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Kerry Witch

@kerrywitch.bsky.social
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Mental health social worker/ psychotherapist.Irish Australian. Humanist. Feminist.My main interest is politics, geo-politics. I also enjoy the arts, theatre. Herstory European and Australian history. No DMs

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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Currently 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.
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Currently 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.
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Labor’s ‘cruel’ algorithm-based aged care funding tool could have human override reinstated after Senate passes bill
Tool used to determine level of home support funding has frequently under-assessed people and left them without adequate care
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Labor’s ‘cruel’ algorithm-based aged care funding tool could have human override reinstated after Senate passes bill
Tool used to determine level of home support funding has frequently under-assessed people and left them without adequate care
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
It 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.
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
It 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.
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
What 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.
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
What 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.
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Australia is the driest continent and big tech are eyeing off Australia for data centres. They are dazzling government with promises of $$$$$.
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Australia is the driest continent and big tech are eyeing off Australia for data centres. They are dazzling government with promises of $$$$$.
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a... ( This is the US today )
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‘Worth a thousand words’: Trump photo obscuring women’s tennis team sparks backlash
The women who visited the White House to celebrate Georgia’s championship win were largely obscured in a photo shared by a Trump press aide
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
A 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.
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
A 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.
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
A 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.
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Happy World Social Work Day . Happy St.Patrick’s Day 🍀🍀🍀
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Happy World Social Work Day . Happy St.Patrick’s Day 🍀🍀🍀
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... no wonder I love being Irish but very happy to be Australian!)
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Ireland's basic income for artists changed my life. Other people deserve the same luck | Caelainn Hogan
A 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
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
www.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.)
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After 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
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
www.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.com
After 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
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
‘Naming them is not justice’: robodebt victims feel let down by findings of corruption watchdog
Nacc 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’
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
‘Naming them is not justice’: robodebt victims feel let down by findings of corruption watchdog
Nacc 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’
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
www.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’.)
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Two robodebt officials engaged in serious corrupt conduct, Nacc finds, but Scott Morrison cleared
Anti-corruption watchdog makes adverse findings against two former public servants but clears four other individuals
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
www.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.com
Two robodebt officials engaged in serious corrupt conduct, Nacc finds, but Scott Morrison cleared
Anti-corruption watchdog makes adverse findings against two former public servants but clears four other individuals
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... ( Australia not safe for visitors!!!!)
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‘A saltwater crocodile on the AFL oval’: worst flooding in decades inundates NT as residents urged to avoid water
Schools and highways close and Territorians living near major rivers leave amid possibly record-breaking rain
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... anti corruption commission should perhaps face investigation about its corruption given the result?)
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Two robodebt officials engaged in serious corrupt conduct, Nacc finds, but Scott Morrison cleared
Anti-corruption watchdog makes adverse findings against two former public servants but clears four other individuals
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... anti corruption commission should perhaps face investigation about its corruption given the result?)
theguardian.com
Two robodebt officials engaged in serious corrupt conduct, Nacc finds, but Scott Morrison cleared
Anti-corruption watchdog makes adverse findings against two former public servants but clears four other individuals
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
www.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 water
Schools and highways close and Territorians living near major rivers leave amid possibly record-breaking rain
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... ( Labor again not keeping promises . )
theguardian.com
Outsourced call centre sweeps Centrelink customer privacy breaches ‘under the rug’, staff allege
Workers accuse government-contracted Telco Services Australia of fabricating performance statistics, denying adequate breaks and penalising staff for taking leave
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... ( Labor again not keeping promises . )
theguardian.com
Outsourced call centre sweeps Centrelink customer privacy breaches ‘under the rug’, staff allege
Workers accuse government-contracted Telco Services Australia of fabricating performance statistics, denying adequate breaks and penalising staff for taking leave
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Happy International Women’s Day.
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Happy International Women’s Day.
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
So 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.
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m... ( read it and weep for humanity’s selfishness .)
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Department of the Vanishing by Johanna Bell review – brilliantly, terrifyingly plausible
In this wild little miracle of a book, an Australian government office is tasked with cataloguing the casualties of the Anthropocene
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
www.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 tool
Exclusive: Assessors unable to override algorithm-based tool, leaving people at risk of being pushed into aged care homes before they are ready
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... ( totally unacceptable)
theguardian.com
Tax expert worried Australia on path to neo-feudal society as housing wealth drives inequality
Real inequality is between those who have assets and those without in same generation, not young versus old, says ANU academic
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Disbelief as crocodile captured in Newcastle creek thousands of kilometres from natural habitat
The small freshwater crocodile was first spotted by a group of teenagers in Ironbark Creek in the Australian city on Saturday
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... ( This is a Labor Government who is responsible. Liberal lite)
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She helped design Australia’s aged care assessment tool – but now Lynda Henderson is too scared to use it
Exclusive: Member of working group behind questionnaire had no idea it would eventually be underpinned by ‘ridiculously simplistic’ algorithm
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... ( time for more cheerful news)
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Wild-born birds recruited to teach critically endangered regent honeyeaters their lost songs
Researchers hope restoring the original song will improve breeding prospects for birds released into the wild
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... ( time for more cheerful news)
theguardian.com
Wild-born birds recruited to teach critically endangered regent honeyeaters their lost songs
Researchers hope restoring the original song will improve breeding prospects for birds released into the wild
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... ( This is a Labor Government who is responsible. Liberal lite)
theguardian.com
She helped design Australia’s aged care assessment tool – but now Lynda Henderson is too scared to use it
Exclusive: Member of working group behind questionnaire had no idea it would eventually be underpinned by ‘ridiculously simplistic’ algorithm
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Disbelief as crocodile captured in Newcastle creek thousands of kilometres from natural habitat
The small freshwater crocodile was first spotted by a group of teenagers in Ironbark Creek in the Australian city on Saturday
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Fact-checking Trump's longest ever State of the Union
President Donald Trump said the US "is winning again" - making a series of claims about his record in a speech which lasted almost two hours.
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
saltypolitics.substack.com/p/we-fought-...
saltypolitics.substack.com
We Fought a King for This?
The irony of America in the age of Epstein
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... ( totally unacceptable)
theguardian.com
Tax expert worried Australia on path to neo-feudal society as housing wealth drives inequality
Real inequality is between those who have assets and those without in same generation, not young versus old, says ANU academic
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
www.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 tool
Exclusive: Assessors unable to override algorithm-based tool, leaving people at risk of being pushed into aged care homes before they are ready
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
hartmannreport.com/p/can-freedo... horrifying)
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Can 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…
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Question: Does multiculturalism work? Can people from opposing political views from countries of origin live without animus in the same country.
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Kerry 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.
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-cri... ( one wonders who they are ?I think I can guess 2)
thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Exclusive: Robodebt Six served NACC findings
Almost 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.
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Kerry Witch @kerrywitch.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
abc.net.au
Millionaire economist's dire warning for Australian property market
British 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.
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