Centrelink get pushed on how they get to take so long to "fix" their errors, while people cut off payments get no such luxury

Centrelink: "Well, our systems are large & complex"

@pennyallmanpayne.com: People impacted are very vulnerable & we're asking them to deal w/ a very complex system

Well, we’re safe now!! AI is going to save us!

NDIS now going to use AI to generate plans with no capacity for review! What could possibly go wrong?

I still cannot get my head around the betrayal by @australianlabor.bsky.social of all the people hoping for a more just government.

I got mail in the Centrelink app (which I was of course not notified of and only saw by chance when in the app) telling me I have until March 2026 to go through a complicated beareucratic procedure to update a Robodebt claim for compensation.

Like... how is the burden on ME to fix THEIR fuckup?

It's because poor people use money and circulate it throughout the economy, rather than keep it in a bank account and let it stagnate.

Also, reducing poverty also reduces crime, homelessness, health/mental health crises, and drug use. Which all costs money.

Apart from the Whale, they are wasting theirs & our time 👀
The 'average' is less than $17k.
"...While the median amount owed is $1,470.60, one person owes $109.9m, according to the documents. The unnamed “high wealth individual” has moved overseas and the ATO has been unable to recover the debt..."

Disgusting! A lazy and dangerous approach 😡