Taxpayers to fund legal costs of Scott Morrison and other former ministers related to robodebt royal commission, in line with convention. New from @Paul_Karp https://t.co/umOyhnyF9q
Centrelink deny that they advised Brisbane City Council that my disability support pension had been cancelled, but council say (in writing) that they did. I have made a written complaint to the Australian Federal Police, as advised by @billshortenmp's office. #auspol
@JJKALE2 On the up side, if you're with Medibank, Russian hackers have all your private records and are publishing them as we speak. Sigh. There is nothing "private" about health insurance any more.
@CharlizeTheroff I have to apply for the DSP and am dreading it. It seems that even if you have the points, the specialist and doctor's reports, the test results etc they still just knock you back for random reasons. I don't know if I can face it, but I need to survive.
Serco made $1.5 billion in profits last year in Australia, inflicting cruelty on Centrelink recipients, NDIS customers, veterans requiring healthcare and asylum seekers in detention centres. All of this government money went offshore. Time to purge Serco from Australia. #auspol
Centrelink have stated that if I set up a GoFundMe to pay for my legal expenses in my fight against them, it may count as income, and my disability pension may be cancelled. Continuing to make up rules as they go along, & need to be held accountable. I am not backing off. #auspol
Another threat from Centrelink yesterday. If I pursue my case against them to the Federal Court, they will seek legal costs which could run to $100,000 or more. This is all they know - threats and intimidation. I guess they've never heard of GoFundMe. #auspol
Other journalists who haven’t yet been subjected to this for doing your job, don’t kid yourself that it won’t happen. Call it out, publicly, when you see it happening.
Jim and Sabrina Aston’s son Daniel died last night at Club Q. He was a bartender but last night he was also performing. He was a trans man and they feel strongly that speaking out may help others. This is a photo of them holding a photo of Dan at 5 years old. Story TK.