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Unionist. Labor. Novocastrian. Ex-City Councillor. Newcastle - Awabakal & Worimi Land
Views my own.
www.seekingnature.com.au/hello
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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/...
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The US Republicans letter to Albanese et al re: Palestinian recognition.....final paragraph threatens possible undisclosed punitive measures.
September 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The US Republicans letter to Albanese et al re: Palestinian recognition.....final paragraph threatens possible undisclosed punitive measures.
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"The People Vs Robodebt" explores the devastating human story behind one of Australia's greatest political scandals. The 3-part docu-drama series will be avail to stream on #SBSOnDemand on Wed 24Sept25. #auspol #Robodebt
Trailer: youtu.be/5LzL7WpswH4?...
Trailer: youtu.be/5LzL7WpswH4?...
September 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM
"The People Vs Robodebt" explores the devastating human story behind one of Australia's greatest political scandals. The 3-part docu-drama series will be avail to stream on #SBSOnDemand on Wed 24Sept25. #auspol #Robodebt
Trailer: youtu.be/5LzL7WpswH4?...
Trailer: youtu.be/5LzL7WpswH4?...
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“.. Those who refuse to sign the new policy will be stripped of or denied permanent credentials to cover the Pentagon.”
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September 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
“.. Those who refuse to sign the new policy will be stripped of or denied permanent credentials to cover the Pentagon.”
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ASIC Chair Joe Longo explains why ASIC didn’t punish fmr ANZ CEO Shayne Elliott
“In Aus we don’t lightly ban ppl from their employment, we don’t lightly send them to jail, we don’t lightly impose penalties on them or ruin their reputation”
Unless you’re a whistleblower, then you’re screwed
“In Aus we don’t lightly ban ppl from their employment, we don’t lightly send them to jail, we don’t lightly impose penalties on them or ruin their reputation”
Unless you’re a whistleblower, then you’re screwed
September 18, 2025 at 7:30 AM
ASIC Chair Joe Longo explains why ASIC didn’t punish fmr ANZ CEO Shayne Elliott
“In Aus we don’t lightly ban ppl from their employment, we don’t lightly send them to jail, we don’t lightly impose penalties on them or ruin their reputation”
Unless you’re a whistleblower, then you’re screwed
“In Aus we don’t lightly ban ppl from their employment, we don’t lightly send them to jail, we don’t lightly impose penalties on them or ruin their reputation”
Unless you’re a whistleblower, then you’re screwed
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As a number of journalists have pointed out today, there is no way that Dutton can slash 41,000 APS jobs without impacting on agencies devoted to keeping Australia safe, upholding the nation's laws or delivering frontline services www.canberratimes.com.au/story/893593... #auspol
Dutton says he can shrink APS by attrition and not cut services. Here's what data shows
The vast majority who leave each year are from these key agencies.
www.canberratimes.com.au
April 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
As a number of journalists have pointed out today, there is no way that Dutton can slash 41,000 APS jobs without impacting on agencies devoted to keeping Australia safe, upholding the nation's laws or delivering frontline services www.canberratimes.com.au/story/893593... #auspol
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"This will not protect women, this should not be going into the health care act, it should remain in the Crimes Act."
By replacing Whitlam candidate Ben Britton with Nathaniel Smith, the Coalition may have introduced abortion into the campaign. #ausvotes www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
By replacing Whitlam candidate Ben Britton with Nathaniel Smith, the Coalition may have introduced abortion into the campaign. #ausvotes www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
'The community won't stand for it': Senior NSW minister attacks abortion decriminalisation bill
NSW independent MP Alex Greenwich has introduced a bill to decriminalise abortion to state parliament.
www.sbs.com.au
April 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"This will not protect women, this should not be going into the health care act, it should remain in the Crimes Act."
By replacing Whitlam candidate Ben Britton with Nathaniel Smith, the Coalition may have introduced abortion into the campaign. #ausvotes www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
By replacing Whitlam candidate Ben Britton with Nathaniel Smith, the Coalition may have introduced abortion into the campaign. #ausvotes www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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This could just be the same person with different hair.
April 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This could just be the same person with different hair.
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Coalition takes aim at public servants as Dutton looks to cut 40,000 jobs #auspol
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
Coalition takes aim at public servants as Dutton looks to cut 40,000 jobs
Tuesday night’s budget shows the government has added 41,411 public servants since 2022, fuelling a political fight over the public service and government spending.
www.theage.com.au
March 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Coalition takes aim at public servants as Dutton looks to cut 40,000 jobs #auspol
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
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A Liberal source confirms they’re considering cuts in EVERY agency that has grown so they will cut frontline services in veterans affairs, Services Australia, NDIA, passport office, aged care regulator, customs, biosecurity, national security & more
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
#Budget25 #auspol
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
#Budget25 #auspol
Coalition takes aim at public servants as Dutton looks to cut 40,000 jobs
Tuesday night’s budget shows the government has added 41,411 public servants since 2022, fuelling a political fight over the public service and government spending.
