'67 per cent of households that include someone living with a disability or health issue experienced food insecurity in the past 12 months' www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

another rip-off of disabled people, this time by Remote Mobility, for equipment and gear. where are the regulators? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Footage of guards holding down and putting spit hood on disabled NT prisoner shown at inquest www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

This from the ABS today shows so many people who want to work can't due to their own illness or injury or caring for others abs.gov.au/media-centre...

Now @justiceandequity.bsky.social has added its name to the list of groups opposing this draconian and underhanded move. These are the groups @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social has dismissed. She refuses to address concerns about separation of powers, due process and unintended consequences.

... in December last year, the government partially privatised the system at a cost of more than $1.2 billion. Latest figures show there are now more than 116,000 people waiting for aged care assessments around the country. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Punishing People Without Trial: Why We Oppose the New Centrelink Amendment apn-sa.org/2025/11/04/p... via @AntiPovertyN_SA

Opinion piece on the proposed measure to cease Centrelink payments to the subjects of outstanding arrest warrant for serious violent and sexual offences. The article mistakenly suggests the ASIO/security notice power is new but it was introduced in 2014 www.canberratimes.com.au/story/910387...

Even the people you assume will take any opportunity to punch down on welfare recipients disagree with what the government is doing.

"We need to put an end to the number of families grieving the tragic, avoidable and violent deaths of loved ones who, in their darkest moment needed love and care, but were instead met with lethal force." excellent from Lorena Allam www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

latest digital inclusion index is out - First Nations people have the biggest gap digitalinclusionindex.org.au

wild 'both sidesing' of a deeply terrible bit of legislation - of course the police think more powers are a good idea. that does not mean that is true www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

"You could see him gasping for air, they were putting needles in him, I don't know what was happening," Mrs Drabsch said. "It broke my heart, absolute shock, he was a wonderful husband." www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS) Chair Karly Warner called the proposal “controversial” and said it is “an unprecedented attack on fairness and due process which will shake public confidence in our legal system.” The separation of powers is not optional.

'Growing calls for Labor to abandon new powers to stop Centrelink payments for people accused of a serious offence' @antipovertycentre.org is joined by many other organisations apcentre.substack.com/p/growing-ca...

disabled kids excluded from ACT schools www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Disabled NT man died naked in cell wearing spit hood and cuffs, inquest told www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

another utter failure of private delivery of public services “It’s hard to think of another government-funded industry allowed to operate in this way … to continue soaking up so much public money and to spit out so few results.” @jeremypoxon.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Presumption of Innocence? Not if you're on welfare phonakins.com/2025/11/03/p...

my local mp...because climate change and renewable energy aren't important in regional areas **sigh**

SMASHING the buy button for the online show of this incredible production - so excited to see it!!

Yesterday was the final dress rehearsal for The Little Mermaid here in Perth, WA. We have created a new and original retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. An 80 minute ballet starring disabled, queer, trans and mixed-race dancers. It runs from 4-22 November 2025.

Prepaid electricity consumers sweltering under regular disconnections, report finds www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... Report launch today: www.firstnationscleanenergy.org.au/right_to_power

This Bill is down for debate in the Senate this week. Includes income apportionment measures which affect millions of people plus a new measure allowing a Minister to cancel payments to the subject of an outstanding arrest warrant for serious violent or sexual offences www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...

ATO is paying private debt collector $42m to pursue taxpayers, including welfare recipients www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

excellent look back at decisions to screw over early childhood services, including those who warned about what would happen, from @garethhutchens.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

bunch of new reports from jobs and skills australia (am on the board) that include new info about employment and skills for First Nations folks and disabled people, among many others www.jobsandskills.gov.au/publications

"People with a disability and Indigenous Australians are overrepresented in the data. About 33% of all suspensions affected those with a disability, and at least 26% of all suspensions affected First Nations people."

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 🧵

Centrelink threatening payment suspensions at rate of five a minute, new analysis suggests “The numbers are so unimaginably high, it is actually easy to lose sight of how crazy this all is,” @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org @antipovertycentre.org #NobodyDeservsePoverty

Amy on point - 'As is so often the case, it is the most vulnerable who must look out for all our rights, because they know that what impacts them, impacts us.'

Parl Library has updated the Bills Digest to include analysis of these proposed measures (section at the end): www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...

really fantastic Boyer lecture from @larissabehrendt.bsky.social [audio only] www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

'Centrelink threatening payment suspensions at rate of five a minute' @antipovertycentre.org @caitkelly.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

the cat is fusspotting around the house with the storms, complaining loudly about the noise

The changes to the social security bill, tabled in the lower house on Wednesday morning, could allow the Home Affairs Minister to cancel the welfare payment of someone on an outstanding warrant. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

New from @zoewundenberg.bsky.social Poverty is policy, not a personal failing archive.md/SAvoc #NobodyDeservesPoverty

Rowan (cat) is again deeply engaged with the fly that has dared to come into her domain (my house). if yesterday is anything to go by, she will now chase it around for hours, with little regard to anything in her way

heard back after making a formal complaint - they will reimburse me for the new walking stick with specialist fitting, and have apologised - main reason I got this is that my meltdown and experience was all on cctv, so more people got to watch. awesome

Today we learned of a shocking amendment to the income apportionment bill that involves police in social security decisions. We're joining the call for Labor to abandon police powers to stop Centrelink payments. Why is @amyremeikis.bsky.social is the only one in the press gallery covering this?

Family of Frank Coleman say death in custody findings show prison system failures www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

wonderful news Australian-first treaty legislation passes in Victorian parliament www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

******SIGH****** www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Another reminder to Kickstarter supporters who provided seed funding for @theflytrapmedia.com last year: Your subscription does NOT auto-renew, check your email for instructions (+a special discount!). I hear from a lot of people saying 'oh right I should do that' well, NOW is a great time to do it!

Among the amendments, the government slipped in one which is, totally unrelated to this bill, which would give police the power to recommend the suspension or cancellation of a person’s Centrelink benefits, before they are convicted. live.thepoint.com.au/2025/10/the-...

"I had actually been diagnosed with malnutrition and scurvy. I know the outcome of not buying the things I need for my health, but I also know that sometimes I don't have a choice" - @artistaffame.bsky.social Watch the full segment here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Xc...

aaargh 'Developers flock to build ‘affordable’ housing – but are poised to reap benefits while tenants could pay 50% of post-tax income in rent' www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

private aged care providers increasing fees, making the 'no worse off' guarantee meaningless www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

ah, we're back to NDIS fixing jurisdictional fights, plan delays and cuts via media '‘I’m being punished’: Emily is healthy enough to leave hospital but she can’t because of NDIS funding cuts' www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Government amendments providing new powers to stop welfare payments to fugitives subject to a warrant for a serious violent or sexual offence have been added to the Social Security and Other Leg. Amendment (Technical Changes No. 2) Bill 2025 prior to passing Reps. parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/sea...