Dija
@diaja.bsky.social
Fat, trans, anti-capitalist.
Does a bit of mental health system advocacy work in Canberra.
Reads a bit of philosophy from time to time.
Does a bit of mental health system advocacy work in Canberra.
Reads a bit of philosophy from time to time.
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Dija
@diaja.bsky.social
· Oct 22
Voices for Action Campaign - The National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse
Voices for Action is a new campaign by the National Centre to hear directly from victims and survivors of child sexual abuse....Read More...
nationalcentre.org.au
The National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse has initiated the Voices for Action project to hear from survivors and victims of CSA. They have an open format for people to share their views on what needs to change to prevent and respond to CSA. #ausmh
nationalcentre.org.au/voices-for-a...
nationalcentre.org.au/voices-for-a...
Living with chronic fatigue/pain conditions while fighting tooth and nail to hold onto the life rope that's been extended so you can establish yourself in the community sector is one hell of balancing act. 😵💫
December 4, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Living with chronic fatigue/pain conditions while fighting tooth and nail to hold onto the life rope that's been extended so you can establish yourself in the community sector is one hell of balancing act. 😵💫
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New laws allow welfare payments to be cancelled for people with arrest warrants – even before guilt is proven. The risks are serious, write Zoe Staines, Francis Markham, Hannah McGlade and Thalia Anthony.
#Auspol #Welfare #HumanRights
#Auspol #Welfare #HumanRights
With a sneaky tweak, the government has made welfare recipients guilty until proven innocent
New social security laws allow payments to be cancelled for people with outstanding arrest warrants, even if they have not been charged or convicted, raising serious concerns about justice, rights and harm.
johnmenadue.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
New laws allow welfare payments to be cancelled for people with arrest warrants – even before guilt is proven. The risks are serious, write Zoe Staines, Francis Markham, Hannah McGlade and Thalia Anthony.
#Auspol #Welfare #HumanRights
#Auspol #Welfare #HumanRights
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From Vietnam to Mexico and Afghanistan, the US wars on drugs have fuelled violence, addiction and impunity – and its consequences are now closer to Australia, writes Michael McKinley.
#WarOnDrugs #USForeignPolicy #Australia #Security #InternationalLaw
#WarOnDrugs #USForeignPolicy #Australia #Security #InternationalLaw
America’s justification for attacking Venezuela: Part 2: fact and fantasy in the drug wars
From Vietnam to Mexico and Afghanistan, the United States’ wars on drugs have deepened violence, addiction and instability. Today, that legacy is edging closer to Australia.
johnmenadue.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
From Vietnam to Mexico and Afghanistan, the US wars on drugs have fuelled violence, addiction and impunity – and its consequences are now closer to Australia, writes Michael McKinley.
#WarOnDrugs #USForeignPolicy #Australia #Security #InternationalLaw
#WarOnDrugs #USForeignPolicy #Australia #Security #InternationalLaw
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“People with a disability and our families deserve a fair #NDIS, not a system where a computer decides our funding and there is no real way to challenge mistakes. These decisions shape whether we can live safely in the community, avoid institutionalisation and participate in society.”
#Auspol
#Auspol
Big red flags in leaked NDIA plans:
A computer tool would decide NDIS budgets. No human review. No independent reports considered. No real right to appeal.
Full response: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/eac/every-au...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
A computer tool would decide NDIS budgets. No human review. No independent reports considered. No real right to appeal.
Full response: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/eac/every-au...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
December 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Dear Lord. Centrelink says 144 different parts of its system have been operating unlawfully or erroneously.
This scandal of 44k overpaid debts is just ONE of the 144 issues they say they've identified.
The welfare system is in complete crisis & disarray
This scandal of 44k overpaid debts is just ONE of the 144 issues they say they've identified.
The welfare system is in complete crisis & disarray
December 3, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Dear Lord. Centrelink says 144 different parts of its system have been operating unlawfully or erroneously.
This scandal of 44k overpaid debts is just ONE of the 144 issues they say they've identified.
The welfare system is in complete crisis & disarray
This scandal of 44k overpaid debts is just ONE of the 144 issues they say they've identified.
The welfare system is in complete crisis & disarray
"once the I-CAN generates a budget for a participant there is no way for the NDIS staff member to alter it, only to request a new assessment is done by the I-CAN tool with different inputs."
What could go wrong? 👀 @technihilism.bsky.social @asherwolf.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
What could go wrong? 👀 @technihilism.bsky.social @asherwolf.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NDIS plans will be computer-generated, with human involvement dramatically cut under sweeping overhaul
Exclusive: Staff were told of major changes to the way NDIS funding and support plans will be made during a recent internal briefing
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:28 AM
"once the I-CAN generates a budget for a participant there is no way for the NDIS staff member to alter it, only to request a new assessment is done by the I-CAN tool with different inputs."
