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💜 phonakins 🍉🌲 @phonakins.com · 11h
These wages range from $7.15 to $9.80 per day, far below the minimum wage in the community. This means that incarcerated people working on Victoria’s roads will be paid as little as 90c per hour. End forced and underpaid labour in Australia @ourfairgo.bsky.social
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‘The Opportunity Doesn’t Make the Conditions Fair’: People in Prison to Be Paid $1 Per Hour to Fix Victoria's Roads
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Machinator68 ⚙ bsky.social @machinator68.bsky.social · 19h
Every time you fill up your car with fuel, you're paying more tax (fuel excise and GST) on that single tank of fuel than Santos has paid in company tax in more than TEN YEARS.
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here’s me talking about my heart attack www.nine.com.au/lifestyle/he...
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‘I would’ve died’: A Google search told Fiona she wasn’t having a heart attack - adding one word changed everything
Fiona Katauskas’ heart attack was nothing like the dramatic heart-clutching moments you see in the movies, so when she felt breathless, dizzy and sweaty while exercising at home on a Sunday morning la...
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
AI data centre company Firmus starts development work at Wesley Vale without permit www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
AI data centre company starts development work without a permit
The Latrobe Council says it's concerned Firmus Technologies appears to have conducted illegal works on the site of its yet-to-be-approved project in Tasmania.
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Machinator68 ⚙ bsky.social @machinator68.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
So completely did they dwarf the surrounding architecture ... The Ministry of Love was the really frightening one. There were no windows in it at all ... It was a place impossible to enter except on official business ... -- George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four Data centres.
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Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I love our unemployment system. Oh you’re unexpectedly out of work? We’ll pay you half your rent a fortnight from three months in the future. Good luck!
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/09/2026
OpenAI won't even consider renewable investments in Australia until the country agrees to kill its copyright laws so they can freely train on creative work. When Albanese caves and agrees to this, OpenAI will just run on fossil fuels anyway: guaranteed. archive.ph/mzSVj
OpenAI’s ultimatum: dilute creatives’ rights or we won’t discuss renewables
The ChatGPT creator threatens to walk away from local training facilities unless Labor backs down on creative industry protections.
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Greg Brown
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September 14, 2026 - 9:29PM
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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🚨 New report from the Australian Institute of Health & Welfare on mortality rates of working-age welfare recipients between 2012-2022 makes for grim reading, could be hugely improved tomorrow by raising rates as per the Government's own committee. @aihw.bsky.social www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cent...
Key findings

Of the 287,000 people aged 22-64 who died over 2012-2022, almost 3 in 5 people received income support payments

Coronary heart disease was the leading cause of death among income support recipients

Income support recipients were overrepresented in deaths from suicide, accidental poisoning, and alcoholic liver disease

Mortality rates and leading causes of death differed depending on the type of payment received
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Melissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
We’re all expecting a hotter summer this year and yet @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social and Labor still have no policy to stop mutual obligations on extreme heat days
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Phil Gorman @philgorman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Don't allow your pets anywhere near a sick bird. Dogs sniffing near them will inhale the virus & likely develop a sub clinical infection which makes them dangerous carriers. Cats living with the dogs will get very sick & die.
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Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
“Under these laws you can be locked up and interrogated in this country without ever being charged or even suspected of a crime. A fourteen-year-old can be detained and questioned by ASIO with no lawyer and no court oversight and then when released they can’t tell anyone.” #Auspol @news.abc.net.au
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Machinator68 ⚙ bsky.social @machinator68.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Here's a protest idea to highlight the excessive red tape in social security law. Print out the legislation in 12-point font on red paper as a single very long line and tape it together. Walk this tape across a busy street. This strip of paper would be about 8 km long.
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Kevin Bonham @kevinbonham.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Excellent post by @antonygreenelec.bsky.social on the absurd results of elections under Group Ticket Voting which Victoria will hopefully dispense with this week. Defeated Leader Ratio is a very useful metric. antonygreen.com.au/how-gvts-hav... #springst
antonygreen.com.au
How GVTs Have Distorted Victorian Legislative Council Elections
Summary: Change is coming to the Victorian Legislative Council’s electoral system for November’s state election. Victoria becomes the last jurisdiction to abolish group voting tickets, …
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Machinator68 ⚙ bsky.social @machinator68.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Job services providers should be defunded, abolished and replaced with a recruitment-based system. Nothing less is acceptable.
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Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 07/08/2026
You can read the Who's Rorting Who report here, including the whiney letters CICTAR got from APM's lawyers 👀 cictar.org/all-research...
