idea that 'jobless prefer dole over work' having just secured PAID work as a sole parent. You can't compare the feeling of earning own money vs being paid social security. It's actual security rather than a sick, anxious and hungry feeling.
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I wonder if my daughter will ever realise that I changed every ‘ he’ to ‘she’ in every single book I have ever read her
#iwd19
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Heard from a mum today. She has 2 small children. Left abusive ex 3 months ago. Still no parenting payment. She’s moving back in with abusive ex as
@Centrelink
haven’t approved payment yet. He will beat her.
@ScottMorrisonMP
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I wanted you to act when I came out about Buckingham grabbing me between the legs in a dark alley and kissing the back of my neck, but you said nothing...
This is the Parliament’s
#MeToo
moment, but will the PM act? No. He’ll just look to the past and pass the buck.
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Rejected for another job today. This time with the local
#abc
. I’ve applied for over 200 jobs in the last 18 months and not one interview.
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We won! 5 years of fighting. Goodbye
#ParentsNext
.
#Parentingiswork
A massive congratulations to
@terese_smfa
,
@ellaNbuckland
, all the single mothers who bravely spoke out about their experiences and others who campaigned for years to end ParentsNext
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Just a tiny snapshot of what’s happening on my fb group this morning. So much relief that
#parentsnext
has been cancelled.
@lukehgomes
@JeremyPoxon
@terese_smfa
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People in Lismore are using election corflutes to line their houses with as it’s getting cold. There’s actually organisation happening to get corflutes to community members as the need is so great and there are no other resources. What?
#LismoreFloods
.
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@Poupon123
@YaThinkN
Have done several interviews. People are really getting frustrated now. The community has been amazing but why is the community paying for this? Where tf is the govt? The ADF were doing a staged photoshoot just up the road from my ruined unliveable house.
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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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Not having 'mutual obligations' (even though I worked and studied full time as well as being a sole parent for 6 years) is like being on holiday for the first time since 2012. Even though I'm poor and am isolated with a 6 year old. This idea of 'dole bludgers' must stop.
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Got this today. ‘Job Plan’ Appt made for a day I’m at my paid JOB. Rang. Was told it’s compulsory and if I don’t go my payments stop. I work 3 days and study 2 days. I have to miss paid employment to attend?
@Centrelink
#stupid
.
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Hi
@Centrelink
. There's a pretty big scam going around called
#parentsnext
. I was made eligible for
#parentsnext
when I was ineligible as per the legislation. A JSCI was done without my consent or knowledge. I was forced to sign a privacy waiver which is
#illegal
.
#scamsweek2019
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If you want to help us directly
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Compliance suspended for all on
#parentsnext
as of Monday. Parents can now protect the health and well-being of themselves and their children by self isolating without fear of payment suspension.
#auspol
@lukehgomes
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#ParentsNext
“providers” are given free range to butt into the lives of parents and then penalise them for doing the job of parenting. Threats of payment suspension for a child being sick.
@AustralianLabor
. Thought
@AlboMP
was raised by a single mum. Cancel ParentsNext, mate.
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Random GP asked if my 5yr daughter was ‘strong’ and could he see her muscles. She replied ‘hmm I am strong but you can’t see my heart and my brain and those are the most important muscles so..?’.
#proud
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I’ve been working with Andy on this story for months. 3 whistleblowers came forward to me and shared their stories of internal corruption while working for
#parentsnext
and
@EmploymentGovAU
. The program breaches the law & it’s own guidelines.
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#nswpolice
are booking people fleeing North Coast towns for ‘unstable loads’ and also breathalysing them. These people are taking their most precious things and leaving their houses to potentially burn.
#nswbushfire
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The man who destroyed my career in 2012 and then again when I spoke out against him in 2018 is likely to win a seat with
@LegaliseParty
.
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Instead of ‘dob in a job seeker’ why can’t we have ‘dob in an absent parent who refuses to pay child support and/or submit a tax return’?
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$350 mil to be spent on
#parentsnext
in 3 year contract. A fucking joke. None of that money goes to women, it all goes to the job network "providers"... The Govt is stupid. Blaming WOMEN for the cost of social security and then they spend this kind of money.
@JobsGovAU
= corrupt.
