Byron Stol
@byronstol.bsky.social
Rusted On Socialist, Way Left of Labor, Queer 🏳️🌈, Atheist, Grumpy Old Bastard, Secular Humanist, Political Junkie, Male Survivor CSA SA FV, Mental Health Consumer, NDIS Participant. Wadawurrung Country, Victoria, Australia.
Had a good drop of rain today and the water tanks are filling up. Such a relief given the drought we've been through in SW Victoria over the last 2 years.
November 30, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Had a good drop of rain today and the water tanks are filling up. Such a relief given the drought we've been through in SW Victoria over the last 2 years.
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📢 Have your say: If you live with psychosocial disability or support someone who does, we want to hear from you.
Take our short survey to help show how the NDIS is really working for you.
✍️ 5–10 mins
🔗 forms.office.com/r/VGpEQfSk4E
#EveryAustralianCounts #ProtectOurNDIS #NDIS
Take our short survey to help show how the NDIS is really working for you.
✍️ 5–10 mins
🔗 forms.office.com/r/VGpEQfSk4E
#EveryAustralianCounts #ProtectOurNDIS #NDIS
November 20, 2025 at 6:40 AM
📢 Have your say: If you live with psychosocial disability or support someone who does, we want to hear from you.
Take our short survey to help show how the NDIS is really working for you.
✍️ 5–10 mins
🔗 forms.office.com/r/VGpEQfSk4E
#EveryAustralianCounts #ProtectOurNDIS #NDIS
Take our short survey to help show how the NDIS is really working for you.
✍️ 5–10 mins
🔗 forms.office.com/r/VGpEQfSk4E
#EveryAustralianCounts #ProtectOurNDIS #NDIS
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🚨 A huge NDIS change is on the table - and we need it properly scrutinised.
A new petition (EN8570) is calling for a full inquiry into the proposed Support Needs Assessment.
Add your voice now 👇
🖋️ www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
#EveryAustralianCounts #ProtectOurNDIS
A new petition (EN8570) is calling for a full inquiry into the proposed Support Needs Assessment.
Add your voice now 👇
🖋️ www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
#EveryAustralianCounts #ProtectOurNDIS
November 14, 2025 at 7:16 AM
🚨 A huge NDIS change is on the table - and we need it properly scrutinised.
A new petition (EN8570) is calling for a full inquiry into the proposed Support Needs Assessment.
Add your voice now 👇
🖋️ www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
#EveryAustralianCounts #ProtectOurNDIS
A new petition (EN8570) is calling for a full inquiry into the proposed Support Needs Assessment.
Add your voice now 👇
🖋️ www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
#EveryAustralianCounts #ProtectOurNDIS
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"One of the biggest impediments to increasing the amount of people we have who could work is our incredibly low unemployment benefits
People can't afford to put money on their travel card, they can't go to the dentist & they can't have something to wear to go to the interview"
People can't afford to put money on their travel card, they can't go to the dentist & they can't have something to wear to go to the interview"
October 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"One of the biggest impediments to increasing the amount of people we have who could work is our incredibly low unemployment benefits
People can't afford to put money on their travel card, they can't go to the dentist & they can't have something to wear to go to the interview"
People can't afford to put money on their travel card, they can't go to the dentist & they can't have something to wear to go to the interview"
The fact Labor is entrenching poverty rather than lifting people out of it is, a shameful example of how far Labor has fallen.
A liveable income and public housing should be a priority rather than deliberate cruelty. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
A liveable income and public housing should be a priority rather than deliberate cruelty. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Price of poverty hurts us all, yet research reveals an easy fix
In 2020, Australia massively increased welfare payments and conducted a live experiment in ending poverty, but when the subsidy was removed, many were thrown back into hardship. Leaving aside the mora...
www.abc.net.au
October 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The fact Labor is entrenching poverty rather than lifting people out of it is, a shameful example of how far Labor has fallen.
A liveable income and public housing should be a priority rather than deliberate cruelty. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
A liveable income and public housing should be a priority rather than deliberate cruelty. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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"Planned burning isn't the simple fix it's often made out to be," Mr Just said. "In most forests, it only lowers fuels for two or three years before regrowth makes things worse."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
October 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
"Planned burning isn't the simple fix it's often made out to be," Mr Just said. "In most forests, it only lowers fuels for two or three years before regrowth makes things worse."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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New National Press Club just dropped
October 17, 2025 at 2:34 AM
New National Press Club just dropped
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🧠 “The NDIS is the only system that recognises and funds our needs with dignity.”
New opinion warns NDIS reforms risk cutting support for people with psychosocial disability.
📖 everyaustraliancounts.com.au/opinion/safe...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
New opinion warns NDIS reforms risk cutting support for people with psychosocial disability.
