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aunz.theconversation.com
The government’s laws cancelling social security payments for some accused of crimes turn a safety net into a weapon for punishing people.

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December 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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redrabbleroz.bsky.social
My argument for more public holidays to be gazetted 👇 #auspol
November 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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abcnewsbot.bsky.social
Australia's top universities have aligned themselves with oil and gas producers, miners and developers on a a key piece of environment legislation, drawing the ire of dozens of academics.
Australia's leading universities sign letter opposing environment legislation
Australia's top universities have aligned themselves with oil and gas producers, miners and developers on a a key piece of environment legislation, drawing the ire of dozens of academics.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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biancanogrady.bsky.social
What Australian outlets edited out of the opening of Kerry O'Brien's Walkley Awards speech on press freedom:
(The full speech is here: www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...)
A screenshot of a section of Kerry O'Brien's speech. This section is outlined in red, with the note 'Missing from The Age/SMH version: "First things first. It would be remiss of me not to refer specifically to the appalling and outrageous casualty list of Palestinian journalists and other media workers in Israel’s war on Gaza since the brutal attack by Hamas on Israeli citizens two years ago. “Having excluded independent global media access inside Gaza, leaving us all to rely on local journalists to bear witness to the devastating effect of Israel’s bombardment on the civilian population of Gaza and the famine that has accompanied it, Israel has failed dismally to explain with any credibility why so many journalists have been killed. “Importantly, what we should acknowledge tonight is the impact those Palestinian journalists have had in return for their sacrifice. “They have confronted the world with powerful evidence that has gradually taken on the look and feel of genocide in real time—in our living rooms as well as the corridors of the UN and its agencies. “It is significantly due to the courage and stubborn determination of those journalists that no reasonable citizen of the world has been able to look away. They and their surviving colleagues have provided an irresistible clarity of truth that has profoundly influenced global public opinion, to the point where even some close allies have been compelled to condemn the nature of Israel’s ongoing war, and declare their recognition of the State of Palestine." This section is outlined in blue with the note 'Missing from the Guardian version': “They and their surviving colleagues have provided an irresistible clarity of truth that has profoundly influenced global public opinion, to the point where even some close allies have been compelled to condemn the nature of Israel’s ongoing war, and declare their recognition of the State of Palestine."
November 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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kattekrab.bsky.social
As parliament winds up for the summer I’d like to draw your attention to the OpenAustralia Foundation.

We are a small charity with a hard working team running services to support our unique democracy.

We need your help to fund our work.
Please donate now.
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OpenAustralia Foundation
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November 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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antipovertycentre.org
Labor's one concrete promise to welfare recipients in 2022 was to abolish compulsory cashless welfare.
mklapdor.bsky.social Michael Klapdor @mklapdor.bsky.social · 5d
As at 10 October 2025, there were 32,556 on income management (IM):
- 9,598 on old IM (BasicsCard) and 22,958 on enhanced IM (SmartCard)
- 6.7% (2,221) were voluntary, the rest under compulsory measures.
- 82% (26,599) on IM identify as Indigenous.
www.aph.gov.au/api/qon/down...
November 28, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
The latest corrective services data is out today, and it points a horrific picture of the systemic racism in our judicial system #PointLive
live.thepoint.com.au
Males (Average daily number) Indigenous Non-indigenous 2022 3,881.7 270.8021887 2023 4,119.4 266.419147 Sep-24 4,454.5 263.0404971 Dec-24 4,518.3 259.3942345 Mar-25 4,652.8 265.7101833 Jun-25 4,715.1 269.4114629 Sep-25 4,717.3 267.8862789
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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euanritchie.bsky.social
Ever grateful to those that speak up & out, & for their solidarity.

Science suppression & self-censorship is rife. I understand why many are reluctant to speak truth to power, it can come with great costs, seen & unseen, with the latter often being the most insidious, upsetting & damaging. #ESA2025
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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antipovertycentre.org
Today @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social succeeded in establishing new powers to cancel Centrelink payments before conviction.

Thanks @senatorthorpe.bsky.social @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social @davidpocock.bsky.social @pennyallmanpayne.com for trying to stop this dangerous law.
Shame Labor shame: New powers to cancel Centrelink payments before conviction pass the senate
Welfare recipients have a right to be treated equally under the law, and should not be subject to punishment before having access to legal advice for any reason, ever.
apcentre.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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johnquiggin.bsky.social
The Group of 8 Universities has signed up as part of the BCA-led Alliance of Industry Organisations and is supporting their push against environment protection. I took a look at their management "team", and AFAICT, only one of them has ever held a teaching or research job.

go8.edu.au/about/team
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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jeremypoxon.bsky.social
Here, again, is the human cost of the government's unlawful system of payment suspensions

Constant cycles of punishment that you cannot escape - even when you're in hospital
www.kingaroy.org/invisible-ca...
Emma knows about imperfect systems. When she called the Centrelink compliance line to contest her first suspension—the one that arrived while she was in hospital—she was on hold for forty-three minutes. She counted. The hold music was a tinny loop of Vivaldi’s “Spring,” chopped and distorted through cheap speakers. By the time someone answered, she’d missed her next appointment with her psychologist. Which, naturally, triggered another suspension notice the following week. “You can’t win,” she says. “The system is designed so you can’t win.”
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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jasonandrade.bsky.social
Where wil CBUS find the money to pay the fines and compensation?

Oh right.. from its members funds.

What are the penalties to it’s board, the chair and it’s executive management team?

