The people talking about getting rid of Schumer and Jeffries aren't just hating on people they dislike, that conciliatory bullshit will undo everything good, and cement fascists in place forever.

I guess I'm happy for the US midterm results but we had the nominally left-wing party win a HUGE mandate in Aus last election and they have absolutely pissed it up a wall. Useless centrists will screw you over every time.

Erasure. These people can not be acknowledged to have existed, so they could not have been killed.

stranger@strangerous.bsky.social · 6d ago

NSW’s Shoalhaven city council says it is “unsafe” to allow Australians to honour and mourn children killed by Israel in Gaza with world renowned artwork as it creates an “unacceptable safety risk” to the community. I think they mean it creates ‘unacceptable shame to the Zionists.’ What a disgrace.

Was at the Northcote Climate Candidates forum last night and it really seems like the ALP's climate plan is to invest in renewables and electrification, but not do any fossil fuel draw-down as it'd alienate the Hunter Valley and instantly cause PHON to become godking

Very clear that the Antisemitism Envoy gave misleading evidence to the Royal Commission

Senator David Shoebridge@davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 2w ago

The antisemitism envoy told the Royal Commission that Gaza’s death toll was “grossly inflated” and that the UN accepted this. The UN said otherwise. When I asked she said she “notes” the UN’s views.

One of the saddest things things about studio closings is fans clamoring to save the IP. Never the artists who made it No. What matters is The Franchise, so they can have more games. Games are nothing without the people who make them, but all gamers care about is their toys. It's really gross.

Hayes Madsen@solfleet.bsky.social · 2w ago

Does it need to be said that Mass Effect shouldn’t exist without the developers and team that was working on this game? Either they come back and make the game they were, or Mass Effect dies. kotaku.com/mass-effect-...

Two public servants who were the subject of adverse findings by Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog are now helping oversee the $50 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

Senior bureaucrats accused of $260m COVID cover-up now in top NDIS jobs

Two public servants who were the subject of adverse findings by Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog are now helping oversee the $50 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme.

theage.com.au

Answering this as a quote because it’s something I think a lot of people would like to know: Deloitte et al sell credible blame for governments. Their role is not to provide solutions. It is to give the government something to point to when a decision is unpopular. ‘The report said we had to’.

@boothwobblies.bsky.social · 2w ago

How on earth do Deloittes keep getting government business? Astounding misuse of tax dollars.

As someone who covered Robodebt in part, it's clear nothing has really changed. Worse: the politics of federal Labor on social security are baffling. We keep hearing about how people have "lost trust in institutions". Wiping these debts seem a simple answer to help. Instead, they rewrote the rules.

Asher Wolf@asherwolf.bsky.social · 2w ago

Almost 150k Australians are being hit with Centrelink debts that had been paused for years and calculated using the unlawful "income apportionment" method. It was a similar method to that used in Robodebt, and tallied up $4.4 billion in debts over two decades au.finance.yahoo.com/news/centrel...

Rather than recalculate these, Labor passed new legislation to retrospectively validate debts they had already conceded were illegal. Now people are having to go back decades to find evidence with which to defend themselves. This is beyond indefensible. Spitting in the faces of Robodebt victims.

Asher Wolf@asherwolf.bsky.social · 2w ago

Almost 150k Australians are being hit with Centrelink debts that had been paused for years and calculated using the unlawful "income apportionment" method. It was a similar method to that used in Robodebt, and tallied up $4.4 billion in debts over two decades au.finance.yahoo.com/news/centrel...

It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

I keep seeing Tesla criticisms like "you have to admit the roadster doing a flip was cool, but..." I don't accept it! the same act can be cool or corny depending on context. it was corny. "a car doing a flip is ALWAYS cool" is dork energy I'm sorry

Department of Finance extended its temporary pause on new KPMG contracts to February 2027. This isn't dealing with the issue. When will Labor show some backbone & call these marauding cowboys to account? When will Labor acknowledge the evidence & ban KPMG? tinyurl.com/mrpp9473

KPMG ban on government work extended after 'serious ethical failings'

The federal government extends its ban on KPMG bidding for new government work until at least the end of February, following allegations its audit partners misused client data then mishandled a whistl...

tinyurl.com

Opinion | Why is there no debate in Australia about the risks of our alliance with the US, even as Trump attacks allies? www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/14/d...