www.smh.com.au
March 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
A Liberal source confirms they’re considering cuts in EVERY agency that has grown so they will cut frontline services in veterans affairs, Services Australia, NDIA, passport office, aged care regulator, customs, biosecurity, national security & more
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
#Budget25 #auspol
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
#Budget25 #auspol
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Utter trainwreck appearance by Jane Hume on ABC Afternoon Briefing. She not only disputed that labour hire & consultants cost more than directly hiring APS staff, she insinuated that since the claim allocation backlog at Veterans Affairs was cleared, they no longer needed extra staff #auspol
March 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Utter trainwreck appearance by Jane Hume on ABC Afternoon Briefing. She not only disputed that labour hire & consultants cost more than directly hiring APS staff, she insinuated that since the claim allocation backlog at Veterans Affairs was cleared, they no longer needed extra staff #auspol
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney:
"It's easy to be negative about everything when you've never fixed anything...Negative slogans aren't solutions...Division isn't strength. Negativity won't win a trade war...Negativity won't bring down the price of groceries."
"It's easy to be negative about everything when you've never fixed anything...Negative slogans aren't solutions...Division isn't strength. Negativity won't win a trade war...Negativity won't bring down the price of groceries."
March 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney:
"It's easy to be negative about everything when you've never fixed anything...Negative slogans aren't solutions...Division isn't strength. Negativity won't win a trade war...Negativity won't bring down the price of groceries."
"It's easy to be negative about everything when you've never fixed anything...Negative slogans aren't solutions...Division isn't strength. Negativity won't win a trade war...Negativity won't bring down the price of groceries."
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The federal public service is smaller than it was in 2006-07 w/ more responsibilities yet the Coalition wants to slash its workforce by at least 36,000
It’s an outdated idea from a party w/ no real plan that will gut our public services & save little money
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
#auspol
It’s an outdated idea from a party w/ no real plan that will gut our public services & save little money
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
#auspol
Who came up with the idea to cut thousands of public service jobs?
The leader of the federal Liberal Party is making some big announcements, including plans to sack thousands of public servants. It is 1951.
www.abc.net.au
March 23, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The federal public service is smaller than it was in 2006-07 w/ more responsibilities yet the Coalition wants to slash its workforce by at least 36,000
It’s an outdated idea from a party w/ no real plan that will gut our public services & save little money
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
#auspol
It’s an outdated idea from a party w/ no real plan that will gut our public services & save little money
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
#auspol
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Dutton is coming after people with disability, women, dual citizens, LGBTIQ+...basically everyone that isn't a white cis man and billionaires.
Jim Chalmers says Coalition hints at aggressive NDIS cuts will ‘send a shiver up the spine’ of recipients.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol
Jim Chalmers says Coalition hints at aggressive NDIS cuts will ‘send a shiver up the spine’ of recipients.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol
March 23, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Dutton is coming after people with disability, women, dual citizens, LGBTIQ+...basically everyone that isn't a white cis man and billionaires.
Jim Chalmers says Coalition hints at aggressive NDIS cuts will ‘send a shiver up the spine’ of recipients.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol
Jim Chalmers says Coalition hints at aggressive NDIS cuts will ‘send a shiver up the spine’ of recipients.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol
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Dutton’s plan to gut 36k APS jobs is clearly an imitation of Abbott’s policy to slash 12k jobs & we know what happened as a result
Almost no agencies outside defence & NIC exempt, an even bigger no of job cuts & huge outsourcing to contractors & consultants
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
#auspol
Almost no agencies outside defence & NIC exempt, an even bigger no of job cuts & huge outsourcing to contractors & consultants
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
#auspol
March 23, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Dutton’s plan to gut 36k APS jobs is clearly an imitation of Abbott’s policy to slash 12k jobs & we know what happened as a result
Almost no agencies outside defence & NIC exempt, an even bigger no of job cuts & huge outsourcing to contractors & consultants
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
#auspol
Almost no agencies outside defence & NIC exempt, an even bigger no of job cuts & huge outsourcing to contractors & consultants
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
#auspol
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Anatomy of a ‘thought bubble’: is the Coalition serious about a referendum on deporting criminals?
Anatomy of a ‘thought bubble’: is the Coalition serious about a referendum on deporting criminals?
Will Peter Dutton take his plan to the election? Comments in public and behind the scenes on Tuesday suggested mixed feelings among the Coalition
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www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Anatomy of a ‘thought bubble’: is the Coalition serious about a referendum on deporting criminals?
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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03... tingle calls it - positively tiresome - we are only a very short distance from a federal election and Dutton continues parading as a policy nowhere man…at this rate he may even do a Howard and lose his seat as well as the election.
Claims that meeting Trump in person could sway him on tariffs are 'hollow'
The Coalition claims it could have struck a tariff deal with Trump but remains coy about what else it could achieve if it wins at the upcoming election.
www.abc.net.au
March 15, 2025 at 4:05 AM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03... tingle calls it - positively tiresome - we are only a very short distance from a federal election and Dutton continues parading as a policy nowhere man…at this rate he may even do a Howard and lose his seat as well as the election.
