Genuinely radioactive would never engage for any reason

The Corbyn platform had a look at this, and I have not heard a political operative mention it since anywhere in the world

Remember when primitive generative compositions were considered the bleeding edge of the avant garde for like 50 years. At least that shit's finally over

Real 'face for Twitter' areas

Eyes in my head confirmed

Certainly—police requesting the Social Services Minister involve themselves in the judicial process is flatly a breach of the separation of powers. More broadly, I don't believe cutting payments for recipient conduct to be constitutional as the vast majority of sanctions are plainly a punishment.

You'd call this cheap populism, if there were any evidence anyone supported it. They way they fought for this is the way they won't fight to implement the Robodebt Royal Commission recommendations. They voted against an amendment to implement RC rec on 6-year time limits on debt recovery to pass it.

Sadly, they cut a deal with the Libs to indeed rush this through

Many legal & welfare groups fear this amendment will punish victims of domestic violence, particularly First Nations women

Gallagher says Centrelink has "a history of engagement" w/ these victims & will provide info to prevent them being harmed by these new powers

My goodness

Minister Gallagher refuses to answer basic questions from @davidpocock.bsky.social about whether they got legal advice that giving cops these powers to cancel welfare payments is constitutional

"This is extraordinary that the government won't even confirm"

“This punishes people who are legally innocent, directly contradicting the presumption of innocence, a fundamental principle of Australian common law”

“This could force her (and any dependants) to return to the violent situation or become homeless, compounding the danger she faces. (...)

“Her income would be cut off at the most dangerous time in her life, without any opportunity to explain the circumstances, present evidence of the abuse she suffered, or seek legal advice. (...)

“If police issue a warrant for her arrest and she cannot be located because she is in hiding or in the process of fleeing, Schedule 5 would allow police to request cancellation of any social security payment(s) she receives. (...)