such a comprehensive submission on NDIS bill from three Northern Territory advocacy orgs - so many potential terrible impacts for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability, family and kin [Sub 160] www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...

Gonna do a quick account of the proposed amendments for the NDIS Bill that'll be voted on next week. Generally think they'd be good additions to blunt this thing - kudos to the cross-bench offices and advocates for turning them around on such short notice.

so after running around for months making up stuff about the NDIS, Aruma (Martin Laverty) now says aged care assessment tool should be used as a template for disabled people [submission 190] www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...

Kmart exploits disabled people on a "supported wage" that allows them to pay as little as $2.50 an hour. They certainly don't offer the "high quality jobs" the minister was promising yesterday. Kmart shouldn't be allowed anywhere near what they refer to as ~vulnerable~ people.

The NDIS changes were debated in Parliament last night and I made a point of giving voice to a family that would be impacted by the proposed reforms. Yes reform is needed, but not like this. This bill will be detrimental for many NDIS participants and unless it's amended I will oppose it. #auspol

A man on JobSeeker calls into ABC Melbourne to say he hasn't eaten in three days He says all his job provider does is pray for him.

NDIS bill back before the house. They’ll be voting this morning: www.youtube.com/live/duCbIQ_...

in bloody deed 'Australians with disabilities copped the biggest cuts in the budget. Yet conservative media’s heart bleeds for the wealthy' thanks @grogsgamut.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

Following this morning's sycophantic coverage of Labor's recycled (un)employment services proposals, we're grateful there will be some people with direct experience of the system getting to speak. 1) Tune in at 5pm for an interview with @jeremypoxon.bsky.social on ABC Victoria Statewide Drive

Employment minister Amanda Rishworth's National Press Club address on (un)employment services is about to kick off on ABC News at Noon. You can watch on iView here: iview.abc.net.au/category/wat...

The NDIS Bill is back before the Lower House today with debate resuming this morning. Will try and collect notes on this thread: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR5V...

"You can’t punish people into employment in an economy designed to keep at least 4 per cent of us unemployed, especially with the RBA aggressively pursuing higher unemployment." – Jay Coonan FULL STATEMENT:

It makes me angry because one of the points I raised was that there are so many ways that people’s disabilities could impact their abilities to make a submission in a short timeframe. Equitable consultation with disabled people would include longer consultation periods to account for this.

If you want to make a submission about the NDIS bill, even just a couple of sentences in an email, you can ask for more time if you need it. Just email the committee secretariat to ask for an extension beyond the current 29 May due date via [email protected]

Melissa McIntosh now moving amendments in parliament on the Bill: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccp3...

Cooked NDIS Legislation is 2nd on the lower house notice paper today, will likely see some debate this afternoon. Still has to go to Senate in any event: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccp3...

Justice and Equity Centre have just put up their explainer for the new NDIS legislation. Incredibly valuable way to get up to speed ASAP on the sheer scale of changes and cuts (and the huge powers for the Minister to keep doing those things beyond just this bill): jec.org.au/publication/...

luv to cut disability support instead of taxing the gas industry: "[Social License] has been used widely as part of the PR of extractive industries [to signal they] are mindful of their social responsibilities [without] having to meet intrusive government regulations and community expectations"

Two points here: 1) Butler describing the NDIS as needing 'social licence' reveals a very sinister attitude to the function of that institution, however: 2) much current Labor policy revolves around not knowing what words mean or what events occured in the recent past, which is a massive problem

Tonight! See quoted post for rego link.

“The most consistent factor that supports meaningful, lasting change … is the relationship between the client and the worker.” Nick Crowley on the proletarianisation of disability support work.

Oh, uh! Hello! This is CONTINUE. We're a defiant, new videogames magazine. We have assembled an incredible roster of talented creatives, writers, artists and illustrators to build Issue 01 of our new magazine. We launched our Kickstarter today! www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...

Thanks & solidarity to @chexabonus.bsky.social @kathmadgwick.bsky.social for your relentless pursuit of justice for Robodebt victims. We are sorry for this devastating outcome, but your actions and those of everyone who stopped this scheme reverberate in the ongoing fight for a safe welfare system.

0.000% of Communism has been built. Evil child-murdering billionaires still rule the world with a shit-eating grin. All he has managed to do is make himself *sad*. He is starting to suspect Kras Mazov *fucked him over* personally with his socio-economic theory.