So bascially, instead of paying third party providers to hassle parents (mainly women), you could have provided them with $4663 dollars each instead. That would of helped the homeless parents on
#parentsnext
@SenatorSiewert
yet the Gov can’t afford to raise the rate...?
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Except when it’s a Green’s MP. Then fuck that lying bitch?
Brittany Higgins stood up against the man who raped her.
This has come at an incredible cost to her own welfare and heart.
Her story is one that is familiar to so many women.
Today is a win for women who dare to say no, and those that can’t.
Thank you Brittany.
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This was my bathroom. Covered in actual shit. So many people are just wiping this off and moving back in as they have no where to live.
#LismoreFloods
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A sole mother of 3 children, studying full time and working unpaid as part of her Master’s is been required to participate in
#parentsnext
.
@KellyODwyer
@JobsGovAU
this program is harmful and is just about you all making money from women living in poverty.
@SenatorSiewert
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I got the info from my FOI with the
@JobsGovAU
. My complaint is about
#parentsnext
. However, as u see, they included in their ‘Daily Briefing’ email a link to a story about my allegations of sexual assault. How is this relevant to my parenting payment?
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Another parent’s payment cut by
#ParentsNext
. Why does
@AlboMP
and
@JulianHillMP
hate single mums so much? Or do they hate children? Stop the program. It’s illegal and unethical.
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What a massive day. Thank you to everyone who has contacted me with supportive messages. Thank you
@jennyleong
for saying you believe me. That was huge relief.
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Can we start calling parents 'essential workers' soon? Doing unpaid work at home so people can go out and earn money seems like an essential service.
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.
@LegaliseParty
why would u run Buckingham as ur lead candidate? I alleged he sexually assaulted me in 2018. Also I was born and grew up and live near Nimbin. Many members of ur party are resigning out of loyalty to me and my allegations.
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My mum turns 79 today. Frail aged. Just had a brain bleed.
@Centrelink
cut off her pension for no reason. They harassed her so much her BP went up to 210. She raised 4 kids by herself as an immigrant. She is my only support. Fuck you
@Centrelink
.
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I am so happy Buckingham has resigned. What a win! This was my campaign for justice- not Shoebridge’s or ‘Left Renewal’s’. Some excellent people supported me. Thank you everyone. Justice is sweet.
I don't know what kind of justice this is for
@ellaNbuckland
but I hope she's ok. She's demonstrated so much strength and resilience calling out Buckingham and putting pressure on
@GreensNSW
to be accountable! It's a disgrace how
#auspol
can be so unaccountable to people/society!
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The local ABC posted on their Facebook page about my upcoming interview and this woman commented. I backgrounded her and found out she works/worked in a senior role for
#parentsnext
provider OCTEC. This is their attitude to women on parenting payment.
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Dragging single and sole parents out to ridiculous “face to face” appointments with
#ParentsNext
“providers” to “help them find work” is such a waste of time and money.
#parentingiswork
you misogynistic patriarchal neoliberal fucks.
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.
@originenergy
are telling me to cancel my account with them they need to do a final meter reading and send me out an estimated bill. I keep telling them the meter doesn’t exist as it went under 3 metres of flood water. Around and around I go.
#LismoreFloods
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Nice work
@caitecassidy
for this article. So many
#LismoreFloods
people affected by estimated electricity bills.
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Woman told she has to travel 6 hours with her children to participate in a
#parentsnext
activity that the “provider” enrolled her into. Mutual obs suspended. Why?
@EmploymentGovAU
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Why does
@AlboMP
hate
#singlemothers
and children so much?
#Parentingiswork
and should be valued
@AustralianLabor
#ParentsNext
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Here it is: Department collected 'background' on single mother who complained about ParentsNext | Australia news | The Guardian
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As suspected
#parentsnext
"provider" has taken the credit for the job i found. Apparently they "referred" me to the job. This is untrue. So
@JobsGovAU
lie to
@Centrelink
to get money and yet
#robodebt
targets vulnerable people and accuses them of lying about money
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So I got a job.
#parentsnext
forced to me sign a job plan (to get their $1000 "cut" from the taypayer for me finding work) then Centrelink wouldn't let me report and I had $15 left that week. My PN "provider" told me to "just call in the DHS after work". Took me hours to fix.