What could go wrong? 👀 @technihilism.bsky.social @asherwolf.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
What could go wrong? 👀 @technihilism.bsky.social @asherwolf.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The latest corrective services data is out today, and it points a horrific picture of the systemic racism in our judicial system #PointLive
live.thepoint.com.au
live.thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The latest corrective services data is out today, and it points a horrific picture of the systemic racism in our judicial system #PointLive
live.thepoint.com.au
live.thepoint.com.au
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There is no justification for punishment before conviction. But even the government’s desperate attempt to put bandaids on this thing is laughable. Oh, you plan to tell the ombudsman you cancelled someone’s payment after you’ve done it? Who cares, it’s not like he can stop you???
'Letter from the Minister for Social Services (Ms Plibersek) to the Commonwealth Ombudsman (Mr Iain Anderson), regarding schedule 5 to the Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical Changes No. 2) Bill 2025, dated 21 November 2025' www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
November 26, 2025 at 4:56 AM
There is no justification for punishment before conviction. But even the government’s desperate attempt to put bandaids on this thing is laughable. Oh, you plan to tell the ombudsman you cancelled someone’s payment after you’ve done it? Who cares, it’s not like he can stop you???
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Incarcerated First Nations people remain politically invisible in WA – and that invisibility is driving the state’s incarceration crisis.
Real reform demands lived-experience voices.
#AusPol #WApolitics #ClosingTheGap #FirstNations #Justice #HumanRights
Real reform demands lived-experience voices.
#AusPol #WApolitics #ClosingTheGap #FirstNations #Justice #HumanRights
Making First Nations prisoners visible in Labor politics
Despite Western Australian Labor’s rhetoric on equality and Closing the Gap, incarcerated First Nations people remain politically invisible. Without formal representation and lived-experience voices in party deliberations, meaningful reform is impossible. The 2027 State Labor Conference is the moment to change that.
johnmenadue.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Incarcerated First Nations people remain politically invisible in WA – and that invisibility is driving the state’s incarceration crisis.
Real reform demands lived-experience voices.
#AusPol #WApolitics #ClosingTheGap #FirstNations #Justice #HumanRights
Real reform demands lived-experience voices.
#AusPol #WApolitics #ClosingTheGap #FirstNations #Justice #HumanRights
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I know lawyers have to argue this stuff but saying “sorry we’re not responsible for telling your kid to suicide because we said they you shouldn’t use it for suicide” is soooo crazy
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I know lawyers have to argue this stuff but saying “sorry we’re not responsible for telling your kid to suicide because we said they you shouldn’t use it for suicide” is soooo crazy
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Today @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social succeeded in establishing new powers to cancel Centrelink payments before conviction.
Thanks @senatorthorpe.bsky.social @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social @davidpocock.bsky.social @pennyallmanpayne.com for trying to stop this dangerous law.
Thanks @senatorthorpe.bsky.social @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social @davidpocock.bsky.social @pennyallmanpayne.com for trying to stop this dangerous law.
Shame Labor shame: New powers to cancel Centrelink payments before conviction pass the senate
Welfare recipients have a right to be treated equally under the law, and should not be subject to punishment before having access to legal advice for any reason, ever.
apcentre.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Today @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social succeeded in establishing new powers to cancel Centrelink payments before conviction.
Thanks @senatorthorpe.bsky.social @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social @davidpocock.bsky.social @pennyallmanpayne.com for trying to stop this dangerous law.
Thanks @senatorthorpe.bsky.social @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social @davidpocock.bsky.social @pennyallmanpayne.com for trying to stop this dangerous law.
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Earlier, @davidpocock.bsky.social calls out Plibersek for saying critics of the amendment (to cut ppl's welfare before they're guilty) "are on the side of rapists & murderers"
"What a way to make laws: to rush something through, point the finger at those who dare question these provisions"
"What a way to make laws: to rush something through, point the finger at those who dare question these provisions"
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Earlier, @davidpocock.bsky.social calls out Plibersek for saying critics of the amendment (to cut ppl's welfare before they're guilty) "are on the side of rapists & murderers"
"What a way to make laws: to rush something through, point the finger at those who dare question these provisions"
"What a way to make laws: to rush something through, point the finger at those who dare question these provisions"
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Sadly, they cut a deal with the Libs to indeed rush this through
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Sadly, they cut a deal with the Libs to indeed rush this through
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It's staggeringly unlikely this stupid power will ever be used.
Congratulations to the Albanese Government and @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social for embarrassing themselves, for insulting the welfare and legal sectors, and wasting everyone's time for no public or political benefit whatsoever.
Congratulations to the Albanese Government and @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social for embarrassing themselves, for insulting the welfare and legal sectors, and wasting everyone's time for no public or political benefit whatsoever.
Sadly, they cut a deal with the Libs to indeed rush this through
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
It's staggeringly unlikely this stupid power will ever be used.
Congratulations to the Albanese Government and @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social for embarrassing themselves, for insulting the welfare and legal sectors, and wasting everyone's time for no public or political benefit whatsoever.
Congratulations to the Albanese Government and @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social for embarrassing themselves, for insulting the welfare and legal sectors, and wasting everyone's time for no public or political benefit whatsoever.
