Reposted by Kerry WitchKerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Currently in UK where they are suffering heat waves without rain for many weeks. However the UKs lack of preparedness is disappointing. Surely they should have declared a total fireban weeks ago. This is climate change and they need to learn about back burning and preparing for bush fires. 001
Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Currently in UK where they are suffering heat waves without rain for many weeks. However the UKs lack of preparedness is disappointing. Surely they should have declared a total fireban weeks ago. This is climate change and they need to learn about back burning and preparing for bush fires. 001
Reposted by Kerry WitchKerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 02/07/2026www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comLabor’s ‘cruel’ algorithm-based aged care funding tool could have human override reinstated after Senate passes billTool used to determine level of home support funding has frequently under-assessed people and left them without adequate care 022
Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 02/07/2026www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comLabor’s ‘cruel’ algorithm-based aged care funding tool could have human override reinstated after Senate passes billTool used to determine level of home support funding has frequently under-assessed people and left them without adequate care 022
Reposted by Kerry WitchKerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 02/07/2026It is becoming increasingly evident that the current Labor Gov. relies on grand announcements and ministers are inept. Algorithms decide social policy. Perhaps we should do away with Gov.altogether and just use algorithms.Aged Care , child care is a mess and exploitable by rapacious companies. 011
Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 02/07/2026It is becoming increasingly evident that the current Labor Gov. relies on grand announcements and ministers are inept. Algorithms decide social policy. Perhaps we should do away with Gov.altogether and just use algorithms.Aged Care , child care is a mess and exploitable by rapacious companies. 011
Reposted by Kerry WitchKerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 27/06/2026What the hell is wrong with the Australian Labor Gov. (rhetorical). Who was the fool of a minister who sanctioned Paying $1.3m to KPMG to teach ethics to Public Servants.KPMG the company found to be disgraced for its unethical behaviour. Labor needs to look at its own ethics or lack there of. 032
Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 27/06/2026What the hell is wrong with the Australian Labor Gov. (rhetorical). Who was the fool of a minister who sanctioned Paying $1.3m to KPMG to teach ethics to Public Servants.KPMG the company found to be disgraced for its unethical behaviour. Labor needs to look at its own ethics or lack there of. 032
Reposted by Kerry WitchKerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Australia is the driest continent and big tech are eyeing off Australia for data centres. They are dazzling government with promises of $$$$$. 1103
Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Australia is the driest continent and big tech are eyeing off Australia for data centres. They are dazzling government with promises of $$$$$. 1103
Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 24/04/2026www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a... ( This is the US today )theguardian.com‘Worth a thousand words’: Trump photo obscuring women’s tennis team sparks backlashThe women who visited the White House to celebrate Georgia’s championship win were largely obscured in a photo shared by a Trump press aide 000
Reposted by Kerry WitchKerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 21/04/2026A client ,an astrophysicist has informed me , funding has been cut by the Australian Government. No fan fare, the Australian public kept in the dark literally& figuratively . So much for expanding Australian understanding the Universe! Funding also cut so EU astronomers no longer have access. 022
Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 21/04/2026A client ,an astrophysicist has informed me , funding has been cut by the Australian Government. No fan fare, the Australian public kept in the dark literally& figuratively . So much for expanding Australian understanding the Universe! Funding also cut so EU astronomers no longer have access. 022
Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 09/04/2026A razor gang is going to seek ways to reduce the NDIS bill which is $52b and rising . One suggests a close scrutiny of “providers” is warranted. So many came out of woodwork and jumped on the gravy train. Now those for whom NDIS was intended are missing out. 020
Reposted by Kerry WitchKerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Happy World Social Work Day . Happy St.Patrick’s Day 🍀🍀🍀 122
Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Happy World Social Work Day . Happy St.Patrick’s Day 🍀🍀🍀 122
Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 15/03/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... no wonder I love being Irish but very happy to be Australian!)theguardian.comIreland's basic income for artists changed my life. Other people deserve the same luck | Caelainn HoganA pilot scheme offering some artists €300-plus a week for three years is being made permanent. But should something so fundamental be run like a lottery, asks writer Caelainn Hogan 031
Reposted by Kerry WitchKerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 13/03/2026www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... ( Would like to know who appointed the people to NACC. They have done a disservice to the victims of Robodebt & Australia. Politicians & Senior Public Servants are above the Law.)theguardian.comAfter nearly three years, the robodebt report’s secret chapter has been unsealed. What does it reveal?Officials named who drafted unlawful debt recovery scheme - and who royal commissioner referred to corruption watchdog for further investigation 002
Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 13/03/2026www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... ( Would like to know who appointed the people to NACC. They have done a disservice to the victims of Robodebt & Australia. Politicians & Senior Public Servants are above the Law.)theguardian.comAfter nearly three years, the robodebt report’s secret chapter has been unsealed. What does it reveal?Officials named who drafted unlawful debt recovery scheme - and who royal commissioner referred to corruption watchdog for further investigation 002
Reposted by Kerry WitchKerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 12/03/2026www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.com‘Naming them is not justice’: robodebt victims feel let down by findings of corruption watchdogNacc report into unlawful scheme found senior public servants engaged in corrupt conduct but declined to refer them for charges in what victims call a ‘massive letdown’ 001
Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 12/03/2026www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.com‘Naming them is not justice’: robodebt victims feel let down by findings of corruption watchdogNacc report into unlawful scheme found senior public servants engaged in corrupt conduct but declined to refer them for charges in what victims call a ‘massive letdown’ 001
Reposted by Kerry WitchKerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 12/03/2026www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... ( Apparently former PM is not guilty of corruption!! Politicians in Australia are above the law and beyond reproach. Is it any wonder there is so little trust in our ‘leaders’.)theguardian.comTwo robodebt officials engaged in serious corrupt conduct, Nacc finds, but Scott Morrison clearedAnti-corruption watchdog makes adverse findings against two former public servants but clears four other individuals 001
Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 12/03/2026www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... ( Apparently former PM is not guilty of corruption!! Politicians in Australia are above the law and beyond reproach. Is it any wonder there is so little trust in our ‘leaders’.)theguardian.comTwo robodebt officials engaged in serious corrupt conduct, Nacc finds, but Scott Morrison clearedAnti-corruption watchdog makes adverse findings against two former public servants but clears four other individuals 001
Reposted by Kerry WitchKerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 09/03/2026www.theguardian.com/environment/... ( Australia not safe for visitors!!!!)theguardian.com‘A saltwater crocodile on the AFL oval’: worst flooding in decades inundates NT as residents urged to avoid waterSchools and highways close and Territorians living near major rivers leave amid possibly record-breaking rain 031
Reposted by Kerry WitchKerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 11/03/2026www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... anti corruption commission should perhaps face investigation about its corruption given the result?)theguardian.comTwo robodebt officials engaged in serious corrupt conduct, Nacc finds, but Scott Morrison clearedAnti-corruption watchdog makes adverse findings against two former public servants but clears four other individuals 011
Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 11/03/2026www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... anti corruption commission should perhaps face investigation about its corruption given the result?)theguardian.comTwo robodebt officials engaged in serious corrupt conduct, Nacc finds, but Scott Morrison clearedAnti-corruption watchdog makes adverse findings against two former public servants but clears four other individuals 011
Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 09/03/2026www.theguardian.com/environment/... ( Australia not safe for visitors!!!!)theguardian.com‘A saltwater crocodile on the AFL oval’: worst flooding in decades inundates NT as residents urged to avoid waterSchools and highways close and Territorians living near major rivers leave amid possibly record-breaking rain 031
Reposted by Kerry WitchKerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 08/03/2026www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... ( Labor again not keeping promises . )theguardian.comOutsourced call centre sweeps Centrelink customer privacy breaches ‘under the rug’, staff allegeWorkers accuse government-contracted Telco Services Australia of fabricating performance statistics, denying adequate breaks and penalising staff for taking leave 001
Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 08/03/2026www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... ( Labor again not keeping promises . )theguardian.comOutsourced call centre sweeps Centrelink customer privacy breaches ‘under the rug’, staff allegeWorkers accuse government-contracted Telco Services Australia of fabricating performance statistics, denying adequate breaks and penalising staff for taking leave 001
Reposted by Kerry WitchKerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Happy International Women’s Day. 012
Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 06/03/2026So Trump assisting Putin allowing India access to Russian oil!!! Time the western leaders wake up and realise US is a rogue state under current administration. 011
Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 06/03/2026www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m... ( read it and weep for humanity’s selfishness .)theguardian.comDepartment of the Vanishing by Johanna Bell review – brilliantly, terrifyingly plausibleIn this wild little miracle of a book, an Australian government office is tasked with cataloguing the casualties of the Anthropocene 010
Reposted by Kerry WitchKerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 24/02/2026www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... is that a Labor government ? They are behaving like Liberals.theguardian.com‘Stuff of nightmares’: calls for help surge by 50% after Australia launches aged-assistance toolExclusive: Assessors unable to override algorithm-based tool, leaving people at risk of being pushed into aged care homes before they are ready 022
