In the past week a relative and a neighbour of 5 years need to look for a new rental, they both recieve supported living payment. Just over 4 years ago when my landlord sold I had to leave the property. It was hard enough back then in the private market, now it has become out of reach for people who even earn the minimum wage.
The out lay to move into another property is expensive, 2 weeks rent, 4 weeks bond, removal of furniture, transference of the internet and power.
I had a mother on my street last year give away her furniture because it was too expensive to transport furniture to another region.
Yesterday we had the unseemly sight of a landleech threatening to keep his houses empty in response to better tenancy laws. Meanwhile in Catalonia they have a solution for that: nationalisation
Then it went on a big cull. closing down 70,000 accounts world wide associated with Qanon.
There were some local consequences. Democracymum had her account shut down as did Red Baiter. Former ACT candidate Stephen Berry lost his ability to tweet and neofascist Damien De Ment will tweet no more.
Vinney Eastwood, aka @Guerillamedia is also gone. I have met him and had dealings with him. To be frank he was rather crazy. The Agenda 21 conspiracy stuff is a bridge too far. Agenda 21 was an attempt to make a more sustainable world, not an attempt to subject us to mass slavery. He may have 50,000 youtube subscribers but there are more than 50,000 crazy people in or near New Zealand.
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Tiberio Caetano is Chief Scientist of Gradient Institute. Gradient Institute is an independent non-profit and registered charity that researches, designs and develops ethical AI systems, and provides training in how to build accountability and transparency into machine learning systems. Gradient Institute receives funding from IAG and support from University of Sydney and ANU. The work referred to in this article was partly funded by a grant from the Consumer Policy Research Centre administered through the Australian Human Rights Commission.
Bill Simpson-Young is Chief Executive of Gradient Institute. Gradient Institute is an independent non-profit and registered charity that researches, designs and develops ethical AI systems, and provides training in how to build accountability and transparency into machine learning systems. Gradient Institute receives funding from IAG and support from University of Sydney and ANU. The work referred to in this article was par