As governments like to constantly remind us, budgets are all about priorities.

Time to #raisetherate

dss.gov.au/groups-council…

Well worth reading this article from David Crowe (and checking out Jonathan Haidt’s new book he references) about the huge negative impact social media is having on young people’s mental health and our society.
smh.com.au/politics/feder…

I’ve asked questions at estimates about why we don’t have labelling for forever chemicals like PFAS.

The Dept tried to assure me they’re safe, despite jurisdictions around the 🌏 banning them because of harm they’re doing to human & other life.
smh.com.au/interactive/20…

Give us a break…

30 women have been killed in Australia this year.

That's more than 2 a week.

It is a national emergency.

Men's violence against women is a men's issue.

We need to step up, take responsibility, drive social change & ensure women are safe in our country.

🇦🇺 has some of the most generous tax concessions in the 🌏

Better targeted tax breaks + doubling the size of HAFF, supporting build-to-rent, looking at our migration, AirBnB, supporting shared equity schemes - these are all part of the solutions needed.
afr.com/politics/feder…

In a housing & cost of living crisis, we need to be smarter + fairer in how we target tax concessions.

It's not a silver bullet but we need to be pulling every single policy lever to make housing more affordable.
canberratimes.com.au/story/8601350/…