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Australian Greens Whip & Senator for WA. Authorised by Senator Rachel Siewert, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600

Perth, WA
Joined March 2009

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  1. 19 hours ago

    Disappointing - ALP voted with Govt to vote down my motion calling for drug testing trials to be abandoned

  2. Jun 12

    Time we listened to Aboriginal people & supported the Uluru Statement, some thoughts in Huffpost

  3. Jun 11

    DHS ignoring rpt that says wouldn't succeed in meeting targets without substantial change to the customer & service experience

  4. Retweeted
    Jun 8
  5. Jun 8

    Appeals to the AAT on debts has increased by nearly 1000 this financial yr over last yr

  6. Jun 8

    PM please listen - 163 orgs are calling on you to hold a royal commission into violence, abuse & neglect of ppl with disability

  7. Jun 5

    Greens welcome open letter from Australian Council of Human Rights Authorities on Uluru Statement

  8. Jun 4

    Govt can't/won't say how much if any emergency relief will be available for ppl kicked off income support via new demerit points

  9. Retweeted
    Jun 2
    Replying to

    they bare absolutely no relationship to the times i experienced last times i tried to contact them - 60 minutes+

  10. Retweeted
    Jun 1

    "The 2017 Budget unfairly targets and penalises those who require assistance from the Government."

  11. Retweeted
    Jun 1

    Last week i needed to talk with Disabilities,2 disconnections and 1 hour 20 mins later~

  12. Jun 1

    Here are the 'average' wait times for call lines

  13. Jun 1

    'Average' wait time on participation line is 38 minutes

  14. Jun 1

    Centrelink had 42 million, yes 42 million missed calls this financial year to April 30

  15. Jun 1

    Govt won't say what the expansion to 2 more trial sites will cost

  16. May 31

    From .. important info from last night. If you test +ve you’re put onto income management for 2 yrs

  17. May 31

    Dept Social Services expects will have to seek an exemption from the Disability Discrimination Act for drug testing

  18. May 30

    Research shows US drug testing of income support recipients is costly & ineffective

  19. Retweeted
    May 29

    Such plans have been proposed, then abandoned, in the U.K. and Canada, says

  20. Retweeted
    May 28

    Centrelink have failed four of the registration steps so far and lost two documents. 3 visits so far. Nice to know somethings don't change.

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