#Greens will oppose NDIS cuts

The Greens say they will fight #Labor on efforts to save money from the #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme, warning the government against unfairly #targeting #disabled #Australians as it looks for budget savings.

Labor has quietly established a razor gang to drive budget savings from the $52bn program, with a senior treasury official relocating to the Department of Health earlier this year.

Growth in NDIS spending was 10.3% last year, well above the federal government’s target rate of 8%. Health minister Mark Butler and the NDIS minister, Jenny McAllister, have indicated they are continuing to urgently try to bring spending growth down to between 5% and 6% annually.

Greens spokesman #JordonSteelJohn said the party would not support cuts.

“Disabled people are used to fighting for their #basicrights. They won’t stop now, and the Greens will back their fight,” he said.

Every cut Labor makes to the #NDIS removes a critical support from a disabled person and puts the labour back onto the family to pick up the slack, amid a cost of living crisis.

#auspol

Trump’s War on America

“It’s not just clashes between protesters and ICE; it’s an attack on basic rights that we’ve taken for granted,” says Minnesota Public Radio reporter Jon Collins.

https://theintercept.com/2026/01/16/trump-abolish-ice-renee-good-jonathan-ross/

#news #USnews #ICE #Trump #BasicRights

A post written on Bluesky by Alexei, Naeema's friend (I share with their permission):

"this is a big reason for the clothing push: Naima texts me and tells me they are very cold at night, the tent doesn't protect the little ones from strong winds & downpours 💔 new warm clothes is a smaller goal than a new tent 🤲🍉 we will get there step by step"

❤️ https://gofund.me/e8e853a83

[Rapha]

#GazaVerified #NeedWarmClothes #NeedNewTent #basicrights #humanrights #MutualAid #coldweather #storm #rain #wind

#fyi #medien #deutschland #germany #völkermordräson #cdu #csu

#spd #diegrünen (Kriegsverbrecherparteien)

#complicit in #warcrimes and #genocide #icj #icc

#palestine #children #un #ihl #humanrights #basicrights

https://mastodon.social/@villebooks/114471619195472893

I'm more convinced than ever that the left needs to frame their arguments around the right to health and medical care to counter the culture wars waged by the ruling classes.

This is especially true in the USA where it's become blatantly obvious over the past few weeks that health transcends political divides.
Healthcare is a fundamental issue.

And also, we in the West are getting older... We're going to need it.

#health #healthcare #universalhealthcare #BasicRights

Bed Bad Brood Protest

https://acties.todon.nl/event/bed-bad-brood-protest

[Opinion] How many speak, work, argue, and have the courage to live fully here because of the promises given in the Constitution? The answer is many. However, we forget that for all of that freedom there is a grim reality: what has been taken for granted can be so easily taken away. The erosion of our freedoms has begun.

https://wildhunt.org/2024/07/opinion-the-supreme-court-is-banning-the-i.html

#freedom #elections #politics #basicrights #project2025 #civilrights