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Hey everyone. Not everyone knows yet but we lost everything in the Lismore flood on Monday. 2 metres of water entered my house. We evacuated with a few clothes & passports. Hate asking for help but my best mate organised this:
#GoFundMe
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So fucking sick of
#ParentsNext
. Women bullied and made to feel (constantly) that their parenting is not valuable at all. Why does
@AustralianLabor
&
@AlboMP
keep funnelling public money to private interests AT THE SAME TIME as penalising mothers and harming children. Just STOP
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ParentsNext: Bizarre requirements force mum to go to playgroup alone - Kidspot
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Why isn’t parenting seen as work? It’s the hardest volunteer job I’ve ever had.
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Coming up to 12 months since 1.5m of water went into my house. My neighbours still don’t have walls. People living in caravans in their driveways on both sides of me. Lismore is dead. Stinks of flood still.
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@Pleasure_Lab
@seelie_wight
There were some slight distinctions in our experiences. I’m not denigrating them for their stress, but I’m alarmed that good, well educated people are *surprised* by what an absolute clusterfuck
#Centrelink
is.
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Finally... the showdown.. I'm coming for you Dept of Jobs (or whatever the fuck you've changed your name to). Still need legal help. If I can win this it will be a win for the hundreds of women who have been forced to sign privacy waivers under threat of suspension of their PPS.
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This woman is almost at the end of a full time uni degree in midwifery. Forced to participate in
#ParentsNext
. Now her payments have been suspended. Wtf
@JobsGovAU
@KellyODwyer
. You are setting women up to fail.
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Wouldn't it be great if instead of the Govt trying to appeal to a male dominated workforce (eg: tradies) they would throw some money at wage increases for child care workers?
#RenoRort
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Every day I send women parts of the
#parentsnext
guidelines so they can go back in to their "provider" and get an arrangement that is suitable.. I do this for free.. unpaid.. WTAF are the people being paid (the "non dole bludgers") doing for their money?
@JobsGovAU
@KellyODwyer
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@SallyLawry
@NoNonsenseRN
@AustralianLabor
Yes actually. It’s their program. They think it’s “good for parents” to have their parenting monitored and payments contingent on their “participation” in job seeker like activities eg: swimming lessons. So fucking yes
@AustralianLabor
are to blame.
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Now
@EmploymentGovAU
has gotten so dirty it’s got people coming to my page, recording the names of women on parenting payment and lying to ‘dob in a welfare cheat’ to get single mum’s payments cancelled. Wow. Desperate times.
#parentnext
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Single parent experiencing DV and sexual assault subject to
#parentsnext
program told to ‘become a prostitute’ by ‘provider’.
@EmploymentGovAU
@Centrelink
@ScottMorrisonMP
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#parentingiswork
@ScottMorrisonMP
. The only mutual obligation parents should have is caring for their child/ren in exchange for enough money to live.
#parentsnext
is a rort.
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In this interview
@ScottMorrisonMP
justifies the cashless welfare card by saying he wants to ensure that "there is food on the table for people who depend on these payments". However
#parentsnext
program literally takes food away from children.
#auspol
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The Government should cancel all
@parentsnext
requirements, including mandatory 'activities' and appointment with providers. It is NOT reasonable to expose parents and children to
#coronavirus
for NO reason.
@EmploymentGovAU
@ScottMorrisonMP
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so
@centrelink
can garnish a sole parent's tax return, but Child Support Agency won't allow assets to be included in child support assessment. Absent parent can have $2mil of assets, hide income and pay no child support, but other parent with no assets & child 24/7 pays instead?
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Women coerced into signing privacy waivers with threats of their payments being stopped. Nice one
@JobsGovAU
@parentsnext
. Looking good for the Senate Inquiry.
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.
@LegaliseParty
runs out of Nimbin. Where I was born and grew up. How is this justice for women who speak out about sexual violence? Will any of the
@Greens
speak out?
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I work 38 hrs/week for money and sole parent the rest of the time- which costs money and no one values. Women on
#parentsnext
are told that they are ‘doing nothing’ while they raise children. Parenting as an action needs to be enshrined in legislation because
#parentingiswork
New analysis - Accounting for care: The Intergenerational Report fails to value parenting
@AusTaxProf
@MelbLawSchool
@ANUCrawford
#auspol
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Foley should resign and so should Buckingham. It has to stop.