📖 everyaustraliancounts.com.au/opinion/safe...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
October 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
🧠 “The NDIS is the only system that recognises and funds our needs with dignity.”
New opinion warns NDIS reforms risk cutting support for people with psychosocial disability.
📖 everyaustraliancounts.com.au/opinion/safe...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
New opinion warns NDIS reforms risk cutting support for people with psychosocial disability.
📖 everyaustraliancounts.com.au/opinion/safe...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
Feeling quite emotional watching ABCNews24 coverage of Gaza and Israel and the exchange of human beings given the humanitarian disaster that has unfolded in Gaza.
October 13, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Feeling quite emotional watching ABCNews24 coverage of Gaza and Israel and the exchange of human beings given the humanitarian disaster that has unfolded in Gaza.
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🚨 BREAKING: Brand new @ACOSS report finds 1 in 7 Australians are living in poverty, including 757,000 children. Millions of families are struggling while our leaders sit on their hands and let it happen.
Poverty in Australia 2025: Overview – Poverty and Inequality
povertyandinequality.acoss.org.au
October 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🚨 BREAKING: Brand new @ACOSS report finds 1 in 7 Australians are living in poverty, including 757,000 children. Millions of families are struggling while our leaders sit on their hands and let it happen.
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Gotta say @albomp.bsky.social sure does love capitulating to Tories.
October 13, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Gotta say @albomp.bsky.social sure does love capitulating to Tories.
Remembering the good old days when people didn't have a meltdown over someone saying they want to Burn Down The House. Clearly politicians on both sides are choosing to disregard what a Metaphor means. FFS!
October 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Remembering the good old days when people didn't have a meltdown over someone saying they want to Burn Down The House. Clearly politicians on both sides are choosing to disregard what a Metaphor means. FFS!
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"Which again, brings us back to the question: If $400 was all the money you could count on every week and it didn’t get paid, how do you think that would impact your life? How well do you think you could cope?"
New from @amyremeikis.bsky.social
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
New from @amyremeikis.bsky.social
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Shame and harm at every JobSeeker turn – and now added AI slop
The system is so convoluted and stacked against people that even if it worked as intended, it would still be not just harmful, but useless.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
October 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"Which again, brings us back to the question: If $400 was all the money you could count on every week and it didn’t get paid, how do you think that would impact your life? How well do you think you could cope?"
New from @amyremeikis.bsky.social
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
New from @amyremeikis.bsky.social
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Sorry what? We are now at a point in the housing crisis that people are suggesting Boarding as the solution.
"Experts call for clearer boarding regulations to relieve housing pressure". www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
"Experts call for clearer boarding regulations to relieve housing pressure". www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
We have a lot of spare bedrooms — but boarders' rights are unclear
Australia has 13 million spare rooms, according to a census data analysis. Could boarding be a solution to the housing crisis?
www.abc.net.au
October 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Sorry what? We are now at a point in the housing crisis that people are suggesting Boarding as the solution.
"Experts call for clearer boarding regulations to relieve housing pressure". www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
"Experts call for clearer boarding regulations to relieve housing pressure". www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Stayed up to watch Greta arrive in Greece. An extraordinary human being with so much courage but also deep empathy. I wish her well as she recuperates from the journey she has been on.
October 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Stayed up to watch Greta arrive in Greece. An extraordinary human being with so much courage but also deep empathy. I wish her well as she recuperates from the journey she has been on.
What an immensely moving story that was aired on ABC 730 tonight. So glad Jayne has found happiness.
A decades-old psychiatric study is influencing current debates over transgender youth healthcare. But a new analysis led by a survivor says the findings were deeply harmful and dangerously misleading.
Jayne hid who she was for years. Now she's speaking out against trans health study
A decades-old psychiatric study is influencing current debates over transgender youth healthcare. But a new analysis led by a survivor says the findings were deeply harmful and dangerously misleading.
www.abc.net.au
October 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
What an immensely moving story that was aired on ABC 730 tonight. So glad Jayne has found happiness.
Woke up, clock said 8:30. Turned on computer to watch The Shot and realised daylight savings meant it was 9:30am. Thought I'd missed half of it, but The Shot didn't start until 10am. Mind explosion 🤯 😂
October 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Woke up, clock said 8:30. Turned on computer to watch The Shot and realised daylight savings meant it was 9:30am. Thought I'd missed half of it, but The Shot didn't start until 10am. Mind explosion 🤯 😂
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The NDIS algorithm is on the way, and no they don't want you giving them any evidence about your disability. In fact, they are going to make it next to impossible. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...