No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor

New open access article by @evansmithhist.bsky.social and myself, looking at patterns in membership application data of the National Front of Australia:

Academic work is challenging & relentless, but how is it experienced by disabled scholars? How does structural ableism impact working lives? In this collaborative autoethnography, we (a group of disabled academics) share our experiences of working in higher education. doi.org/10.1080/0309...

Always have to bring this back to the people affected. This is what they're paying providers billions of dollars to (unlawfully) do bsky.app/profile/mkla...

"Unlike fires, floods and cyclones, the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) does not recognise heatwaves as a natural disaster – leaving it up to the discretion of service providers to determine how they respond." Thx to @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/news/260205-...

The excellent folks over at the Justice and Equity Centre @justiceandequity.bsky.social have just published their NDIS insights report for 2025/26. A really good summary of the last 12 months of NDIS faultlines: jec.org.au/publication/...

Labor offers to delay NDIS autism changes if states agree to hospital and disability funding deal

"Services Australia knew its internal practices relating to child support payments conflict with the law but did nothing about it for six years, a report from the commonwealth ombudsman has found." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Surveillance of welfare recipients is not an appropriate response to people in increasingly desperate circumstances committing violent acts. But Labor's plan seems to be just introducing more pre-crime punishments until needing welfare is itself seen as the crime. www.itnews.com.au/news/service...

Craig Goodwin taking the time to go on 5AA radio to talk shit on Josh Cavallo is pretty on par for someone who bailed on the club just before the 2023/24 season started for Saudi money. Craig wasn’t even at Adelaide United to witness what happened within the club during that time! #ALM

Good to hear that 'guy not here for the period in question' and 'radio host tolerant of booing players who experience homophobic abuse' have come together to agree there's nothing to see here omny.fm/shows/the-fi...

Big win for NDIS users at Federal Court. Sherri Sutherland and Victorian Legal Aid successful in establishing that people with disability are not required to prove that other services can’t meet their support needs first before getting onto the NDIS: www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/access-ndis-...

my only sappy thing to say about GDQ is that the last however many years have tried their best to convince the world that ppl like me should not exist and sometimes you wonder if we really are on a downfall but GDQ comes around saying trans rights all day all week raising millions and millions

From May last year, when NDIS execs backflipped and introduced default 3-month funding "periods" more than 20,000 plans -- one third -- were cut by an average of 22.5 per cent. Rest increased but this includes across the board indexation. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/2026/01...

4/ Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah’s statement on her cancellation from Adelaide Writers Week:

Australian Adelaide Writers Week cancelling a writer for the crime of being anti-genocide and anti-land theft, site opens with a statement acknowledging the festival taking place on stolen land for bonus irony. www.adelaidefestival.com.au/news/2025/ad...

#BREAKING: The Commonwealth Ombudsman has published their investigation into the Targeted Compliance Framework & Mutual Obligations system Their findings on the Department's administration of many parts of the system are incredibly damning 👇

NDIA FOI account back online! on about the 5th attempt I finally fixed the bug that stopped the service i was using to get notifications when the FOI log updated - see below for updates!

Secretary defends job providers' use of payment suspensions, as she's "interrogated the system in a very active way" So, she's asked about @antipovertycentre.org analysis, showing the system is threatening 5 payment suspensions a minute, & admits she didn't even check this data. Such interrogation!

I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!

The Commonwealth argued in this hearing that the High Court appeal should not proceed, as the retrospective measures in the bill resolve any legal questions. They may have had a point, had the bill been passed. I'm not sure it would have been a good one. In any event, the appeal will now be heard 🙂

Disability groups have released a statement: "We are deeply concerned that communities traditionally over-policed & disadvantaged, including First Nations people with disability, would be at heightened risk" The whole statement is well worth reading. Ty @amyremeikis.bsky.social for reporting.

Thank you @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social and @senatorthorpe.bsky.social. This is the most basic principle of what they call the "justice" system, and they want to strip it away with no scrutiny.

this piece is infuriating. disabled people are being paid a few dollars an hour - this has to change, yet the focus here is on well paid non-disabled people, pontificating about things that are not true. brief 🧵

They say most suspensions are reversed, so what’s the harm? But everyone who’s received that text message knows the harm starts there. Anxiety, stress, wasted time & energy. It starts even before that – submitting to mistreatment just to avoid the text. Ty @caitkelly.bsky.social for reporting.

State disability ministers threaten Butler with boycott over two-minute speaking limit in NDIS meeting