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It's ridiculous that someone was paid nearly $900k for being fired, but even more outrageous that the Albanese government refuses to say why they abruptly terminated a Secretary when there were hundreds of thousands of unlawful payment cancellations.

We keep telling the government - we don't want automated robo-debt, or data centres everywhere, or aged-care assessment by algorithm, or non-professional NDIS decisions. Employ real people. Pay real wages. Fix hospitals & schools. Tax the squillionaires & giant companies. Can't be any clearer.

Unacceptable

This performative charity PR exercise for a commercial company is really offensive. On seeing Marles all I can think of is the hundreds of millions he’s handed to the US that could helped Australians in need

Protests call for Centrelink to 'stop profiteering off poverty' as payment cancellations resume

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Home Affairs is negotiating to share Australians’ data with Trump’s US government. Did they tell the US it can’t go to Palantir? Doesn't sound like it from this!

Why does the government insist on trying to recover blood from a stone? If they want to aggressively recover so-called debts from people who've relied on Centrelink payments, they should at least wait until they can actually afford to live. @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org on the latest debt BS

The far-right Queensland leader Crisafulli will cut funding to any not-for-proft organisation that criticises him. That's the LNP march to authoritarianism. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol #qldpol

I love how Govts seem to think that solving poverty is not their job. Every time they pose with a charity or someone giving something away, they are admitting their failure. #auspol #ShameOnYou

m8 you can just help the families doing it tough, you don't need a corporate chainstore middleman

This is obscene. It's always the people most marginalised & in need of support who government seeks to claw back budget savings from. How about cut defence spending fewer people need to flee their homes in the first place & provide meaningful support so refugees can feel safe & live a decent life.

The Tech Bros want to strip-mine Australia for their AI. Govt is letting them. Monte Dwyer reckons some serious oversight is in order. #auspol #Anthropic michaelwest.com.au/anthropic-ai...

Governments are prioritising war over their people. Enough is enough.

As someone who covered Robodebt in part, it's clear nothing has really changed. Worse: the politics of federal Labor on social security are baffling. We keep hearing about how people have "lost trust in institutions". Wiping these debts seem a simple answer to help. Instead, they rewrote the rules.

NO 👇 LIES DETECTED.......

3/33 Guildford Road, Mount Lawley WA #shitrentals

One of the saddest aspects about the global wave of right-wing populism is how many people are still in awe of the billionaires despite their racism, misogyny, hate and bigotry. Peter Boyle argues they are literally destroying our future. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1465/an...

Victorian Socialists has announced candidates in all 88 Legislative Assembly districts and 8 Legislative council regions - the first time in the history of Victoria that a socialist party has contested every seat in both houses of the state parliament.

Fierce community backlash over data centre impacts on energy, water, environment, health, & amenity works‼️ Join the community rally against NextDC's proposed M4 data centre right next to Westgate Park (Melbourne) 31 Oct: 1pm picnic/ BBQ 2pm walk to NextDC M4 site Register if you'd like lunch👇👇

The party of 'free' speech wants to follow Queensland's ridiculous example and ban a phrase #LNPLiarsCrooksThieves www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

Rather than recalculate these, Labor passed new legislation to retrospectively validate debts they had already conceded were illegal. Now people are having to go back decades to find evidence with which to defend themselves. This is beyond indefensible. Spitting in the faces of Robodebt victims.

🚨 If you have received a message like this today please understand your mutual obligations HAVE NOT CHANGED. The government is trying (poorly) to inform you that they have resumed payment cancellations for certain mutual obligations breaches. I have attached the information you actually need:

Doug Cameron:”In my view it is now clear that AUKUS is about militarising Australia in interests of the US, ensuring the grifters in defence and the arms industry are well fed. It is an act of self-harm and madness on the part of the Australian government.” pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10...

We would love it if you were to order some print copies of the new "Mutual" obligations survival guide to leave at your local library, community centre, MPs office or even to hand out at the job agency in your area. Get them here 👇

For as long as the system of compulsory activities remains, want as many people to hold this survival guide in their hands. Please help us share it far and wide. You can order physical booklets and posters for yourself or to give to others here: bit.ly/OrderMOsRigh...

A rare Travis episode #StarTrek #DconChamber

The Government™ has made an ad about all these protests happening around the world, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.

Some pics (CREDIT: Tariq Hawari - Insta: @tariqcreates) from last night's launch of VS candidate Kath Larkin's campaign in Northcote. Thanks to everyone who turned out! ✊❤️ 🙌

Some pics from our launch of VS candidate Michal Kedem's campaign in the seat of Essendon on Friday evening. Thanks to everyone who made it along! ✊ ❤️

So many have come out to protest in Paris for an end to endless austerity to make the billionaires trillionaires and everyone else homeless.

French riot thugs batter an unarmed woman. Macron needs to resign. The level of Police violence in France is criminally high.

"The demands of the youth and workers now in struggle, for decent schools, housing and wages and an end to conscription, cannot be won from governments pledged to their creditors and committed to war."

"The Victorian Socialists have a new candidate for Murray Plains, with Asyiqin Sanif taking the reins from Lake Boga’s Hamish Bethune, who has withdrawn from the contest for personal reasons"

Queensland just got more dangerous for transgender teens. 😔 #auspol #qldpol #TransLivesMatter

"a genocide live streamed for three years, civil liberties decimated, a terror attack, more than one woman killed by her partner each week" ...and the PM is asking *us* to turn the temperature down? "We don't control the thermostat." @ettemedia.bsky.social #auspol shows.acast.com/we-used-to-b...

If your dog severely injures or kills someone, you should face all the consequences. People just going about their business should not have to fear dog attacks. #SevereDogAttack

Crisafulli hope's he's shed the 'new' government tag. Is he for real?? The avalanche of govt advertising continues to trumpet the 'new' LNP govt wherever you turn, to the extent it's become a running joke. Can't wait until they're the 'previous' govt. #LNPLiarsCrooksThieves

The protests have spread to Serbia. That is Spain France Italy Albania Greece Turkey India Indonesia all protesting at the same time. It's time to force the billionaires out of power.