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
contact me if you have MOs issues or questions: jeremy@antipovertycentre.org
go ahead, write another take about what australia can learn from mamdani. claim all the ALP needs to do is magically get more bold. call on the left to do better video content. get paranoid that the rise of mamdani could also upend the establishment here. conflate left populism with right populism
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
go ahead, write another take about what australia can learn from mamdani. claim all the ALP needs to do is magically get more bold. call on the left to do better video content. get paranoid that the rise of mamdani could also upend the establishment here. conflate left populism with right populism
x is doing the thing ppl complain bluesky does
November 8, 2025 at 7:45 AM
x is doing the thing ppl complain bluesky does
A new FOI into the Deloitte nonsense has revealed:
-there were MORE AI errors in the Deloitte report than previously admitted
-DEWR knew about this for weeks & did nothing
-DEWR's Secretary lied in Estimates, when saying Deloitte never apologised to her
archive.is/F8qtG#select...
-there were MORE AI errors in the Deloitte report than previously admitted
-DEWR knew about this for weeks & did nothing
-DEWR's Secretary lied in Estimates, when saying Deloitte never apologised to her
archive.is/F8qtG#select...
November 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
A new FOI into the Deloitte nonsense has revealed:
-there were MORE AI errors in the Deloitte report than previously admitted
-DEWR knew about this for weeks & did nothing
-DEWR's Secretary lied in Estimates, when saying Deloitte never apologised to her
archive.is/F8qtG#select...
-there were MORE AI errors in the Deloitte report than previously admitted
-DEWR knew about this for weeks & did nothing
-DEWR's Secretary lied in Estimates, when saying Deloitte never apologised to her
archive.is/F8qtG#select...
So, @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social lost the public argument on this wretched amendment, allowing police to cancel Centrelink payments for ppl who have not been found guilty
So she went on Sky News to defame legal, disability, & community advocates as well as Senator Thorpe
revolting stuff
So she went on Sky News to defame legal, disability, & community advocates as well as Senator Thorpe
revolting stuff
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 AM
So, @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social lost the public argument on this wretched amendment, allowing police to cancel Centrelink payments for ppl who have not been found guilty
So she went on Sky News to defame legal, disability, & community advocates as well as Senator Thorpe
revolting stuff
So she went on Sky News to defame legal, disability, & community advocates as well as Senator Thorpe
revolting stuff
a crumb of media coverage, as a treat www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
October 31, 2025 at 5:43 AM
a crumb of media coverage, as a treat www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
their target for a 26 week employment outcome for job seekers forced into this bullshit is so low (15%) and they can never, ever hit it. No matter how much they hit participants
October 31, 2025 at 3:04 AM
their target for a 26 week employment outcome for job seekers forced into this bullshit is so low (15%) and they can never, ever hit it. No matter how much they hit participants
DEWR's annual report was tabled yesterday. Let's have a read:
$1.2b was spent on Workforce Australia (employment services) last year
You'll be shocked to see its again failed it's basic performance measure to put people into jobs www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
$1.2b was spent on Workforce Australia (employment services) last year
You'll be shocked to see its again failed it's basic performance measure to put people into jobs www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
October 31, 2025 at 2:49 AM
DEWR's annual report was tabled yesterday. Let's have a read:
$1.2b was spent on Workforce Australia (employment services) last year
You'll be shocked to see its again failed it's basic performance measure to put people into jobs www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
$1.2b was spent on Workforce Australia (employment services) last year
You'll be shocked to see its again failed it's basic performance measure to put people into jobs www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
"I had actually been diagnosed with malnutrition and scurvy.
I know the outcome of not buying the things I need for my health, but I also know that sometimes I don't have a choice" - @artistaffame.bsky.social
Watch the full segment here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Xc...
I know the outcome of not buying the things I need for my health, but I also know that sometimes I don't have a choice" - @artistaffame.bsky.social
Watch the full segment here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Xc...
October 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"I had actually been diagnosed with malnutrition and scurvy.
I know the outcome of not buying the things I need for my health, but I also know that sometimes I don't have a choice" - @artistaffame.bsky.social
Watch the full segment here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Xc...
I know the outcome of not buying the things I need for my health, but I also know that sometimes I don't have a choice" - @artistaffame.bsky.social
Watch the full segment here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Xc...
New literature review from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet says the government is "manifesting" stigma via the mutual obligations system 🤷
www.pmc.gov.au/news/stigma-...
www.pmc.gov.au/news/stigma-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:40 AM
New literature review from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet says the government is "manifesting" stigma via the mutual obligations system 🤷
www.pmc.gov.au/news/stigma-...
www.pmc.gov.au/news/stigma-...
"Whatever you make of the Mutual Obligations system, I think it has to be said that the obligation on the part of the government — that is, to act lawfully — is not being met in this instance" - christopherrudge.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
"Whatever you make of the Mutual Obligations system, I think it has to be said that the obligation on the part of the government — that is, to act lawfully — is not being met in this instance" - christopherrudge.bsky.social
"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"
Great summary of Daniel's story & the unlawful Mutual Obligations scandal by @caitkelly.bsky.social on the guardian pod:
"The department cannot say that job providers are making legally sound decisions when they decide to suspend job seekers' payments"
theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"The department cannot say that job providers are making legally sound decisions when they decide to suspend job seekers' payments"
theguardian.com/australia-ne...
