What we learned today, Monday 17 October 2022
With that we are going to close the blog – thank you for spending part of your day with us.
Before we go let’s go through the big headlines:
Victorian rivers to peak as flooding worsens
Opposition accuses government of ‘blatant politicisation of infrastructure funding’
Medicare rorting is ‘shocking’, government says
9,000 homes to be inundated in northern Victoria, minister says
Treasurer says to brace for cost-of-living impact of floods
New approach to community infrastructure grants to go through local government
NSW regulator suspends Star’s casino licence and issues $100m fine
Liberal challenger for Andrews’ seat apologises for echoing conspiracy theorists
Victorian premier commits over $300m for flood clean-up and road repairs
$15m committed to helping Victorian families with housing, health and legal aid
SES Victoria responds to over 650 flood rescue calls
Police investigating looting of flood-affected property
Top medical body says reports of Medicare rorts are ‘unjustified slur’ on the profession
Government launches new national plan on family violence
We will back tomorrow morning to do it all again! Until then – stay safe
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Activists hand-deliver messages to social services minister’s office in Adelaide
Today welfare recipients delivered messages from across the country to the social services minister, Amanda Rishworth, in Adelaide to mark International Day to Eradicate Poverty.
Activists from the Antipoverty Centre, Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union and Anti-Poverty Network SA, as well as supporters, gathered at Victoria Square in the Adelaide CBD to share stories before travelling to the minister’s office to hand over dozens of messages, which a staff member accepted.
Antipoverty Centre spokesperson and disability support pension recipient Kristin O’Connell said:
The welfare system is killing people. We delivered our messages directly to Amanda Rishworth’s office so she cannot say she didn’t know.
It is the International Day to Eradicate Poverty, and next week the government will deliver a federal budget that consigns us to worse poverty, while protecting tax cuts for the rich.
How many more people will die before they do the right thing, do what the community supports, and raise all Centrelink payments so that no one is forced to live in poverty?
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