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Who’s rorting who? The failure of outsourced job services — Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research
The failures of outsourcing in Australia’s job services
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Machinator68 ⚙ bsky.social @machinator68.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
If this is a typical example of their lack of competence and knowledge, I wouldn't trust One Nation candidates to run a chook raffle in a pub.
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Machinator68 ⚙ bsky.social @machinator68.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I'm back after nearly two weeks of computer issues.
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Machinator68 ⚙ bsky.social @machinator68.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The USA claims that forced labour is the justification for imposing tariffs. The USA is being hypocritical. It allows forced labour in prisons by the 13th Amendment. Some of its supply chains include industrial prisons and leasing of prisoners by private companies.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 21/07/2026
Australia's jobseeker system fails workers and enriches millionaires, report says
abc.net.au
Private firms profit as Australia's job system fails workers, report finds
A new report argues Australia's employment services system is failing jobseekers, while filling the pockets private equity and millionaires.
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Melissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Hey folks Bec freedom and her merry band of racists are up to shit again. This time putting offensive racist stickers on Indian food in major supermarkets. If you happen to see one of the stickers please report it www.theindiansun.com.au/2026/07/18/r...
theindiansun.com.au
Racist stickers placed on Saabi Foods products ahead of national rallies - The Indian Sun
A social media campaign encouraging supporters to place anti-immigration stickers on Indian food products in Australian supermarkets has raised fresh concerns about the targeting of Indian businesses,...
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CuntGPT @cunexttuesday.wtf · 18/07/2026
I don't expect anyone will read it but this is the 50% rule for lump sum compensation payouts. I'm not making it up or misunderstanding it. I went though the same process for my car crash compo a few years ago. guides.dss.gov.au/social-secur...
guides.dss.gov.au
4.13.2.30 Compensation part of lump sum - 50% rule | Social Security Guide
This topicThis topic contains information on the following:What is part of the compensation lump sum?50% ruleapplying the 50% rule to a lump sum payment.SummaryThis topic explains the 50% rule for ass...
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Machinator68 ⚙ bsky.social @machinator68.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The only stakeholders who are relevant to the design of support services for unemployed workers are the unemployed workers themselves, and the employers who would employ them. Why does the government exclude these groups?
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Breaking: Telstra has admitted in Estimates they were repeatedly warned since 2022 by the software manufacturer that their outage-causing software was out of date inc a reminder early 2026, & Telstra even discovered a “fault” with it themselves in Oct 2025, but still did nothing.
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I'm sorry Anthony..
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Machinator68 ⚙ bsky.social @machinator68.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
FIFA has 211 member countries and one team wins the FIFA World Cup every four years. On average, a particular country wins it every 844 years. England won it in 1966. If they're an average team, they're on track to win it again in 2810. Maybe they'll have learnt how to defend a lead by then.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Stolen goods. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Two frames. 1. Scene at night outside a building at ground level where there’s a person visible in a room one floor up. Two black clad, hooded robbers with AI emblazoned on chest and back. Giant hole in the wall they’ve presumably made. Bricks and a tool bag to one side. One holds a large mallet standing by while another pulls a large crate marked “INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY” out through the hole in the wall.
2. The robbers are sprung in torchlight standing by the crate and the hole in the wall. One has pulled back balaclava and says, “Pay for it?! But we just happened to find it here on the street.”
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Alison Pennington @alison-pennington.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Private actors are increasing their control over the essentials of life in energy, fuel, housing, food, healthcare & education. They drive inflation & drag down living standards. We need price controls & more public delivery to protect Australia from inflation & profiteering. My op-ed with SMH.
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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Oh my heart. 💔 One of my favourite actors. This is so sad. #RIPSamNeill
abc.net.au
Breaking: Actor Sam Neill dies aged 78
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, who starred in My Brilliant Career and Jurassic Park, has died aged 78.
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The Shovel @theshovel.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
“It’s an insult to everyone’s intelligence to have a guy standing on stage playing dress-ups. He is just a walking publicity stunt – not serious at all. At least we’ll have a candidate wearing a bin on his head to provide a more serious alternative." Read more: theshovel.com.au/2026/07/09/j...
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Melissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
lol someone on linked in just tried to tell me that the only way to eradicate poverty is to have a prosperous nation and to do that we need to lower taxes on the wealthy so it can trickle down 😂 yeah we’ve tried trickle down economics and it doesn’t work
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Machinator68 ⚙ bsky.social @machinator68.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
That economic distheory has been doing the rounds since the 19th century. Horse and sparrow: the theory that if you feed the horse enough oats, it will shit some of them onto the road for the sparrows to eat. Nobody ever asks the sparrows if they prefer fresh oats or oats covered in horseshit.