Reposted by Kerry WitchKerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 24/02/2026www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... ( totally unacceptable)theguardian.comTax expert worried Australia on path to neo-feudal society as housing wealth drives inequalityReal inequality is between those who have assets and those without in same generation, not young versus old, says ANU academic 132
Reposted by Kerry WitchKerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 02/03/2026www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comDisbelief as crocodile captured in Newcastle creek thousands of kilometres from natural habitatThe small freshwater crocodile was first spotted by a group of teenagers in Ironbark Creek in the Australian city on Saturday 001
Reposted by Kerry WitchKerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 05/03/2026www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... ( This is a Labor Government who is responsible. Liberal lite)theguardian.comShe helped design Australia’s aged care assessment tool – but now Lynda Henderson is too scared to use itExclusive: Member of working group behind questionnaire had no idea it would eventually be underpinned by ‘ridiculously simplistic’ algorithm 001
Reposted by Kerry WitchKerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 05/03/2026www.theguardian.com/environment/... ( time for more cheerful news)theguardian.comWild-born birds recruited to teach critically endangered regent honeyeaters their lost songsResearchers hope restoring the original song will improve breeding prospects for birds released into the wild 012
Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 05/03/2026www.theguardian.com/environment/... ( time for more cheerful news)theguardian.comWild-born birds recruited to teach critically endangered regent honeyeaters their lost songsResearchers hope restoring the original song will improve breeding prospects for birds released into the wild 012
Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 05/03/2026www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... ( This is a Labor Government who is responsible. Liberal lite)theguardian.comShe helped design Australia’s aged care assessment tool – but now Lynda Henderson is too scared to use itExclusive: Member of working group behind questionnaire had no idea it would eventually be underpinned by ‘ridiculously simplistic’ algorithm 001
Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 02/03/2026www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comDisbelief as crocodile captured in Newcastle creek thousands of kilometres from natural habitatThe small freshwater crocodile was first spotted by a group of teenagers in Ironbark Creek in the Australian city on Saturday 001
Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 26/02/2026www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comFact-checking Trump's longest ever State of the UnionPresident Donald Trump said the US "is winning again" - making a series of claims about his record in a speech which lasted almost two hours. 004
Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 24/02/2026saltypolitics.substack.com/p/we-fought-...saltypolitics.substack.comWe Fought a King for This?The irony of America in the age of Epstein 000
Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 24/02/2026www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... ( totally unacceptable)theguardian.comTax expert worried Australia on path to neo-feudal society as housing wealth drives inequalityReal inequality is between those who have assets and those without in same generation, not young versus old, says ANU academic 132
Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 24/02/2026www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... is that a Labor government ? They are behaving like Liberals.theguardian.com‘Stuff of nightmares’: calls for help surge by 50% after Australia launches aged-assistance toolExclusive: Assessors unable to override algorithm-based tool, leaving people at risk of being pushed into aged care homes before they are ready 022
Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 24/02/2026hartmannreport.com/p/can-freedo... horrifying)hartmannreport.comCan Freedom Exist Without “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness”?Freedom isn’t a slogan (although Republicans have abused it as one for decades): it’s found in the lived experience of average people… 000
Reposted by Kerry WitchKerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Question: Does multiculturalism work? Can people from opposing political views from countries of origin live without animus in the same country. 001
Reposted by Kerry WitchKerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 06/02/2026 The prevalence of uni students undergrad & post grad who use chat GPT to pass exams has terrifying implications. Hardly surprising though given the way universities treat students and academic staff as exploitable. Humanity destroys itself. Climate change and generation unable to think / create. 031
Reposted by Kerry WitchKerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 17/02/2026www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-cri... ( one wonders who they are ?I think I can guess 2)thesaturdaypaper.com.auExclusive: Robodebt Six served NACC findingsAlmost three years after referrals were made in the robodebt royal commission’s so-called ‘sealed section’, the NACC is finally preparing to name the Robodebt Six. 011
Reposted by Kerry WitchKerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 18/02/2026www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...abc.net.auMillionaire economist's dire warning for Australian property marketBritish economist Gary Stevenson is on a speaking tour, warning Australia will follow the path of the UK with "poverty exploding" unless politicians deal with inequality. 001