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Dutton says he abandoned his constituents in their time of need because he had a “diary commitment”. Honestly. A real leader would have changed his $25,000 a head fundraiser and stayed to help. Dutton doesn’t hold a bucket, unless there’s millionaire cash in it!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
Peter Dutton defends 'diary commitments' in Sydney as cyclone approached
Peter Dutton, speaking while trapped by flooding at his Dickson home, has dismissed criticism of his decision to attend a fundraiser in Sydney as ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred approached.
www.abc.net.au
March 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Dutton says he abandoned his constituents in their time of need because he had a “diary commitment”. Honestly. A real leader would have changed his $25,000 a head fundraiser and stayed to help. Dutton doesn’t hold a bucket, unless there’s millionaire cash in it!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
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AFP confirm the caravan was never going to cause a mass casualty event.
The "plot was an elaborate scheme contrived by organised criminals, domestically and from offshore."
www.afp.gov.au/news-centre/...
The "plot was an elaborate scheme contrived by organised criminals, domestically and from offshore."
www.afp.gov.au/news-centre/...
March 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM
AFP confirm the caravan was never going to cause a mass casualty event.
The "plot was an elaborate scheme contrived by organised criminals, domestically and from offshore."
www.afp.gov.au/news-centre/...
The "plot was an elaborate scheme contrived by organised criminals, domestically and from offshore."
www.afp.gov.au/news-centre/...
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“Dutton’s plan to cull public servants isn’t just risky - it’s misguided.”
From Prof Doherty on dead bird place. #auspol #AusVotes25 #DontRiskDutton
From Prof Doherty on dead bird place. #auspol #AusVotes25 #DontRiskDutton
March 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
“Dutton’s plan to cull public servants isn’t just risky - it’s misguided.”
From Prof Doherty on dead bird place. #auspol #AusVotes25 #DontRiskDutton
From Prof Doherty on dead bird place. #auspol #AusVotes25 #DontRiskDutton
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Govt will end first (of how many?) term in power without any real work done on Robodebt RoCo recommendation to reinstate 6yr limit on welfare debt recovery. Instead, it's in court refusing to waive millions of debts calculated unlawfully back to 1991. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/2025/03...
The federal government’s failure to deliver on welfare debt reform
Despite the findings of the robodebt royal commission, the government is yet to put a time limit on the pursuit of historic welfare debts.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
March 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Govt will end first (of how many?) term in power without any real work done on Robodebt RoCo recommendation to reinstate 6yr limit on welfare debt recovery. Instead, it's in court refusing to waive millions of debts calculated unlawfully back to 1991. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/2025/03...
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It's a policy designed to engender anger at the idea of highly paid public servants sitting in their PJs in a Canberra home when much of the policy has allowed the workforce to be distributed across the country, including regional areas they want to win votes in.
Suspect this one might backfire.
Suspect this one might backfire.
The Information Commissioner has already explained why that office wants fully-remote staff.
You'd have to be hard of thinking to be surprised that the DTA and ADHA - both Ds stand for "digital" - have high proportions of remote workers.
www.afr.com/politics/fed...
You'd have to be hard of thinking to be surprised that the DTA and ADHA - both Ds stand for "digital" - have high proportions of remote workers.
www.afr.com/politics/fed...
The agencies where one in five public servants never come to work
Half the public servants employed at Australia’s national regulator for privacy and freedom of information never work from the office.
www.afr.com
March 6, 2025 at 5:31 AM
It's a policy designed to engender anger at the idea of highly paid public servants sitting in their PJs in a Canberra home when much of the policy has allowed the workforce to be distributed across the country, including regional areas they want to win votes in.
Suspect this one might backfire.
Suspect this one might backfire.
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🚨The Albanese Government is refusing to say whether it will appoint an expert to oversee the NACC’s investigations into Robodebt — despite top former judges saying it has power to do so. Failure “not good enough”, Senator Pocock exclusively tells us. theklaxon.com.au/z5b5
Government's squibbing on Robodebt not good enough": Senator Pocock
The Albanese Government is failing to say if it will appoint an outside expert to oversee the NACC's Robodebt investigations.
theklaxon.com.au
March 6, 2025 at 7:56 AM
🚨The Albanese Government is refusing to say whether it will appoint an expert to oversee the NACC’s investigations into Robodebt — despite top former judges saying it has power to do so. Failure “not good enough”, Senator Pocock exclusively tells us. theklaxon.com.au/z5b5
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Parklea correctional centre to return to public hands as NSW reverses ‘failed prison for profit model’
Parklea correctional centre to return to public hands as NSW reverses ‘failed prison for profit model’
Minns government says contract with prison operator MTC Australia will end in late 2026
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One of New South Wales’s largest prisons…
www.theguardian.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Parklea correctional centre to return to public hands as NSW reverses ‘failed prison for profit model’