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@LindaBurneyMP

Labor Member for Barton, Shadow Minister for Human Services, and former NSW Labor Deputy Leader. Contact me at Linda.Burney.MP@aph.gov.au

Kogarah, Sydney
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Joined June 2010
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    May 10

    Shame we don't apply the same rules to Turnbull Gov ministers. ❌Robo-debt ❌phone waiting times ❌Privacy leaks ❌Pension wait times

    Our new welfare compliance demerit point system. Like your driver's licence, once you accrue four points you're on notice.
    6 replies . 52 retweets 55 likes
  2. 3h

    Wearing Judge Bobs very special scarf tonight. He loved the Swans

    2 replies . 6 retweets 33 likes
  3. 3h

    Buddy Franklin wears 67 on his jumper as does Shaun Burgoyne. Nice

    1 reply . 11 retweets 54 likes
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    11h

    . speaking at a $300 luncheon about the future of welfare. He's not expecting these people on income support to turn up

    3 replies . 38 retweets 26 likes
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    May 23

    A defining moment in our history as First Peoples discuss our rightful place in our own country at convention.

    46 retweets 70 likes
  6. 14h

    This is probably reasonable - crazy how that happens when humans rather than robots make the decisions...

    Former senator Bob Day's request to have his debts to the Commonwealth waived has been approved
    11 replies . 30 retweets 28 likes
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    May 23

    . Labor proud to be joining the Mabo family in Canberra today commemorating 25 years since the Mabo decision.

    , , and 6 others
    21 retweets 29 likes
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    May 23

    Labor will crack down on dodgy directors, because Phoenix activity isn't magical, it's a rip-off hurting taxpayers, workers & firms

    35 replies . 99 retweets 80 likes
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    May 23
    Replying to

    Sorry to hear our people should never be reduced too or used as political footballs.

    5 retweets 11 likes
  10. May 23

    It was disappointing not to have been invited, moving ceremony and speeches in the house today. No need to play politics.

    Labor MPs say weren't alerted by Turnbull Government about ceremony in Members Hall with indigenous elders despite this ex Libs whip 7:44am
    10 replies . 117 retweets 83 likes
  11. Retweeted
    May 23

    "Reconciliation will always depend on truth telling"

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    May 22

    Listen to & reflect on today's launch & back to 1997 Bringing Them Home report:

    1 reply . 31 retweets 10 likes
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    May 21
    Replying to

    21 replies . 76 retweets 104 likes
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    May 22

    Mick Dodson: "It's good to be in the big house, where we've got a few blackfellas now these days."

    15 retweets 15 likes
  15. May 21

    Wouldn't the tapes/quotes you're refusing to listen to be considered empirical evidence? 🤔🤔🤔

    1:14
    . says James Ashby has 'exceptionally high integrity'. MORE
    6 replies . 27 retweets 45 likes
  16. May 21

    Treasurer is on very thin ice talking about pensioners' bank accounts! He plans to extend robo-debt to aged. Duplicitous.

    5 replies . 89 retweets 55 likes
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    May 21

    Let's work together to break the cycle of trauma in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities

    , , and 7 others
    26 retweets 22 likes
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    May 18

    'Apartheid did exist in this country', reminds conservatives via

    4 replies . 58 retweets 63 likes
  19. Retweeted
    May 18

    If only this Government put as much effort into chasing multinational tax dodgers as they do hounding pensioners.

    99 replies . 529 retweets 673 likes
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    May 18

    Release of a key protocol underpinning robodebt is welcome but doesn't relieve government of its obligation to publish and/or provide it.

    Replying to @dpn78 @beneltham and 4 others
    Now released, posted on the senate inquiry webite (this is a direct download)
    2 replies . 6 retweets 4 likes
  21. May 17

    How good are people sometimes? Very easy to forget. Glad to see reach its goal!

    ., Australia's only kid's newspaper, saved as $200k crowdfunding target reached
    1 reply . 6 retweets 29 likes

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