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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 42m

Yea for a couple more $ on the ACCC Standard Bolognese you get something much tastier and richer and more filling

Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 52m

Pork sausage pasta all over the place for me too atm. Especially for red sauces caramelising the tomatoes and the pork fat at the same time 🤤

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 1h

SXSW Sydney

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CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · 1h

here's one of the ads

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 2h

Killed hundreds of thousands of civilians award 🥇 @senatorwong.bsky.social

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 3h

this is today at 1pm btw www.eventbrite.com.au/e/unfinished...

Unfinished Business: 50 Years After Henderson

An initiative of the Australian Social Policy Association and the Australian Journal of Social Issues, as part of Anti-Poverty Week.

www.eventbrite.com.au

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 5h

Digital privacy experts have warned there is little Australian authorities can do about a massive data breach that has published Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's personal phone number online

www.deepcutnews.com/p/pms-number...

PM's number leaked by foreign website – and Australian law can't stop it

Government urged to strengthen privacy laws and get tougher on companies after data of high-profile Australians published online

www.deepcutnews.com

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 16h

Everything is going to be fine forever as long as nothing goes wrong, starting now:

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 17h

He can but he won't

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 20h

The recipient is placed in The Cool Zone™

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Mx Maddison Stoff @thedescenters.bsky.social · 20h

So, wait, what happens after that? If the notes "aren't enough to make a full assessment" (because of the provider, who supplies them,) they call *the provider*... and then what? If they don't provide more information and just stick to their decision, what happens?

Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 20h

"If someone has a payment suspension & they want to challenge it & they believe it's either unfair or unlawful, do you hold all the information that you need in the system?"

DEWR: "In some cases the notes aren't detailed enough for us to make a full assessment"

extraordinary misadministration

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 20h

"If someone has a payment suspension & they want to challenge it & they believe it's either unfair or unlawful, do you hold all the information that you need in the system?"

DEWR: "In some cases the notes aren't detailed enough for us to make a full assessment"

extraordinary misadministration

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Tess @itstessinadress.bsky.social · 21h

Punishing job applicants for something fully outside their control, like the decision of a company to hire them or not out of thousands of qualified applicants, is exactly the same as punishing someone for eg: how many people walked past their house today. It makes you a fucking inhumane monster.

Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 4d

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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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 20h

Constitution Sez™ the federal government can't punish anyone for any reason that's the courts' job

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 2d

Guess which idiot is now seeking this induction pack under FOI?

David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 2d

The Albanese govt’s first term was the second most secretive on record.

Rather than changing their ways, they’re doubling down and tightening our FOI system to make it even harder to get information. Not a single expert or member of parliament outside of the Labor party has backed their new bill.

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 22h

a man with long hair and a beard says it is a gift .

ALT: a man with long hair and a beard says it is a gift .

media.tenor.com

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John Buckley @johnbuckley.bsky.social · 22h

ABC boss Hugh Marks has drawn criticism for the appointment of his partner, Alexi Baker, to the board of the gambling firm, Betr. ABC chairman Kim Williams told me the criticism is sexist. www.capitalbrief.com/newsletter/p...

Paging Dr Hugh

ABC boss Hugh Marks walked away from his first Senate Estimates appearance largely unscathed. But criticism arrived when his partner was appointed to the board of a betting firm.

www.capitalbrief.com

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 1d

Oh wow. Yipee!

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 1d

The Gen X auspol 'independent media' sphere is going to be totally subsumed by AI slop in a matter of months

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 1d

Am I being detained?

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 1d

Teaching gf the neurotypical black magic of ending a conversation by pretending it's the other party who wants to end the conversation

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 1d

What you should consider in particular is that to be able to work as a professional journalist in this country has ALWAYS relied on the investment of mining magnates.

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 1d

I have never said there's a problem. I have simply asked you to consider things from my perspective and that of others engaged in this work. I have regularly criticised income management, Forrest AND the Australia Institute for many years and will continue to do so 🫡

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 1d

They just have a platform, and blood money buys platforms, and if we are occupying it they're not talking about something more horrible.

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