Robodebt Royal Commission is Labor's one and done gesture towards welfare recipients. They could immediately go back to holding them in contempt and starving them afterwards. They can only afford principles in opposition.

@nobodyinpoverty.bsky.social Good news for people on DES: we've got word there will be an MO suspension from 16 Oct to 25 Jan next year. Also, the AUWU advocacy phone line is due to start up again 13 Oct.

My non-existent plans for today have been cancelled due to an excruciating headache.

All episodes of 'The People vs. Robodebt' are now available to stream via SBS On Demand, ahead of the TV premiere of the first episode at 7:30pm. Please be aware if you've had a Robodebt or know others who have, it is quite intense. #ThePeopleVSRobodebt www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-...

EJA analysis indicates that approximately 310,000 people were not given the legally correct number of days to re-connect with employment services There were approximately 100,000 payment cancellations until they were paused on 4 September 2024 www.ejaustralia.org.au/wp-content/u...

Usually I get bad secondhand embarrassment for people in these situations. But with Zuckerberg, I’m rooting for the WiFi demons 💯 Friends, are these the kind of guys we want running the world? 😂

Sensible? My @smh @theage cartoon.

‘Not a closed chapter’: The legacy of Robodebt scandal still lingers five years after illegal scheme was axed thewest.com.au/news/wa/not-...

Vintage Cathy Wilcox in SMH

A UFC match at the White House? Obama's joke about Trump renovating the White House doesn't seem like a joke anymore.

Hear @artistaffame.bsky.social speak about her new Magazine project to showcase the stories of people living in poverty - from 19mins www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

@artistaffame.bsky.social Highly recommend this talk? "But we can't afford to increase welfare payments..." Yes we can. m.youtube.com/watch?v=H0Mf...

Is comedy legal yet?

Priorities. My @smh @theage cartoon.

Disabled people deserve more than the bare minimum to survive (not that many even get that)... They deserve to have enough to try and find their best quality of life, to have support, and whatever they need to manage their health. They deserve to be and feel safe.

this doesn't look like a normal distribution

MY GOD, I HAVE A NEW HERO. SHE HAD THEM SO HOOKED AND THEN BAM, SHE ATE THEM, BONES AND ALL.

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So I've been secretive these last few months as I put my project into action but I want to create a magazine. The difference to this magazine is it will be written by people with direct experience in poverty.

Paging Ms Streisand

“I can’t stress enough the number of variables that just aren’t included. This is a minimum cost,” – Richard Denniss at estimates re National Climate Risk Assessment. “What you see in that report is the best-case scenario.” via @themandarin.bsky.social ▶️ australiainstitute.org.au/post/devasta...

This hits pretty hard, from the chair of the UN commission on Gaza www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...

Ezra Klein is branching out into comedy.

Get Grandpa away from the nuclear codes, stat.

My understanding of free speech is that bigots have a free reign but anyone who says something bad about bigots should be thrown in jail or fired.

Wish they could’ve removed the garbage from the White House.

The Climate Risk Assessment is distressing and shocking, especially for those most at risk: people in poverty, older people, people with disabilities and people without safe and secure housing. Labor has no more excuses. Anything less than net zero by 2035 is a death sentence.

#Newspoll 58-42 to ALP ALP 36 L-NP 27 Grn 13 ON 10 others 14

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today. We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.

It turns out I'm still wiped from the third Pilates session of the week followed by a 25 minute stationary bike ride. I'll reduce it to 15 minutes this weekend, then increase by small increments, as tolerated.

A lot of criticisms have been made about LLMs. I wonder if we are giving enough attention to them trying to please the user and keep them engaged. This often distorts the responses and makes them prone to manipulation. We should be putting appropriate guard rails on them.

The best way to honour his memory is to release the Epstein files.

Why is Centrist government so demoralising?

Criticism of Klein's Abundance idea. greenagenda.org.au/2025/09/abun...

If democracy does finally fail, it will simply be because a few people wanted more money than can be spent in a 1000 lifetimes, and I find that deeply sad.

Disgraceful. No govt that actually cares about climate change would do this. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

They know the climate chaos coming, they know their decision will make it worse, and kill any hope of mitigation, but they did it anyway - for their own benefit. Not a principle among them.

The system isn't broken – it's working against you open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...

America can honour Charlie Kirk's memory by passing stronger gun laws.

@nobodyinpoverty.bsky.social Good news. The AUWU advocacy line is starting up again. It's been a hassle to everyone with a job network issue not to have this service available, and we apologise. This problem will be at an end.

I want to talk to my brother about our parents' declining health. Both have reduced function. But to have a practical conversation, he has to acknowledge my disability, or he will ask me to do the impossible. He refuses. What to do?

Funny how welfare is 'unsustainable' but warfare never is Funny how welfare became 'unsustainable' when governments reduced taxes paid by the rich and left so many loopholes most millionaires avoid paying anything Funny how the more austerity suffered by poor people the richer millionaires get

It’s good news that Robodebt victims will be getting more compensation. But let's be clear: Labor is still administering a welfare compliance regime that is legally dubious, pursues dodgy debts, and punches down on poor people. Today's announcement doesn't change that.

In order to keep my fatigue under control, I'm trying a combination of butekyo type breathing, humming, low effort mindfulness, vagal nerve stimulation. Being sick is a demanding job, but with no compensation!

There is no moral justification for today’s extraordinary concentration of wealth. It is distorting politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Closing our staggering wealth gap is crucial to the survival of our economy and our democracy.

Bro gaslit me about being unwilling to do certain things. The thing about disability is your functional abilities are non-existent or restricted. It's not a matter of won't do X but can't do X. Disabilities don't have to be visible to be disabling.

If we don't have a UBI, the alternative is we accept heartless treatment of the most disadvantaged or look the other way.

Reasons poverty is frustrating its an endless cycle of not being able to get the care you need. Its making hard choices every single day between necessities for instance tomorrow I have an appointment with my dermatologist but the cost to get there and to get home takes money