Australia's defence establishment is incompetent and leading us to disaster

Between Donald Trump, AUKUS and billions in waste, defence and security seems to be the one area in Australian policymaking where we can't have a serious conversation.

crikey.com.au

Little more personal today x www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026...

It is to Australia's shame that this barbaric practice can still go on

What good is a federal parliament if it can’t even set minimum standards when it comes to shackling women giving birth?

thenewdaily.com.au

Yes, 20% of suicide deaths are people on JobSeeker. Yes, 60% of working age adults who die are on a Centrelink payment. So what did Tanya Plibersek do in Anti-Poverty Week? Give $5 million to charities. FULL STATEMENT:

Plibersek’s charity funding in Anti-Poverty Week is an insult to poor people

The government has announced $5 million in charity funding while welfare recipients make up more than a third of suicide deaths, and are up to 10x more likely to die than people not on income support.

apcentre.substack.com

they can't act on their own, they cannot go rogue. they are computer programs that do what they are programmed to do. they're as responsible for their actions as a grenade is for exploding after somebody pulls the pin

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4w ago

(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...

Labor's spend on KPMG has nearly doubled from $32 mil in 2024-25 to $59 mil in 2025-26. Labor has been watching a repeat of scandals & still hasn’t delivered meaningful reform. The temporary month-to-month freeze on KPMG is nothing but a pathetic, tokenistic punishment.

At some point we need to conclude that the waste, fraud and poor / bad outcomes for people is a feature, not a bug of voucher-based delivery of social services. It flows directly from the mode of economic organisation of the programs in their current forms. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

They built a business empire that cashes in on veterans. It's made millions

The companies in the VBA network have made millions turning veterans into valuable sales leads on an industrial scale.

abc.net.au

None of the recommendations of the disability royal commission have been fully implemented, an independent progress report has found. www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/05/d...

The disability royal commission laid bare violence, abuse and neglect. Three years on, what’s changed?

Three years on, none of the disability royal commission recommendations has been fully implemented.

crikey.com.au

Funny how he's always downplaying the chance of cost-of-living relief when I thought we were supposed to understand it's their number one focus, and always has been.

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · last mo.

Jim Chalmers flags savings package and downplays chance of cost-of-living relief

nice to see prime minister is putting his foot down and making it clear that if you hack the Australian government, he will say it is ‘concerning’ then roll over and continue with his plans to change the law so you can steal from Aussie artists

Punching a barely conscious man strapped to a hospital guerney: NOT a sackable offence for NSW Police. Chris Minns and Labor have set this standard.

i believe our problems are fixable. we did manage to create a period of time when people could work a job, buy a house, and retire. i don't think this is some crazy unattainable thing, and i do believe essentially all of our big economic problems are fundamentally due to runaway wealth inequality

Abolish private education, shut down all the schools. Give these kids back to their parents. They all now go to their local schools. Prahran High might need a few more campuses. The good news is I’ve got a few suitable sites that have just come onto the market.

The Coalition made social security recipients exempt from the ordinary statutes of limitation on debt that apply to everyone else, it was a cornerstone of Robodebt. The Royal Commission recommended theses changes to the law be repealed, which would be simple. Labor have ignored this for >3 years.

Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · 3mo ago

Centrelink pursuing debts that are more than 40 years old despite agreeing to waive old arrears

Scott Morrison was referred to the NACC over Robodebt and the Govt paid his $461K legal fees. I won an #AUKUS nuclear waste #FOI challenge and the Govt is threatening I’ll have to pay their $150K legal fees. @albomp.bsky.social thinks that’s fair play! #auspol

Anger at Labor as Rex Patrick faces potential six-figure legal fee if he loses Aukus documents battle

Australian government insists legal costs should be paid by former senator as FoI fight escalates

theguardian.com

I don’t trust that these people are going to helped when I see phrases like “offered opportunities to connect with support services.” We do provide “opportunities to connect” in this country—usually it means providing a phone number. Whether there’s anything at the other end is another matter.

Asher Wolf@asherwolf.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Move-on orders issued to people in Wagga Wagga homeless camp www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...