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From a mum about today's SMH article: "The minister said there would be no legislative changes to
#ParentsNext
before the election. In other news,
@KellyODwyer
is quitting paid employment to spend more time raising her young children. Oh irony and double standards"
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My
#parentsnext
provider told me gleefully that my nearly completed 12 wks of working 30 hrs/fn (to exit PN) would 'reset' because of the school hols. I don't know why they want me so badly. I laughed at her as I have a contract paying me in hols. I should never have been on PN.
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ParentsNext Senate Inquiry travel expenses. I have been asked to speak at the
#parentsnext
Senate Inquiry, I can't afford the travel and accom costs. Trying to raise some money. I want to stand there, in front of them and speak so they hear our voices.
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All
#parentsnext
mutual obligations are suspended during the pandemic. This has been confirmed by the Minister.
#auspol
excellent news for single parents and their children.
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So in a roundabout way, by not closing schools, the Govt are admitting that parenting is actually demanding work, and if you’re a sole parent then working might actually be impossible...
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Any journalists want to speak to a
#parentsnext
participant who has four kids (therefore exempt from program- entered contrary to the legislation) whose payments were suspended during the mutual obligation suspension (therefore couldn't feed 4 kids)?
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Things you should know about
#parentnext
1) You DO NOT have to sign the privacy form/waiver
2) You DO NOT have to work or look for work
3) You DO NOT have to have an appt more than once every 3 mths
4) You have $1200 for them to spend on you. Use it
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.
#ParentsNext
“providers” STILL trying to threaten single parents with their bullshit. The program is now voluntary
@WorkforceAusGov
, why are u still harassing people?
@AustralianLabor
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So if
@ScottMorrisonMP
can't see his kids AND work then why does his ideology force sole parents into
#ParentsNext
?
#parentingiswork
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At least Morrison is commenting on the rape allegations. In 2018 when several women spoke out about rape and sexual assault that occurred within the
@GreensNSW
the then leader of the party
@RichardDiNatale
said nothing publicly, and I was called a slut and a heroin addict.
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Another example of a
#parentsnext
“provider” taking the credit for a mother finding her own work. This is so the provider gets their cash bonus. What a fucking rort.
@EmploymentGovAU
you are ripping off tax payers.
So yep
#parentsnext
took credit for ME finding my own job
#auspol
please explain.
Also, doubt they can give me any information regarding the position as they DO NOT have it in their system as I found it through other avenues 🤬
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I lost my house in the flood on 28th Feb.
@originenergy
sent me an estimated bill a few months ago. Then have hassled me to pay for usage they’ve estimated. Now I have another estimated bill, with new charges - $800- with a random discount of $400. I still don’t have a meter.
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So
@ScottMorrisonMP
can’t afford to raise
#newstart
but can afford to pay idiot
#parentsnext
providers up to $2000 per person (77000 of us) a year to do absolutely nothing. This is paid by tax payers ON TOP of the parenting payment.
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Single mother in lockdown being told to do
#parentsnext
but mutual obs are suspended, so this is literally ‘sign here and the Parentsnext “provider” gets their cut from the Govt’.. wtaf. Why are there no riots over this waste of public money?
#auspol
@lukehgomes
@SenatorCash
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I have had several people reach out and offer this mum help and/or money. I’ve written to her and she was very humbled. She says her parents will help her. She wanted me to thank you all. Just amazing ❤️
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Single parents and aged pensioners denied money over Christmas holidays.
#centrelink
#parentsnext
.
@JeremyPoxon
@Asher_Wolf
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Receiving parenting payment is work for the dole. I get paid $2.50 an hour. Parenting is work not protected by legislation. Other parent does zero parenting (his choice) and doesn't contribute- which seems to be protected by legislation?
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I’d just like to thank all the parents, partners and loved ones who stayed home while ur people went out to fight fires. You are hero’s too. Staying home and dealing with worry, children and an absent other is valuable WORK too.
#heros
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If a sole parent gets
#coronavirus
and is sick will someone care for her child while she's unwell? What if the child is sick too? What if she also has an elderly parent to care for? Will someone else care for the elderly parent?
#allforfreelove
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I Need a lawyer to advise and potentially act for me in regards to a conciliation conference with a Govt dept about a privacy breach. Needs to be either pro bono or a social justice job. I've worked my ass off for free with my ParentsNext campaign- be great to have legal help.
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