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Rohena Duncombe @princelysum.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The Job Seeker system needs to be canned
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/07/2026
Trump: "I even had a conversation with Theodore Roosevelt. I said, 'What do you think about the Panama Canal? Do you consider that your greatest achievement and how do you feel about the fact that the Democrats gave the Panama Canal away to Panama for $1?'"
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 02/07/2026
The government's legislation will introduce certain restrictions on gambling advertising, but stop well short of the full ban on ads for online gambling recommended by the Review. View our National Gambling Toll Live tracker ⤵️ gambling-toll.australiainstitute.org.au
gambling-toll.australiainstitute.org.au
National Gambling Toll — Live Tracker
Real-time counter showing estimated gambling losses suffered by Australian gamblers since 1 July 2023.
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Andrew Wilkie MP @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The Govt's gambling "reforms" arrived today. They're useless. The PM should personally explain why protecting gambling companies, media companies and the major sporting codes is more important to his Govt than protecting the interests, and lives, of Australians. #auspol #politas
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Either knowingly or through ignorance, Services Australia has been failing for years to process social security payments and benefits across 93 separate matters, with some in breach of the Australian Constitution, the national audit office has found www.crikey.com.au/2026/06/30/s...
crikey.com.au
Robodebt spectre invoked in damning report on Services Australia
This latest look under the hood of Services Australia reveals an agency incapable of effectively managing some of the most complex legislation in the country.
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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Andy Burnham promising “ the biggest council house building programme since the post war period”. UK has 17% public housing compared to our pathetic 3-4%. We can do much more. Building public housing for US military but not working class Australians! Nuclear subs before houses?
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Governor Jay Inslee @govjayinslee.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Mel Brooks is a Young 100! Having met him at his Young Frankenstein musical in Seattle, I know his genius will always remain young. Happy Birthday Mel. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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Long Live Mel Brooks
Happy 100th birthday to the funniest man who’s ever lived.
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Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
disgraceful
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Penny Allman-Payne @pennyallmanpayne.com · 24/06/2026
Labor's proposed employment services "reforms" will lock in a privatised system built on coercion and control. They need to go back to the drawing board. Thanks to @antipovertycentre.org for their briefing yesterday and for centring people with lived experience in this conversation.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
So I volunteer at an organisation where I do some referral work and basically none of the people I speak to realise they’re eligible for the Victorian Utilities Relief Scheme. If you have a concession card, please apply services.dffh.vic.gov.au/utility-reli...
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Caspia's Photos 🏳️‍⚧️ @caspiasphotos.com · 23/06/2026
This in The Guardian reminds me that the old, public CES, while not as bad as the current privatised system, was not great either: "While the system was sometimes helpful, it was also coercive. People had to take any “reasonable” job. Turn up to appointments.... www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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A job that changed me: At the dole office, I met very few ‘bludgers’. Most people desperately wanted work
Graduating into a recession, my role at Australia’s government employment agency was sobering. I felt how easily my place could have been reversed
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Machinator68 ⚙ bsky.social @machinator68.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
A quotation I read today: "A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision." IBM Training Manual, 1979
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Dr Annetta Mallon PhD @gdepau.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Medical receptionist (loudly): Is your address still- Me: Stop! Do NOT say my private information out loud. Here is my drivers licence, all my information is still the same. There is a note in my file, do not state my personal information out loud. Medical receptionist ... 1/3
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Machinator68 ⚙ bsky.social @machinator68.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The elephant in the room of low birth rates is named "Finances" and fills most of the room. There's no room there for kids as well. Rich conservatives don't have that elephant in their room because to them it's a small puppy and they play with it a lot.
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Machinator68 ⚙ bsky.social @machinator68.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
USA: We're going to impose tariffs on dozens of countries due to inaction on forced and slave labour. Also USA:
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
“Why didn’t we see the sleeping threat?” The media class used to take a little narrative direction from civil society and it acted like an early warning. But lack of investment in democracy building, cost of living and constant attacks on leftists have had a chilling effect
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
AI Data Centre plumber. @theageaustralia.bsky.social
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Machinator68 ⚙ bsky.social @machinator68.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Build homes, not data centres. Don't build data centres next to homes. The fire risk is one reason why. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
abc.net.au
Fire insiders raise alarm about Melbourne's data centre expansion
Serious concerns about an influx of large-scale data centres in Melbourne's west are being raised by Fire Rescue Victoria insiders.
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Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 08/06/2026
🗞️ Today SBS is doing (yet another) story about how unliveable the JobSeeker payment is. If you’re in Sydney or Melbourne and are interested in being interviewed for tonight’s news, send us an email via media@antipovertycentre.org
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