The experts on poverty are the people who live it. Break the poverty machine #BTPM 🍞🌹🏡https://bsky.app/profile/antipovertycentre.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/antipovertycentre.org/post/3mlzbjyfw6s2nWe don’t have a housing supply problem, we have a hoarding problem. Around 1 million homes are empty or not used as a primary residence. Public housing waitlists across the country are ~200k. We must build new public homes but governments can buy or take existing dwellings too, and they should. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 May 2026 02:05 +0000at://did:plc:2452ncj5rptdxorbvjlrrkd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlzbjyfw6s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/antipovertycentre.org/post/3mlz2vra5ak2hHighly targeted programs are the surest way to deliver bad outcomes for the people they claim to help. Yes “affordable” housing is a rort. The answer isn’t giving cash to people who live in it. It’s investing in public housing at scale so all types of people can live in quality public homes. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 May 2026 00:06 +0000at://did:plc:2452ncj5rptdxorbvjlrrkd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlz2vra5ak2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/antipovertycentre.org/post/3mlyyy733tk2k“if we want to focus on broken promises, in 2022, the Albanese government vowed to end compulsory participation in the cashless welfare card programs. Another $200 million has been set aside for BasicsCard and SmartCard.” Ty @amyremeikis.bsky.social for this article. https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2026/05/16/budget-broken-promise-labor#google_vignette16 May 2026 23:31 +0000at://did:plc:2452ncj5rptdxorbvjlrrkd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyyy733tk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/antipovertycentre.org/post/3mlwsa3mslk2eUnpaid internships, work for the dole, junior rates, disability enterprises, prison labour and more: there are so many jobs where people being paid from zero to peanuts for their labour. Minimum wage should mean minimum wage *for every job* [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 02:25 +0000at://did:plc:2452ncj5rptdxorbvjlrrkd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwsa3mslk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/antipovertycentre.org/post/3mluw567dwk2z [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2026 08:30 +0000at://did:plc:2452ncj5rptdxorbvjlrrkd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mluw567dwk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/antipovertycentre.org/post/3mlppjjinuk2zIt seemed like there was nothing to see in this budget, and that everything was revealed before the Treasurer's speech. But there's much more to look at in the details, from welfare to housing, from tax to energy bills. Join us next Tuesday to find out what you didn't learn from the headlines: https://events.humanitix.com/most-important-broken-promises13 May 2026 06:48 +0000at://did:plc:2452ncj5rptdxorbvjlrrkd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlppjjinuk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/antipovertycentre.org/post/3mluaaivymc2kYes, there's a class war & it's not home hoarders who are losing. Not a single property investor will die because they receive a smaller discount on their taxes. NDIS cuts & poverty-level Centrelink payments kill people – of all ages and generations. From Crikey: https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/14/crikey-your-say-2026-federal-budget-reactions/15 May 2026 01:58 +0000at://did:plc:2452ncj5rptdxorbvjlrrkd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mluaaivymc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/antipovertycentre.org/post/3mlsnvle4ks2fAngus Taylor has to be one of the stupidest politicians we have ever seen. His performance on 730 was sad and weak. He will try to weaponise and demonise migrants and welfare recipients, but he will fail because he is a sad, nasty, visionless cretin.14 May 2026 10:57 +0000at://did:plc:2452ncj5rptdxorbvjlrrkd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsnvle4ks2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/antipovertycentre.org/post/3mlppjjinuk2zIt seemed like there was nothing to see in this budget, and that everything was revealed before the Treasurer's speech. But there's much more to look at in the details, from welfare to housing, from tax to energy bills. Join us next Tuesday to find out what you didn't learn from the headlines: https://events.humanitix.com/most-important-broken-promises13 May 2026 06:48 +0000at://did:plc:2452ncj5rptdxorbvjlrrkd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlppjjinuk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/antipovertycentre.org/post/3mlpcdcvdhs2nThere are workers 👍 Then there are workers 👎 There are more taxes that EVERYONE pays than just income tax, but the Albanese government doesn't care about THOSE workers.13 May 2026 02:52 +0000at://did:plc:2452ncj5rptdxorbvjlrrkd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpcdcvdhs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/antipovertycentre.org/post/3mlozjvshkk2sThanks to @amyremeikis.bsky.social for sharing our statement about the Albanese government failing people on welfare yet again. This budget will be remembered as the cruellest act yet from the Albanese government. https://live.thepoint.com.au/2026/05/the-point-live-budget-2026-reaction-as-it-happens/?post=80e4083718#80e408371813 May 2026 00:15 +0000at://did:plc:2452ncj5rptdxorbvjlrrkd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlozjvshkk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/antipovertycentre.org/post/3mlouyf642c2xCalling disabled people "losers" to explain $36 billion in cuts, that Abbott and Hockey could only ever dream of, is not the smart comms move you think it is.12 May 2026 22:53 +0000at://did:plc:2452ncj5rptdxorbvjlrrkd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlouyf642c2x