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Peta @petabytes.bsky.social · 11m

Is this the French Belgian movie? I was just thinking about this!

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 1h

Labor's employment minister rep admits that payment suspensions "cause harm", but they're "an important part" of the (unlawful) mutual obligations system, because

"At the end of the day we want ppl to get off payments and find a job"

gross 'best form of welfare is a job' stuff from the ALP here

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Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 1h

It is government policy for at least 4% of people to be unemployed at all times.

When there are not enough unemployed people, they punish mortgage holders with interest rate increases until the economy gets bad enough that people start losing their jobs again.

Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 1h

Labor's employment minister rep admits that payment suspensions "cause harm", but they're "an important part" of the (unlawful) mutual obligations system, because

"At the end of the day we want ppl to get off payments and find a job"

gross 'best form of welfare is a job' stuff from the ALP here

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Peta @petabytes.bsky.social · 1h

I think I need to rewatch this weekend

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Peta @petabytes.bsky.social · 1h

I think the good outnumber the nasty, but the latter are louder. We need to drown them out with kindness and thoughtfulness.

I hope your neighbour is on the mend.

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Peta @petabytes.bsky.social · 2h

Of course!

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Peta @petabytes.bsky.social · 2h

No beetroot?

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Peta @petabytes.bsky.social · 2h

You're awesome! Well done.

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Peta @petabytes.bsky.social · 2h

Have a lovely sleep

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 4h

$10m of fraud recovered from the Australian “job provider” system in the last 3 years and not one provider removed from the system.

So welfare recipients lose their ability to pay for shelter or food due to other people’s errors, but job providers face no consequences for fraud.

Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 5h

Lmao the employment department has recovered 10.6 MILLION from providers due to fraud tip-offs over 3 years, and not shut down a single provider.

Reminder: They spend 4 BILLION A YEAR on this system, which is about 25% of how much they spend on JobSeeker payments each year.

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Ren Wyld @wyld.bsky.social · 3h

@southerlylitmag.bsky.social, so-called Australia's oldest literary journal, has quietly woken from a long hiatus to join us in the Bluesky. This must be a sign of something brewing. So give them a follow.

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Peta @petabytes.bsky.social · 2h

I've heard people say he's worse. Neither would be better.

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Peta @petabytes.bsky.social · 2h

I thought today was Thinking Thursday, but apparently not 😁

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Peta @petabytes.bsky.social · 4h

Get them, Senator!

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Annie Parker @annieparker.bsky.social · 5h

Giselle Pelicot is an extraordinary badass woman.
What courage & strength she has shown the world from such a fucking hideous situation.
Back in court again & being a fucking legend.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Gisele Pelicot tells rapist appealing guilty verdict to 'take responsibility'

Gisele Pelicot returns to court to face the only man, out of 51, who appealed against his guilty verdict in a mass rape trial that gained worldwide attention.

www.abc.net.au

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Peta @petabytes.bsky.social · 5h

I'll join the chorus of "wish I had kept ..."

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Nobody Deserves Poverty @nobodyinpoverty.bsky.social · 5h

So, single JobSeeker just hit a grand $400/wk.
Lemme know how yo'd go if you were getting that little and were randomly not paid

Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 5h

DEWR is once again misrepresenting how many people "no longer need a payment" or "don't experience detriment" when their payment is cancelled.

We'd love to see the figures on just how many ART cases they've settled to try and avoid decisions that go that exact issue.

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kristin (she/her) @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org · 5h

Things that have been missed in the conversation about unlawful administration of compulsory activities (so-called mutual obligations) include...

People do be wondering, what would Labor do if they were in charge during robodebt? And the answer is, you're looking at it.

Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 6h

Allman-Payne quotes a DEWR director referred to as MR15 in the Deloitte report who says: "The TCF is a process that wasn’t designed with fairness in mind… If the function of the TCF is to penalise people, then it’s fulfilling its role, but that’s not the intention of a fair system."

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Peta @petabytes.bsky.social · 6h

The Tawny Frogmouth campaign has been going great guns.

Who are you voting for?

#BirdOfTheYear

Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll

From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll

www.theguardian.com

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Peta @petabytes.bsky.social · 6h

All of these hearings, inquiries, and deep dives into social security demonstrate that the people making decisions and assertions about how the system operates have no real idea how it works in practise (and imo many of them really don't care).

Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 6h

"If they don't deliver, they don't get paid,"

The first flagrant lie from the employment department in today's senate estimates hearing about the welfare cops who profit from poverty. No doubt there will be much more bullshit to come!

Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 7h

If you want to watch the employment department defend their unlawful operation of compulsory activities (so-called mutual obligations), you can tune in to the senate estimates hearing here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WId...

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Peta @petabytes.bsky.social · 6h

I just looked it up and remembered it when I heard it. The clip was from Rage.

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Peta @petabytes.bsky.social · 6h

I don't know where it came from but these Kids are haunting my kitchen 😆

KIDS IN THE KITCHEN - Current Stand

YouTube video by Kids In The Kitchen Band

youtu.be

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Peta @petabytes.bsky.social · 7h

Stunning!!!

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-𝚖𝚘𝚡 ❆ ☃︎︎ ❆ @moxiest.art · 8h

hiring a social media vibes consultant and paying her cat $37,000 to do a tarot reading to tell us what mastodon instance would best match our collective energy

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Peta @petabytes.bsky.social · 7h

Too little for all those stripes

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