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The Anti-Sycophant @leinsterlad.bsky.social · Mar 6

#Auspol.

Just FYI for those that still doubt the ongoing genocide of the Palestine people.

For those wondering what ultimately led to Oct 7 uprising.

Now think.... if an illegal coloniser imposed this on you, what would you REALY do ?

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Talk With Saul @talkwithsaul.bsky.social · Jan 29

Q: Did it really start on Oct 7?
A: Below is a list of laws and military orders, spanning decades, designed to suppress the Palestinian people. These policies target nearly every aspect of daily life with an intensity and focus that is unprecedented. The list is very, very long.

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 1h

For the first time, the Deloitte report also publicly maps out the business rules of the jobseeker punishment system

Here's the tech the government inflicts on poor ppl every day - everyone is subject to it: single mums, ppl with disabilities, homeless ppl

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 1h

Here is a current DIRECTOR within the Department effectively blowing the whistle to Deloitte that the system doesn't demonstrate "natural justice"

The Robodebt vibes here are off the charts and I'm begging media to cover this

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 1h

What certainly isn't AI is the interviews Deloitte conducted with guilty bureaucrats and executives inside the Department. Here is one of them saying their system disproportionately-incorrectly punishes First Nations people

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 1h

Imagine receiving this advice from your independent assurance review, and still operating the system in question as is. That's what the Federal government is doing, currently -- at the expense of hundreds of thousands of participants

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 1h

This now brings us to WHAT (apart from AI errors) is in the report

Deloitte could NOT provide assurance the system aligns w/ legislation, saying it "impairs" the Department's ability to defend the lawfulness of TCF decisions before a court, or tribunal. Big ramifications there

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 1h

Why did the Department have to outsource a basic review to Deloitte in the first place? Because they do not know how their own system -- which is unlawfully punishing ppl -- actually works. And haven't documented its processes

Here is the Secretary, in February, confessing that

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 1h

An FOI I put in at the start of the year found that senior officials at the Department of Employment were aware of these significant issues in 2020, but refused to act

It took until DECEMBER 2024 to get Deloitte to review the system & report back

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 1h

The Deloitte report was received by the Department last year but was not publicly released until almost 12 months later

DEWR tried to hide it as long as possible — not because of AI errors — but because it documents the widespread unlawful administration of Mutual Obligations

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 1h

Now that the Deloitte report, about the government's unlawful administration of mutual obligations, is making international headlines, it's worth looking at what's actually in it (apart from AI slop) and WHY it was actually commissioned

A thread👇

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Nobody Deserves Poverty @nobodyinpoverty.bsky.social · 27m

Also please remember while people wring their hands about the AI in the Deloitte report, and the $440k for it, the people whos payments really matter are the ones getting their up to $400 a week to live on taken off them illegally

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Nobody Deserves Poverty @nobodyinpoverty.bsky.social · 41m

I didn't see in on Facey, but "obligations are paused for all CDP participants from Wednesday 1 October 2025 to Monday 5 January 2026 (inclusive)." while they also transition to a new acronym Remote Australia Employment Service (RAES)

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Nobody Deserves Poverty @nobodyinpoverty.bsky.social · 41m

Info regarding pauses SHOULD be here but don't count on it

www.workforceaustralia.gov.au/individuals/...

Participants should also be getting letters telling them who their providers will be

Pause of obligations

Sometimes we pause obligations. Learn how we notify you if your obligations are paused and what happens during the pause.

www.workforceaustralia.gov.au

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Nobody Deserves Poverty @nobodyinpoverty.bsky.social · 41m

We still call for ALL mutual obligations to be indefinitely suspended if not cancelled since Workforce Australia really can't reassure anyone that they're legal or that any suspensions or cancellations are legal.

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Nobody Deserves Poverty @nobodyinpoverty.bsky.social · 41m

Workforce Australia deleted their X, so I'm bringing you the reminder that Mutual Obligations are suspended from Thursday 16 October 2025 until Monday 5 January 2026 (inclusive) for Inclusive Employment Australia (Formerly DES) participants.

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Phil Eckert @fileckert.bsky.social · 1h

You're a champion Barbara. These issues need the microscope and Australian's appreciate your work.
Sadly, there are even darker clouds on the horizon.

Phil Eckert @fileckert.bsky.social · 1h

So, let me get this straight. America is going to kill/murder people who are opposed to fascism? Is that what the US AG has said??
REALLY?
Truly fkn horrifying.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 4h

This is truly horrifying.

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Anti corruption @againstcorruption.bsky.social · 1h

Yes!! We are all concerned. Got to be a breach of some term of the contract surely (if we can see those contracts)

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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 1h

Consultancy firm charging $440k for an AI generated report with huge errors? Ethical, apparently.

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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 1h

The Greens are on fire in Senate Estimates being the real opposition-why is this not news?

Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 1h

Consultancy firm charging $440k for an AI generated report with huge errors? Ethical, apparently.

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Idea Monkey 🧨 💥 🐵 @ideamonkey.bsky.social · 4h

When Fox News decides to completely fabricate 'eyewitnesses' and 'informants' it would help if they didn't pick the same guy with very distinctive eyes 🤪

Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 7h

You have got to be joking hahaha

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Robynne @haddagutful.bsky.social · 26m

I’m going for the former. Anyone who accuses kids being mutilated and their families butchered in a war zone as being “taught to hate “ is most definitely a malicious cunt.

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Harvey @harvey-normal.bsky.social · 56m

When was the last time you saw a man so happy to be cuddling up with a paedophile? Something awfully creepy about Albo.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 2h

BREAKING: Israeli war planes continue to launch raids on Gaza City as Palestinians celebrate the ceasefire announcement, according to an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent on the ground.

🔴 LIVE update: aje.io/xqppys

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Janet Morris @janetmorris.bsky.social · 1h

Er,

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alex䷰trismegistus @technihilism.bsky.social · 1h

honestly can't tell at times if albanese is a malicious cunt or just a dumb one #auspol

6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · 2h

#BREAKING 🚨 Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong have released a joint statement after Israel and Hamas signed off the first phase of a peace plan

The federal government said it welcomes the announcement and thanks US president Donald Trump "for his diplomatic efforts"

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Kath Mallott 💔🇵🇸💔 @kathmallott.bsky.social · 20m

Barely anyone except Labor supports the government’s FOI reforms
www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/09/f...

Barely anyone except Labor supports the government's FOI reforms

Those opposed to the tightening of Australia's freedom of information regime are gathering force, meaning Labor will struggle to drag its bill through the Senate.

www.crikey.com.au

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