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squigs.bsky.social
A government that green-lights fossil fuel projects, sucks up to a fascist, and is complicit in genocide, doesn't give a shit about anybody's kids.
December 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
squigs.bsky.social
Jill just didn't have the budget to dis Nazis.
December 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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sewerratt64.bsky.social
Marles needs to be sacked. He’s an Australian public servant, not an American lapdog. If he isn’t getting the best deal for us, then he can fuck off.
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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jeremypoxon.bsky.social
Cannot overstate how bad the Department's oversight of job providers is

The ombo found that DEWR don't even have access to complaints participants make about their providers.

The government hands billions of dollars to providers to spit out unlawful punishments as they please
Given over two thirds of job seekers have providers, this represents a disproportionate number of complaints about provider services compared with online employment services. DEWR explained that while it was able to internally monitor complaint trends regarding the number and reason for the complaints by reference to providers and their sites, it did not at that time have access to or oversight of the complaints that job seekers make directly to their providers. During the investigation, DEWR were unable to provide us with the following data from 1 July 2022 – 4 July 2024 because its Customer Relationships Management System did not hold or store the data in a way that could be reliably isolated and reported on: • number and percentage of provider decisions that were challenged by job seekers • cohort data on job seekers making complaints about providers • the outcome of complaints about providers • reliable advice on the number of people who requested a transfer between providers and the reasons for these requests • reliable advice on provider transfer requests via the National Customer Service Line. The lack of outcome reporting means DEWR was not able to explain how complaints about providers were being managed and resolved, including whether the following outcomes which it told us were possible are in fact occurring
December 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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jeremypoxon.bsky.social
Significant statement from the Ombudsman on payment suspensions - the system is unfairly and unlawfully punishing people who are "below the poverty line" and are "unlikely to find ongoing employment no matter how hard they try to comply with the requirements placed upon them"
This suggests a large percentage of job seekers have their payments inappropriately suspended, given they had reasonable excuses for not complying with their mutual obligation failures. We discuss this issue further in respect to the role of providers in the TCF, however, this percentage lends weight to the argument that job seekers in the Penalty Zone should not be immediately suspended from income support. The need for proper explanation and information regarding decisions is even more important in the Penalty Zone, given the financial pressure on job seekers who face suspension and penalties. There is an inherent danger in applying what is effectively a default process that automatically shuts down a job seeker’s receipt of vitally needed income support. This is compounded for job seekers in a vulnerable state who could have difficulty responding in a timely manner in their own interests or who for whatever reason may not have received the notification. As noted in our first report on the TCF, job seeker payments are below the poverty line, so recipients are very vulnerable. It is also likely that the current state of the employment market and the current unemployment rate together mean that many job seekers are unlikely to find ongoing employment no matter how hard they try to comply with the requirements placed upon them.
December 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM