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Jeremy Poxon

@jeremypoxon.bsky.social

i've been bullied to go on here by @maximumwelfare to post about the mutual obligations scandal contact me if you have MOs issues or questions: jeremy@antipovertycentre.org

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Crikey@crikey.com.au · last mo.

"Either knowingly or through ignorance, Services Australia has been failing for years to process social security payments and benefits across 93 separate matters," writes Crikey's correspondent-at-large Rick Morton. www.crikey.com.au/2026/06/30/s...

Robodebt spectre invoked in damning report on Services Australia

This latest look under the hood of Services Australia reveals an agency incapable of effectively managing some of the most complex legislation in the country.

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Jeremy Poxon@jeremypoxon.bsky.social · last mo.

"The real lesson from decades of harm is not that we need to tweak compulsory activities. It is that we need to abandon compulsion and place our trust in people instead of providers." thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

What are Australia's jobs programs really for? The answer may be that employment was never the point.

This month it was Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth announcing changes to the compulsory activities people on JobSeeker can be forced to undertake. The debate always focuses on the details. Wh...

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Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · 2mo ago

States tell Albanese government that NDIS changes could mean people with disabilities are shifted into hospitals

States tell Albanese government that NDIS changes could mean people with disabilities are shifted into hospitals

Plan to move 240,000 people off scheme leads states and territories to jointly warn they can’t ‘deliver like-for-like services to people who are exited from the NDIS’ * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast State and territory disability ministers have rung alarm bells over the Albanese government’s proposed overhaul of the NDIS, warning they can’t deliver “like-for-like services” for more than 200,000 participants expected to be shifted off the scheme by 2031. The Albanese government’s national disability insurance scheme bill is designed to dramatically curb the growth of the $50bn-a-year scheme by first reducing budgets and then the number of people who can access it from 2028. Continue reading...

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Jeremy Poxon@jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Department has admitted to many thousands of unlawful cancellations. The last Ombudsman report also indicated large numbers of incorrect payment suspensions The government just said on the radio that these victims of UNLAWFUL punishments should join their "lived experience panel". I stg

The Commonwealth Ombudsman, in many cases, saying 'actually this is not right,' being reinstated on that welfare. You go through all the stress of - if you are living, like, cheque to cheque, government payment to government payment, and then to have to go and prove that you were, you were eligible for it all along, how are we going to improve that system, so that we're not basically penalising and demonising people where they should actually be getting that support? GORMAN: Well, let's firstly say that we had a very recent experience in our living memory when it came to the pandemic, where a range of people lost their jobs because of no fault of their own, but because of economic and health circumstances outside of their control. So I recognise that the vast majority of people who find themselves looking for work, it's not because of anything they've done wrong, it is because of economic circumstances beyond their individual control. And that is why they deserve the support from their fellow Australian citizens funded through this program. And then if you go to the question about how do you make sure that people who are receiving payments through our social security system are getting those payments. Of course, that kind of marries with the changes to mutual obligations. Trying to make sure that that's an agreement between the participant who is participating in our employment services system and the government, in terms of saying, 'we will provide you with these financial supports,' and we can do that better. We have been really open about that in the discussion paper, and it is probably an opportunity for me to say, if you've got listeners who have experienced something where they think the system was not working and actually it made their life more stressful, and it took their focus away from looking for work, and took them to be focusing on those administrative matters, or sometimes having to fight for a payment. I would encourage them to write in to this c…
Jeremy Poxon@jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

DEWR got grilled in estimates earlier about the mutual obligations scandal "Under 42AM there could be up to 310k people affected [by unlawful payment cancellations]. What's your estimate?" Department: "It is in the vicinity of that"

Antipoverty Centre@antipovertycentre.org · 2mo ago

🗞️ Today SBS is doing (yet another) story about how unliveable the JobSeeker payment is. If you’re in Sydney or Melbourne and are interested in being interviewed for tonight’s news, send us an email via media@antipovertycentre.org

Tom Studans@maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This Government and this Department both need a very serious reality check. DEWR does not have ANYTHING like the administrative capacity to manage 'mutual obligations', and $300m will not change this. Currently, the complaints service run by DEWR is in meltdown and can have a wait time of >4hrs.

Dan Holmes@dholmesnoise.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Something that may fly under the radar in the gov's employment services changes is the greater role government is likely to play in direct provision. Its not the whole system, but the Secretary's evidence was he expects it to be more than half. #auspol #ausnews

Jeremy Poxon@jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Graun write-up: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Hundreds of thousands of Centrelink payments cancelled illegally, Albanese government admits

Senate estimates hearing told issues caused by a glitch in the automated system that runs the controversial mutual obligations scheme

theguardian.com

Jeremy Poxon@jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

DEWR got grilled in estimates earlier about the mutual obligations scandal "Under 42AM there could be up to 310k people affected [by unlawful payment cancellations]. What's your estimate?" Department: "It is in the vicinity of that"

Jeremy Poxon@jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

DEWR got grilled in estimates earlier about the mutual obligations scandal "Under 42AM there could be up to 310k people affected [by unlawful payment cancellations]. What's your estimate?" Department: "It is in the vicinity of that"

David D@bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

No change Jeremy - unless I sign up for a useless (for me) Sarina Russo EST course by the 15th then my Jobseeker may be cut off. Asked my ALP MP why volunteer IT work & govt.-backed Skillfinder courses I do are not eligible but no response. Maybe @news.abc.net.au can ask Minister Rishworth? #auspol

SMS from Sarina Russo Inst. about ETS course I'm being forced to do
Jeremy Poxon@jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

ABC Melbourne is providing emergency rations. Late Night Live is debating which expired fruit delivers the best mouthfeel. Costa is going door-to-door telling people roadside plants are edible

Caspia's Photos 🏳️‍⚧️@caspiasphotos.com · 2mo ago

Honestly, for-profit grocery clearance stores like Cheaper Buy Miles have been more help to me than any charity except maybe the food pantry in Sunshine. For profit stores don't check my address or limit how many times I can visit in a month.

Jeremy Poxon@jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Look, I commend the effort. But the reality is we don't need more de facto food banks. People like John need the ABC to push the government on raising the rate On that front, the most useful thing the ABC could do is establish a national welfare reporter. Australia doesn't have one!

Jeremy Poxon@jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Look, I commend the effort. But the reality is we don't need more de facto food banks. People like John need the ABC to push the government on raising the rate On that front, the most useful thing the ABC could do is establish a national welfare reporter. Australia doesn't have one!

ABC Melbourne announces they're launching a food bank campaign to help people like John, asking people to donate non-perishable food
Jeremy Poxon@jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A man on JobSeeker calls into ABC Melbourne to say he hasn't eaten in three days He says all his job provider does is pray for him.