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Superannuation giant Cbus hit with penalty for mishandling insurance claims
Superannuation giant Cbus will pay a $23.5 million fine after admitting it breached the law over major delays in its handling of insurance claims.
www.abc.net.au
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
"Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone" Smashing column by @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org & @maiyazize.bsky.social #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone
In the final days of October, the Federal Government quietly inserted a last-minute amendment into an unrelated bill. It has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home A...
thepoint.com.au
November 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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hannahforsyth.bsky.social
WTF Flinders. 🤬
November 21, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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mattbevan.bsky.social
Wandering around saying “That’s Bazball, baby!” every time I do something unfathomably stupid. #ashes
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 AM
caramelisedcat.bsky.social
Walk into the club like
November 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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claudia-sahm.bsky.social
“Claudia Sahm, a former Fed economist who blasted Summers and others for sexism in a widely shared and highly critical 2020 blog post, sounded vindicated. “Okay, so maybe I wasn’t too mean to him…” she said on social media after the emails were made public last week.” www.wsj.com/us-news/larr...
How Larry Summers’s Power Delayed the Reckoning Over His Epstein Ties
The former Treasury Secretary and Harvard president’s enormous network and clout kept him immune from past Jeffrey Epstein revelations. But this time was just too much.
www.wsj.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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richarddenniss.bsky.social
What if we took the billions saved by not hosting the COP and gave it to the Pacific who we keep saying the COP was supposed to help? #climate

thepoint.com.au/news/251121-...
COP failure delivers a billion dollar opportunity to finally deliver for Pacific family
New analysis of Australia's foreign aid spending recommends a more direct way to help our Pacific neighbours, following the failure to win the right to host next year’s COP climate talks.
thepoint.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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emilypont.bsky.social
A literal fire has erupted in the middle of the United Nations conference devoted to stopping the planet from burning.

heatmap.news/sparks/cop30...
COP30 Is on Fire
Flames have erupted in the “Blue Zone” at the United Nations Climate Conference in Brazil.
heatmap.news
November 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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maximumwelfare.bsky.social
There'll now be a debate on Schedule 5. I'll start then:

The Albanese Government's last-minute grab for police powers to cancel welfare benefits without a conviction is now opposed by more than 35 civil society organisations, including NATSILS and the Law Council of Australia. Touch one, touch all.
DRAFT LEGISLATION PROGRAM FOR THE SENATE 2025 SPRING SITTINGS OF PARLIAMENT: WEEK 8 (24 – 27 NOVEMBER) PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS AN INDICATIVE PROGRAM AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE Monday, 24 November 10.00am: Documents presented / Authorisations for Committees to meet Government Business: • Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical Changes No. 2) Bill 2025 • Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 2) Bill 2025 • Administrative Review Tribunal and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 • Customs Tariff Amendment (Geelong Treaty Implementation) Bill 2025 1.30pm: 2 Minute Statements / Questions / Motions to take note of answers / Petitions / Notices of motion / Placing of business / Discovery of formal business / MPI or urgency motion / Consideration of documents tabled / Ministerial statements / Committee memberships / Messages from the House of Representatives Order of Business (continued) 8.00pm: Adjournment (30 minutes) Groups supporting the call for the government to abandon the amendment: Anglicare Australia Antipoverty Centre Anti-Poverty Network SA Australian Autism Alliance Australian Council of Social Services Australian Federation of Disability Organisations Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union Basic Income Australia Children and Young People with Disability Community Mental Health Australia Community Restorative Centre Consumers of Mental Health WA Council of Single Mothers and their Children Disability Advocacy Network Australia Down Syndrome Australia Economic Justice Australia Everybody’s Home First Peoples Disability Network Inclusion Australia Justice and Equity Centre Justice Reform Initiative Law Council of Australia Mental Health Lived Experience Peak Qld National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS) National Ethnic Disability Alliance National Mental Health Consumer Alliance NSW Council for Civil Liberties People with Disability Australia Physical Disability Australia Queensland Advocacy for Inclusion Single Mother Families Australia Wirringa Baiya Aboriginal Women’s Legal Centre Women with Disabilities Australia To add your organisation to this list contact media at antipovertycentre.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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timhollo.bsky.social
Isn’t it great how politics is now basically grown men abusing children

This is just such evil behaviour
New Zealand bans puberty blockers for young transgender people
Critics warn move could have devastating impact on lives and wellbeing of those affected
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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cameronwilson.bsky.social
Like the local streaming quota, Australia should legislate that a certain amounts of views should go to Australian users as a way of promoting domestic Posting production
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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redrabbleroz.bsky.social
“They (Labor) are now responsible for cuts to public science that exceed the Abbott government – cuts current Labor MPs rightly slammed at the time.” #auspol
australia.theguardian.com Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 15d
‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at the CSIRO
‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at the CSIRO
Australia’s national scientific agency announces more research job losses as it looks for budgetary savings * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia’s national scientific agency is expected to cut up to 350 more research roles from next year as it looks for savings and new sources of funding to plug budgetary shortfalls. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) held its town hall on Tuesday afternoon where the agency’s leaders outlined the troubled times ahead. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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michaelmazengarb.bsky.social
That's more than 1,100 jobs lost at the CSIRO over the last two years.

"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."

This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.

www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
CSIRO to slash hundreds of jobs in cost-saving drive
The staff association at the nation’s leading scientific research organisation says the latest round of cuts marks “a sad day for publicly funded science”.
www.smh.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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abcnewsbot.bsky.social
When asked about TT-Line's insolvency and whether he was "aware of anything that has made them solvent again", Tasmania's auditor-general has said "the short answer is 'no'."
Spirit of Tasmania operator still insolvent, auditor-general says
When asked about TT-Line's insolvency and whether he was "aware of anything that has made them solvent again", Tasmania's auditor-general has said "the short answer is 'no'."
www.abc.net.au
November 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM