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artistaffame.bsky.social
Melissa
@artistaffame.bsky.social
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Artist graphic designer and anti-poverty activist. No time for bigots.
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Melissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 8h
Thank you!
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Nobody Deserves Poverty @nobodyinpoverty.bsky.social · 9h
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"Robodebt and now the targeted compliance framework didn't happen in a vacuum it was allowed to happen because so many people have been taught to hate the unemployed or those on welfare."

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Melissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 8h
Thank you!
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Melissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 19h
Will do just got to get the info
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Melissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 19h
ko-fi.com/post/Punch-u... I had a tv interview with abc today and it made me think about this
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Possum Every Hour @possumeveryhour.io · 1d
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Paul Bamford @paulb237.bsky.social · 12d
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Paul Bamford @paulb237.bsky.social · 13d
"Automated Decision-Making" is an oxymoron.

Thank you for listening to my TED Talk.
A computer can never be held accountable. Therefore a computer must never make a management decision.
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Melissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 12d
Agreed
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Nobody Deserves Poverty @nobodyinpoverty.bsky.social · 13d
Mutual Obligations MUST be immediately paused and Minister Rishworth must take responsibility for the safety of welfare recipients

#nobodyDeservesPoverty
#RaiseTheRate
#BTPM
#AbolishMOs

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An image with a textured background of orange and white features text in a large, bold font. The main text is: "310,000 Australians had Centrelink payments cancelled ILLEGALLY (Economic Justice Australia, Sept 2025)" "Mutual Obligations MUST be immediately paused" "Minister Rishworth must take responsibility for the safety of welfare recipients" In the bottom right corner, there is a circular orange logo with white text that reads, "nobody deserves poverty" and a small logo for AUWU (Australian Unemployed Workers' Union) underneath. The text related to the number of cancelled payments and the call for the Minister to take responsibility are in orange font. The text about Mutual Obligations is in black font.
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Melissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 12d
Exactly instead they are refusing to answer questions about it
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Melissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 12d
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... 300,000 people put under stress at risk of losing their only access to food shelter and medical care. This happened both under liberal and Labor govts
More than 300,000 Australians had Centrelink payments cancelled illegally, new analysis shows
Peak body for community legal centres finds number of payments suspended due to IT glitch higher than department initially identified
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Melissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 13d
Thank you!!
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Melissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 13d
Anything helps honestly
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Melissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 13d
Thank you she's been panicking so much
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Melissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 13d
❤️Hey folks urgent mutual aid request❤️ Jess is a single mum who had to have surgery unexpectedly due to this she won’t get paid this week please help if you can BSB: 062421
Account number: 10581872
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Melissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 14d
Thank you I’d thought I’d read about them
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Melissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 14d
You’re going to be missed
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Melissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 14d
Weren’t some people jailed over debts and they may not of owed the amount they were jailed for?
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 14d
Colleen Taylor: “before Robodebt, the work was about doing the job properly”. Except we now know Centrelink raised unlawful debts against hundreds of thousands of ppl for three decades, long before Robodebt. So I don’t agree with Taylor
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Melissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 14d
Watching this doco makes it very clear this was able to happen because of attitudes to those of us on welfare by media and politicians
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 14d
A lot of people worked for years to expose the scandal of Robodebt. But the big lie of ‘mutual obligation’ is still official policy in Australia. Until we treat people seeking help with respect, this stuff will continue
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 14d
Ok. #PeoplevsRobodebt is on national TV
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 14d
“I had to prove I didn’t have a debt when I didn’t know how they’d raised the debt in the first place.” ~ Felicity Button
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 14d
Ok. #PeoplevsRobodebt is on national TV
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Melissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 14d
Next month in Adelaide date to be advised there will be a screening of “I,Daniel Blake” I’ll be speaking after about the systems that harm us.
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Melissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 14d
You did amazing the fact you recognised the pattern is incredible I know my brain would of never picked up on it and then all the work you put in
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