@getfiscal the house psychic at an irish restaurant once told me to be an accountant, i became a sociologist but i respect her expertise and sometimes wonder what might have been. all the best for finding your new path don 💫
"The real lesson from decades of harm is not that we need to tweak compulsory activities. It is that we need to abandon compulsion and place our trust in people instead of providers."
https://t.co/0unYXwC5Ok
I reject AI and the sad future it portends. The point of life, our gloriously 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 raison d'etre, is to use one's own brain to write code to make corporations money.
A major new study has looked at the impact of the Australian welfare system on the rates of suicide
It concludes that effective suicide prevention would mean raising JobSeeker payments & replacing punitive mutual obligations (such as Work for the Dole)
https://t.co/GPaKNCsbit
@AndrewBartlett on the bright side, due to this incredible scoop at least one chud is going to cluelessly get into tism for the first time and end up getting decked at a gig
the funniest thing about American socialism is that it often starts from the assumption that the wealth of the imperial core already belongs to the people living there and just needs to be redistributed more fairly
I had 20 patients in my Pediatric War Injuries Clinic today, for follow-up care.
Of the 20 children, Israel had killed one or both parents of 19 of them.
Stats reveal mass spike in drug use, especially in NSW, over last 2 years, while border seizures and domestic raids don't reduce supply
The solutions are known, but Minns killed off the potential to progress them, despite promises
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https://t.co/5CAPwOjl3k
via @sydcrimlawyers
For those interested, we're holding an event with Rick Morton, to reveal the scale of the employment services / welfare compliance scandal:
https://t.co/IeAlzeX3M9
The minister seems to think we can't live a fufilling life without a paid job. Perhaps that is because of her government's social security policies that force us to live in poverty.
Nothing about employment services will solve the problem of a target unemployment rate of 4%
hang on, you used the HAFF to build flats to flog off to first homebuyers? what happened to the ‘social and affordable’ housing the HAFF was allegedly created to finance?
no disrepect to phd students but they dont seem to be listed as a priority cohort
https://t.co/PpDBXGW2XU
We're helping young Australians like Erin and Harry get their foot in the door with the Housing Australia Future Fund.
Because when you work hard and save, you should be able to afford your own home.