NEW: the government's Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee tells it to immediately stop all mutual obligation punishments and abolish the unlawful Targeted Compliance Framework www.dss.gov.au/system/files...

have you considered that gas giants built this country, with their bare hands, from the goodness of their hearts

it was a good try from all concerned, but this is a government fundamentally unwilling to pick a fight with capital

ah ok, all good then

If you're in Naarm/ Melb come join us on 14 May to hear about the unlawful payment cancellation scandal. We'll be screening a short doco and hearing from people in the system and how to fight back. Sign up or register for upcoming events near you 👇 events.humanitix.com/profit-from-...

If you're being forced to burn through fuel to meet mutual obligations, the guardian would like to chat 👇

"The assumption underpinning employment services – that unemployed people need to be monitored, impoverished and coerced – is in direct contradiction to an interest rate policy framework that requires a certain level of unemployment to control inflation" theconversation.com/the-rbas-pol...

This week, advocates in Melb are marking the anniversary of Josh Park-Fing's death at a Work for the Dole site. Labor continues to operate this program, despite continued injuries and harms events.humanitix.com/justice-for-...

we can't afford to raise the rate 🫡

The 1970s oil shocks gave us the term "bludger". Will the new fuel crisis give us a new term, or are we sticking with old faithful

Great reminder for anyone in the welfare system: you don't have to endure mutual obligations punishments alone. Always here to help anyone complain to the Department, talk to your local MP, or blow the whistle to the media

Workforce Australia IT system has crashed again. Mutual Obligation participants saying they can't log in and report points to keep their payments

Pauline's gonna bring a prosthetic leg into parliament and drink out of it in protest

"Job providers are still refusing phone appts, forcing welfare recipients to travel. How bad does the fuel crisis need to get before g'ment considers suspending obligations?" Government says they take action against providers who do the wrong thing. Everyone, even the Ombudsman, knows this a lie

people simply love it when you storm out of the gates to support an illegal war, then lecture them about personal responsibility after it makes their lives worse

“That decision to stop compulsory activities, taken almost 6 years ago to the day, was coupled with a payment that doubled JobSeeker, lifting it to the poverty line. These were decisions that met the moment we were in.“

But do read it for free, behind the paywall, as a treat: archive.is/nNTye

yes, relying on foodbanks is deranged and ineffective policy You have to raise the rate of welfare payments if you want to actually tackle hunger. But ofc, the ALP never want to do that www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

So, @pennyallmanpayne.com & @antipovertycentre.org wrote to the government, urging them to stop forcing welfare recipients into these stupid activities during a fuel crisis. Government response? "Just contact your job provider" Story here: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Here's another one Jeremy - I have to do compulsory 'Activities' but the volunteer position I found requires steel-cap boots, so I have to find maybe $100~150 just to get started. Nothing says 'slave labour' more than having to buy your own tools ...

If you are being forced to go to a provider, request to have appointments online or over the phone and ask for your points target to be reduced. Contact your MP and the Minister's office to asks they suspend all compulsory obligations. #auspol

We're calling on @AmandaRishworth to stop all payment penalties during the fuel crisis. We shouldn't be expected to pay high prices for pointless activities. Poverty payments are nowhere near adequate and the RBA governor is hellbent on making more people unemployed. #auspol

ABC staff to strike for first time in 20 years with widespread news disruption expected

to understand what's going on, most analysis should probably start with the post-Covid ripping up of social welfare, workplace protections & public trust - turbo-charging a more atomised, precarious society instead of just publishing grabs from one of the country's 2 million polling firms

Here's another way jobseekers are punished - I'm simply unable to get a response from DEWR whether a required activity is valid. Made an online enquiry 2 weeks ago with no response, then emailed and got a response saying they are "receiving many enquiries". The system is so shit ...

JobSeeker Payment and Youth Allowance (Other) recipients as at Feb 2026: 1,027,435 - up 6.2% since Feb 2025. Biggest % increases over the last year amongst younger males: 25-34 years up 10.9% and <25 up 10.3%. data.gov.au/data/dataset...

Geoffrey Watson on ABC Late Night Live reflecting on NACC Robodebt report, his involvement in drafting the NACC Act: • Says minutes of executive meeting under Brereton 'expressed a misunderstanding of its jurisdiction'. • NACC 'scared of stepping out of line', a 'culture created by the leader':

The fuel crisis punishes welfare recipients in ludicrous ways Work for the Dole participants only get $10.40/week, which is supposed to cover fuel & travel Many thousands of poor people are forced to use their limited income on fuel to attend useless job agency bullshit

but don't worry, we've built an entire illegal apparatus to force these people into pointless activities, cut off their payments, and enrich job service parasites www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Mission accomplished

“Kilgour displays a naive understanding of the real-life behaviour of senior public servants, wondering aloud in her official report how or why such officials could ever do the wrong thing while at times finding they did just that.” @squigglyrick.bsky.social slams NACC’s “baffling” robodebt report

"Maria is reliant on JobSeeker. She pays more than 90% of this allowance on rent, leaving her with less than $50 a fortnight to live on.. Maria patches food relief together from a range of organisations.. Trying to get help can take an entire day and doesn’t always deliver." Just RAISE. The RATE.

Getting reports now that the majority of people who call certain Workforce Australia lines are now abandoning their calls, because of the enormous wait times. If you don't get through to these lines, there's no other way to overturn payment suspensions from your job provider

It’s difficult to describe the amount of sheer “they wouldn’t do this sort of thing now would they” hand waving in the NACC Robodebt findings

Robodebt was the great test of Australia’s accountability mechanisms – and they failed

I encourage Robodebt victims to have a chat with Dan 👇

Robodebt victim Felicity de Somerville labels the NACC finding “grossly disappointing” www.canberratimes.com.au/story/919615...

Sealed chapter of the Robodebt Royal Commission has now been tabled in parliament - the day after the release of the incredibly useless NACC report You can read it here: www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...

Jeremy's reaction is a good measure of how this failure will be received among the wider public, not only as it concerns the NACC, but what it suggests about the broader ability of Australian institutions to hold anyone of significant power or influence to account for anything in future.

NACC's new report finds that two of the Robodebt Six engaged in serious corrupt conduct www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

we are ONLY doing work experience (war for the dole). we are not doing real work

📣 Reportedly only 140,000 out of the 480,000 Robodebt class action members have registered to receive additional compensation in the proposed settlement. If you're eligible, you have until 4pm tomorrow to register with Gordon Legal: robodebtsettlement.com.au

Tested the line this morning - on hold for 90 minutes and the auto-script is directing me to hang up and consult the website to resolve my issues I've gone to the website and, welp - it's down

Owned! Labor has dumped its dreadful FOI Bill, because "it does not have the support of the Senate"

TCF mentioned

keeping an eye on a volatile situation spiraling toward international consequences: the possibility of a kyle sandilands post-cancellation podcast

Reports now that welfare recipients are spending 4-5 hours on hold to Workforce Australia, trying to avoid payment suspensions, and get demerits overturned Is this your experience?

Australians impacted by Robodebt have until 4pm on Friday, March 6, to register for a new class action settlement with payouts between $1,000 and $50,000 au.finance.yahoo.com/news/centrel...