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So Labor and the Liberals teamed up to pass legislation to give police the power to recommend cancellation of Centrelink payments of people who have not been found guilty of a crime by a court of law. It’s discriminatory financial punishment of people in poverty who are already over-policed
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
So Labor and the Liberals teamed up to pass legislation to give police the power to recommend cancellation of Centrelink payments of people who have not been found guilty of a crime by a court of law. It’s discriminatory financial punishment of people in poverty who are already over-policed
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Senate passed the Social Security Tech. Changes No. 2 Bill. Provides:
- income apportionment validation + resolution scheme
- debt waiver changes
- HA Minister can cancel payments for subjects of outstanding arrest warrants for serious violent or sexual offences parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/sea...
- income apportionment validation + resolution scheme
- debt waiver changes
- HA Minister can cancel payments for subjects of outstanding arrest warrants for serious violent or sexual offences parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/sea...
parlinfo.aph.gov.au
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Senate passed the Social Security Tech. Changes No. 2 Bill. Provides:
- income apportionment validation + resolution scheme
- debt waiver changes
- HA Minister can cancel payments for subjects of outstanding arrest warrants for serious violent or sexual offences parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/sea...
- income apportionment validation + resolution scheme
- debt waiver changes
- HA Minister can cancel payments for subjects of outstanding arrest warrants for serious violent or sexual offences parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/sea...
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Former #ANU Vice-Chancellor, Genevieve Bell, will receive remuneration of more than half a million a year for the next five years - despite taking 12 months off.
For context, that's more than ANU hoped to 'save' annually by disestablishing the School of Music. 🫠 @nteunion.bsky.social
For context, that's more than ANU hoped to 'save' annually by disestablishing the School of Music. 🫠 @nteunion.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Former #ANU Vice-Chancellor, Genevieve Bell, will receive remuneration of more than half a million a year for the next five years - despite taking 12 months off.
For context, that's more than ANU hoped to 'save' annually by disestablishing the School of Music. 🫠 @nteunion.bsky.social
For context, that's more than ANU hoped to 'save' annually by disestablishing the School of Music. 🫠 @nteunion.bsky.social
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Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
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"Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone" Smashing column by @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org & @maiyazize.bsky.social #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone
In the final days of October, the Federal Government quietly inserted a last-minute amendment into an unrelated bill. It has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home A...
thepoint.com.au
November 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
"Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone" Smashing column by @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org & @maiyazize.bsky.social #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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New: 100+ legal experts, welfare groups & academics demand the Minister bin an amendment, allowing police to cancel welfare payments for people who have not been found guilty of any crime
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
New: 100+ legal experts, welfare groups & academics demand the Minister bin an amendment, allowing police to cancel welfare payments for people who have not been found guilty of any crime
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
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Send this to all uni execs please! 👇👇👇
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Send this to all uni execs please! 👇👇👇
I have survived one of the wildest six weeks of work in my life. It started with returning from covid and ended with a nearly 90hr fortnight. For someone with chronic pain and fatigue, this is a catastrophic achievement. I did it! (farewell for the next fortnight 👋😴).
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 AM
I have survived one of the wildest six weeks of work in my life. It started with returning from covid and ended with a nearly 90hr fortnight. For someone with chronic pain and fatigue, this is a catastrophic achievement. I did it! (farewell for the next fortnight 👋😴).
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There'll now be a debate on Schedule 5. I'll start then:
The Albanese Government's last-minute grab for police powers to cancel welfare benefits without a conviction is now opposed by more than 35 civil society organisations, including NATSILS and the Law Council of Australia. Touch one, touch all.
The Albanese Government's last-minute grab for police powers to cancel welfare benefits without a conviction is now opposed by more than 35 civil society organisations, including NATSILS and the Law Council of Australia. Touch one, touch all.
November 20, 2025 at 7:13 AM
There'll now be a debate on Schedule 5. I'll start then:
The Albanese Government's last-minute grab for police powers to cancel welfare benefits without a conviction is now opposed by more than 35 civil society organisations, including NATSILS and the Law Council of Australia. Touch one, touch all.
The Albanese Government's last-minute grab for police powers to cancel welfare benefits without a conviction is now opposed by more than 35 civil society organisations, including NATSILS and the Law Council of Australia. Touch one, touch all.
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AGAIN we find out that Commissioner Major General Brereton had been involved in undisclosed conflicts of interest. What’s it going to take for the Albanese Government to finally realise his position is untenable??
November 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
AGAIN we find out that Commissioner Major General Brereton had been involved in undisclosed conflicts of interest. What’s it going to take for the Albanese Government to finally realise his position is untenable??
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$350 billion for Aukus submarines but we can’t afford 350 research jobs
A government that can’t bring itself to tax fossil fuel, big tech or any wealth properly but defunds its critical institutions is not a good government, sorry
November 19, 2025 at 6:43 AM
$350 billion for Aukus submarines but we can’t afford 350 research jobs