October 27, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Great summary of Daniel's story & the unlawful Mutual Obligations scandal by @caitkelly.bsky.social on the guardian pod:
"The department cannot say that job providers are making legally sound decisions when they decide to suspend job seekers' payments"
theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"The department cannot say that job providers are making legally sound decisions when they decide to suspend job seekers' payments"
theguardian.com/australia-ne...
applying for any welfare payment is basically this now
October 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
applying for any welfare payment is basically this now
Golden rule: if the government refuses to answer questions in Estimates or the media about whether something is unlawful - it's unlawful
Millions of ppl have been impacted by payment suspensions & they won't answer basic questions about their lawfulness - really scandalous stuff
Millions of ppl have been impacted by payment suspensions & they won't answer basic questions about their lawfulness - really scandalous stuff
October 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Golden rule: if the government refuses to answer questions in Estimates or the media about whether something is unlawful - it's unlawful
Millions of ppl have been impacted by payment suspensions & they won't answer basic questions about their lawfulness - really scandalous stuff
Millions of ppl have been impacted by payment suspensions & they won't answer basic questions about their lawfulness - really scandalous stuff
Now even The Australian is rinsing the government for keeping payment suspensions turned on in their unlawful Mutual Obligations system
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October 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Now even The Australian is rinsing the government for keeping payment suspensions turned on in their unlawful Mutual Obligations system
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Yep - this is the can of worms that deserves a lot more attention: the Commonwealth Ombudsman is currently investigating the Department's administration of job service providers. Strap in for that
Good gear from The Mandarin:
archive.is/zdNfk
Good gear from The Mandarin:
archive.is/zdNfk
October 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Yep - this is the can of worms that deserves a lot more attention: the Commonwealth Ombudsman is currently investigating the Department's administration of job service providers. Strap in for that
Good gear from The Mandarin:
archive.is/zdNfk
Good gear from The Mandarin:
archive.is/zdNfk
"[The Deloitte AI scandal] is such important story, because of how serious the underlying issue is"
"Is [the government] paying hundreds of thousands of recipients of welfare correctly or is it illegally docking their payments?"
good gear from @paulkarp.bsky.social www.afr.com/podcast/the-...
"Is [the government] paying hundreds of thousands of recipients of welfare correctly or is it illegally docking their payments?"
good gear from @paulkarp.bsky.social www.afr.com/podcast/the-...
October 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
"[The Deloitte AI scandal] is such important story, because of how serious the underlying issue is"
"Is [the government] paying hundreds of thousands of recipients of welfare correctly or is it illegally docking their payments?"
good gear from @paulkarp.bsky.social www.afr.com/podcast/the-...
"Is [the government] paying hundreds of thousands of recipients of welfare correctly or is it illegally docking their payments?"
good gear from @paulkarp.bsky.social www.afr.com/podcast/the-...
Job agency companies and bosses continue to make an extraordinary amount of money from a Mutual Obligations system we now know operates unlawfully
Here's the latest example of what they're doing with that public funding. Enjoy Sarina at the Louis Vuitton resort in St Tropez 👇
Here's the latest example of what they're doing with that public funding. Enjoy Sarina at the Louis Vuitton resort in St Tropez 👇
October 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Job agency companies and bosses continue to make an extraordinary amount of money from a Mutual Obligations system we now know operates unlawfully
Here's the latest example of what they're doing with that public funding. Enjoy Sarina at the Louis Vuitton resort in St Tropez 👇
Here's the latest example of what they're doing with that public funding. Enjoy Sarina at the Louis Vuitton resort in St Tropez 👇
This has massive ramifications, and hopefully inspires many other victims of unlawful mutual obligations decisions to demand justice from the government.
If you're in this cohort, and would like support, please get in touch: jeremy@antipovertycentre.org
If you're in this cohort, and would like support, please get in touch: jeremy@antipovertycentre.org
October 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This has massive ramifications, and hopefully inspires many other victims of unlawful mutual obligations decisions to demand justice from the government.
If you're in this cohort, and would like support, please get in touch: jeremy@antipovertycentre.org
If you're in this cohort, and would like support, please get in touch: jeremy@antipovertycentre.org
they got bullied by advocates and media to release it, where it turns out the report was full of AI slop, which became a global media scandal, so Deloitte part-repayed DEWR back $98,000, and re-uploaded the report, which has now again been called out for being riddled with errors
October 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
they got bullied by advocates and media to release it, where it turns out the report was full of AI slop, which became a global media scandal, so Deloitte part-repayed DEWR back $98,000, and re-uploaded the report, which has now again been called out for being riddled with errors
Ok, here's what we got. The Department is cancelling welfare payments unlawfully, so paid Deloitte $440k to do an assurance review, even though the Secretary used to work there, & when Deloitte concluded they couldn't assure the unlawful system, DEWR tried to bury the report, but
October 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Ok, here's what we got. The Department is cancelling welfare payments unlawfully, so paid Deloitte $440k to do an assurance review, even though the Secretary used to work there, & when Deloitte concluded they couldn't assure the unlawful system, DEWR tried to bury the report, but
"If someone has a payment suspension & they want to challenge it & they believe it's either unfair or unlawful, do you hold all the information that you need in the system?"
DEWR: "In some cases the notes aren't detailed enough for us to make a full assessment"
extraordinary misadministration
DEWR: "In some cases the notes aren't detailed enough for us to make a full assessment"
extraordinary misadministration
October 13, 2025 at 5:44 AM
"If someone has a payment suspension & they want to challenge it & they believe it's either unfair or unlawful, do you hold all the information that you need in the system?"
DEWR: "In some cases the notes aren't detailed enough for us to make a full assessment"
extraordinary misadministration
DEWR: "In some cases the notes aren't detailed enough for us to make a full assessment"
extraordinary misadministration
Great run-down of the mutual obligations system — both it's current unlawful administration, and it's rotten ideological underpinnings that destroys lives — by @amyremeikis.bsky.social here: www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
October 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Great run-down of the mutual obligations system — both it's current unlawful administration, and it's rotten ideological underpinnings that destroys lives — by @amyremeikis.bsky.social here: www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...