Algorithm to be used for NDIS plans
The government is using an ‘instrument’ designed by the University of Melbourne to reassess support payments for disabled people.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
October 4, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The NDIS algorithm is on the way, and no they don't want you giving them any evidence about your disability. In fact, they are going to make it next to impossible. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...
Labor's decision to go ahead with a new NDIS assessment tool is going to cause immense harm to People with Disability.
Glad to see Rick Morton highlighting how People with Psychosocial Disability are being targeted.
#SaveOurNDIS #ProtectOurNDIS www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...
Glad to see Rick Morton highlighting how People with Psychosocial Disability are being targeted.
#SaveOurNDIS #ProtectOurNDIS www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...
Algorithm to be used for NDIS plans
The government is using an ‘instrument’ designed by the University of Melbourne to reassess support payments for disabled people.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
October 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Labor's decision to go ahead with a new NDIS assessment tool is going to cause immense harm to People with Disability.
Glad to see Rick Morton highlighting how People with Psychosocial Disability are being targeted.
#SaveOurNDIS #ProtectOurNDIS www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...
Glad to see Rick Morton highlighting how People with Psychosocial Disability are being targeted.
#SaveOurNDIS #ProtectOurNDIS www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...
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🧠 "The NDIS is the only system that recognises and funds our needs with dignity."
New opinion from the Australian Psychosocial Disability Collective calls out what’s at risk in the reforms.
📖 Read and share: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/opinion/safe...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
New opinion from the Australian Psychosocial Disability Collective calls out what’s at risk in the reforms.
📖 Read and share: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/opinion/safe...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
October 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
🧠 "The NDIS is the only system that recognises and funds our needs with dignity."
New opinion from the Australian Psychosocial Disability Collective calls out what’s at risk in the reforms.
📖 Read and share: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/opinion/safe...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
New opinion from the Australian Psychosocial Disability Collective calls out what’s at risk in the reforms.
📖 Read and share: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/opinion/safe...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
"How people are assessed for the NDIS is changing. Here’s what you need to know".
The thought of being assessed by a stranger is scary and likely to traumatise and cause harm, but Keep Calm and Carry On pfft.
#SaveOurNDIS
theconversation.com/how-people-a...
The thought of being assessed by a stranger is scary and likely to traumatise and cause harm, but Keep Calm and Carry On pfft.
#SaveOurNDIS
theconversation.com/how-people-a...
How people are assessed for the NDIS is changing. Here’s what you need to know
Instead of collecting evidence and submitting reports, participants will have an interview with an assessor that lasts up to three hours.
theconversation.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:18 AM
"How people are assessed for the NDIS is changing. Here’s what you need to know".
The thought of being assessed by a stranger is scary and likely to traumatise and cause harm, but Keep Calm and Carry On pfft.
#SaveOurNDIS
theconversation.com/how-people-a...
The thought of being assessed by a stranger is scary and likely to traumatise and cause harm, but Keep Calm and Carry On pfft.
#SaveOurNDIS
theconversation.com/how-people-a...
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Victoria’s housing crisis has worsened across almost every key measure, more than 66,000 people now on the social housing waitlist – up 7.4% in a yr
The private rental sector has become harder to access with, median rents increasing 3.9% across Victoria in the past year – regional rents growing 6%
The private rental sector has become harder to access with, median rents increasing 3.9% across Victoria in the past year – regional rents growing 6%
September 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Victoria’s housing crisis has worsened across almost every key measure, more than 66,000 people now on the social housing waitlist – up 7.4% in a yr
The private rental sector has become harder to access with, median rents increasing 3.9% across Victoria in the past year – regional rents growing 6%
The private rental sector has become harder to access with, median rents increasing 3.9% across Victoria in the past year – regional rents growing 6%
Logged on to YouTube to be confronted with a new song by Lana Del Rey ft. Sia only to realise it was AI generated. What the... now my feed is full of AI fake music videos.
September 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Logged on to YouTube to be confronted with a new song by Lana Del Rey ft. Sia only to realise it was AI generated. What the... now my feed is full of AI fake music videos.
Power has gone out in various places in Western Victoria, how frustrating. Had to recharge mobile broadband thingy device to get up and running while sitting by solar lantern that was thankfully charged. Doh.
September 29, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Power has gone out in various places in Western Victoria, how frustrating. Had to recharge mobile broadband thingy device to get up and running while sitting by solar lantern that was thankfully charged. Doh.
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I grew up around lots of alcoholic men, men who were violent and men who disrespected women. I have made a CHOICE not to be one of those men. I’ve worked hard to be better than that. It’s a CHOICE I’ve made.
September 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I grew up around lots of alcoholic men, men who were violent and men who disrespected women. I have made a CHOICE not to be one of those men. I’ve worked hard to be better than that. It’s a CHOICE I’ve made.