Jeremy Poxon

"What's the legal justification under international law for this action by America & Israel?"

Wong: "The legal basis for this is for the US & Israel to explain"

"We're not party to the intelligence the US & Israelis are referencing"

Aus foreign policy in a nutshell

Despite the government firing the Secretary responsible for DEWR misleading the Ombudsman, the Department has decided to continue to lie to the public, despite separately telling @jeremypoxon.bsky.social there were no documents on any app because it's actually more of a Qlik dashboard.

The government claimed it was monitoring dodgy job service providers using an app. It doesn't exist 'What this exposes is just how little the department is prepared to do, even after two bootings from the Ombudsman.'

I'm at it again: great ontological debate about welfare 'compliance' app govt told Ombudsman it built to monitor dodgy job service providers but which doesn't exist. No documents point to it. Instead they use 'existing processes'. And haven't they been so effective. www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/27/r...

I tried to FOI this app, which the Department said it built to track job provider punishments. It turns out it doesn't exist, and they've lied to the Commonwealth Ombudsman www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/27/r...

only person to do it justice

They said they're now using Qlik to monitor some provider decisions, which I believe uses AI to comb through data?

I tried to FOI this app, which the Department said it built to track job provider punishments. It turns out it doesn't exist, and they've lied to the Commonwealth Ombudsman www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/27/r...

The AFR View A truly sustainable NDIS must stop autism creep The obvious sensitivities around disability and mental health accentuate the political challenge of scaling back the insurance scheme.

i know it's the fin review and i should expect such language. but still: yuck www.afr.com/politics/fed...

Also: if you currently, or recently, have salvos as your job provider, and would like to talk to a journalist, get in touch

Star weekly news article By Georgia Tacey Hume council will look to set up Community Clean-Up Corps through Work for the Dole and community work programs to tackle illegal dumping and graffiti across the city.

if you live in the City of Hume and would like to stop your council's planned Work for the Dole project, get in touch

what if we made people's primary interaction with government (i.e. the welfare system) even more hostile and punishing. would that effectively "bring the temperature down"

Sydney morning herald article by Paul Sakkal, headlined, "‘No nice-to-haves’: Albanese demands ministers find billions in savings for May budget"

ah yes, the rise of the populist right marks the perfect time to make services worse, and families poorer archive.is/M1LCu

the polling guys are getting to powerful. they're giving the media everything they want: political analysis that doesn't require reading books or going outside

At the algorithm’s mercy: Jean may have to leave her SA home as ‘outrageous’ tool cuts aged care support Exclusive: Jean Mathew, who has cerebral palsy, might have to leave her beloved home and rose garden after her funding was reduced

At the algorithm’s mercy: Jean may have to leave her SA home as ‘outrageous’ tool cuts aged care support www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Exclusive: Robodebt architect remains employed in a senior governance role in the public service Scott Britton was a national manager of the customer compliance branch in the Department of Human Services and signed a June 2014 minute that first detailed how robodebt would work.

From me: The architect of the Robodebt scheme, who was told it was unlawful even as he delivered it for the government, is still employed in the public service, now at the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. And in a senior governance and risk role. www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/20/r...

Yep - the welfare department hides its scandals, protects the privacy of its law-breakers, while surveilling us within an inch of our lives

bsky.app/profile/lou2...

The government is refusing to answer questions about why the Secretary was sacked

"I don't think anyone...would appreciate the circumstances of their employment termination being discussed"

She was paid $1m/year to unlawfully cut ppl's payments. You can't bullshit your way past this one, sorry

the road to hell is paved with charities saying stuff like: "We're trying to remove the stigma of Work for the Dole"

#SarinaWatch: she's now at a luxury french resort, holding roadkill

PM&C confirms former secretary James sacked Employment and Workplace Relations secretary Natalie James was removed under the same provision as former DAFF chief Adam Fennessy.

PM&C confirms that the Secretary responsible for the mutual obligations scandal was sacked www.themandarin.com.au/307119-pmc-c...

NEW: Here's the list of the 144 processes Centrelink has flagged as operating unlawfully or erroneously

There's so much to go through, including more false debts, failures to record ppl's circumstances & income properly, & the whole-scale fuck-up of Rent Assistance

www.aph.gov.au/api/qon/down...

NEW: Here's the list of the 144 processes Centrelink has flagged as operating unlawfully or erroneously

There's so much to go through, including more false debts, failures to record ppl's circumstances & income properly, & the whole-scale fuck-up of Rent Assistance

www.aph.gov.au/api/qon/down...

Punishment Pays: The reason why the Government won’t bin Mutual Obligations The Labor Government is dragging the public into another unlawful welfare scandal, because it refuses to walk away from an ideology and industry built around punishment

Punishment Pays: The reason why the Government won’t bin Mutual Obligations

"The main purpose...is to identify, punish, and purge those the state believes are unworthy of support," writes @jeremypoxon.bsky.social #auspol
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

Heartwarming moment: boss rewards publicly funded executive with luxury handbag 😍

Punishment Pays: The reason why the Government won’t bin Mutual Obligations The Labor Government is dragging the public into another unlawful welfare scandal, because it refuses to walk away from an ideology and industry built around punishment

New from me: Why won't the government switch off the unlawful mutual obligations system?

FOI documents reveal a ramshackle Department that's scrambling to cover legal messes, preserve industry profits, and pretend that punishment is policy

thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

And people like me who have those and are caring also. Mum with autism, caring for child with autism gets payment suspended while also acknowledged as having partial capacity to work as an example.

Welfare advocates urge Government to suspend Mutual Obligation requirements during extreme heatwaves Welfare advocates are imploring the Australian Government to suspend mutual obligation requirements during dangerous heatwaves, arguing it is unnecessarily putting people’s lives at risk.

Welfare advocates urge Government to suspend Mutual Obligation requirements during extreme heatwaves (I mean they should be suspended completely, but...)

thepoint.com.au/news/260205-...

Always have to bring this back to the people affected. This is what they're paying providers billions of dollars to (unlawfully) do bsky.app/profile/mkla...

I have early onset psyoratic arthritis- I'm 49. Been giving Centrelink certificates for over 18 months, 10 waiting for a rhumatology appointment. I just got suspended because my 8th certificate was 2 days late. It's fucking absurd.

Screenshot of Services Australia website: "Who is eligible for the Resolution Scheme You may be eligible for the Resolution Scheme if all the following apply: - you received an employment income debt for a debt period between 20 September 2003 and 6 December 2020 - your debt was likely to be affected by income apportionment and raised before 5 December 2025 - you haven’t been prosecuted and found guilty of fraud in relation to your debt - your debt has not been previously waived in full or zeroed before 30 January 2026. You can apply for the Resolution Scheme if your employment income debt was affected by income apportionment between 20 September 2003 and 6 December 2020."

ICYMI Income Apportionment Resolution Scheme is open for applications. Scheme pays the debt amount (<$200) or up to $600 (>$5,000) per debt.
Eligible debts were raised Sep 2003 to Dec 2020 + likely to be affected by the previously unlawful method:
www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/income-appor...