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Queen 1066<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>abcfeeds</span></a></span> Our political system is so good at giving each other pats on the back even though the public know they have destroyed lives and in Morrison’s case proudly caused people with mental issues to commit suicide. If you think <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/albo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>albo</span></a> wasn’t part of this then i have fake federal <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/icac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>icac</span></a> to sell you. <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/robodebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robodebt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/morrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>morrison</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/albanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>albanese</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/lnp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lnp</span></a></p>
Rowland Mosbergen<p>If Scott Morrison was arrested for his illegal <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/RoboDebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoboDebt</span></a> scheme, if we had more outrage of the Nazi flags being flown on Australian vehicles in Afghanistan, if we had investigated a murderer proactively he may not have won so many awards for "serving" Australia...</p><p>... then maybe I would have more hope for Australia.</p><p>But I really don't.</p>
Daniel Reeders<p>Ugh I am once again trying to work out what sense can be made of the OAIC's decision in the Andie Fox case. I am not a fan of Andie's but releasing a dossier on her to the media based on her Centrelink records is not suddenly legal and acceptable secondary use just because the Acting Commissioner thinks Andie should have expected retaliation. I may not be summarising the reasons correctly and that is because *I do not understand them.* It's not so much putting words in Andie's mouth as it is putting thoughts in her head, thoughts she would not have in one million years entertained because we do not live in Soviet-era Russia.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/may/29/government-cleared-of-privacy-breach-in-robodebt-row" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2018/may/29/government-cleared-of-privacy-breach-in-robodebt-row</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/robodebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robodebt</span></a></p>
Old_IT_geek I voted Yes<p>When are they going to finish their after lunch nap and prosecute the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Robodebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Robodebt</span></a> villains? <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> </p><p>Seriously it’s time to sack all the NACC’ered commissioners and appoint new ones, I have a couple of Rottweiler’s who would be perfect.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-29/nacc-mishandled-complaint-against-commissioner/105349740" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-05-29/nac</span><span class="invisible">c-mishandled-complaint-against-commissioner/105349740</span></a></p>
Donald Hobern<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@emmadavidson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>emmadavidson</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@kattekrab" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kattekrab</span></a></span> </p><p>I'd only recommend uses like this in cases where someone does actually review the results of the trawl (to avoid <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Robodebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Robodebt</span></a> repeats) but I'd still be worried about the LLM missing evidence that simply looks different.</p><p>Every time I've experienced LLM-derived summaries, I've found myself looking at a generic document-shaped block of text that is more similar to a median document in the given class than to the source.</p><p>I'm in the avoid camp.</p>
Frank<p>BWAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA</p><p>Trillion dollar debt thanks to these fucking liars!</p><p><a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a><br><a href="https://masto.nu/tags/IAmNotAMonster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IAmNotAMonster</span></a><br><a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Dutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dutton</span></a><br><a href="https://masto.nu/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Robodebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Robodebt</span></a></p>
Axel Bruns<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aoir.social/@EssiDeh" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EssiDeh</span></a></span> contributed his analysis of the <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/Robodebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Robodebt</span></a> case study, building on the (conventional) network analysis of the data that had featured in his PhD thesis several years ago,</p><p><a href="https://research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/people/ehsan-dehghan/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/peopl</span><span class="invisible">e/ehsan-dehghan/</span></a></p>
Axel Bruns<p>The article outlines the overall logic of the practice mapping framework, demonstrates its utility by applying it to the <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/Robodebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Robodebt</span></a> discussion on Twitter from 2016 to 2023, and even contains some sample BigQuery SQL code for implementing the approach on available datasets.</p>
skua<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <br>Probably vote this week.</p><p>Anyone known the current situation on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RoboDebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoboDebt</span></a> folk who were refered to the (edits) NACC?<br>The grubs skated under Albanese?</p><p>Or is there still a possibility that some of those responsible in part for victimising +400,000 vulnerable Australians and for perhaps triggering AIUI some 2000 deaths will get a taste of justice, even just enough to act as a deterrent to other politicians and public servants who prioritise "getting ahead" over taking responsible action.</p>
Jane Doe, Pretty Hate Machine 🦢<p>"Anne Ruston says Labor is using "desperate scare tactics"." You should know desperate scare tactics Anne Ruston, considering your involvement in <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23robodebt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#robodebt</a> which included sending out letters to those with fake debts threatening prison. The fucking GALL. fyi <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/maximumwelfare.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@maximumwelfare.bsky.social</a><br><br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-20/coalition-criticises-labor-over-medicare-claim-election-2025/105195090?utm_source=sfmc&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=abc_newsmail_am-pm_sfmc&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_id=2542339&amp;sfmc_id=343454472" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Coalition accuses Labor of sca...</a></p>
Kim<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Daojoan</span></a></span> </p><p>perhaps an example of this might be the <a href="https://vk5fj.net/tags/robodebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robodebt</span></a> mess in Australia, only a few years back?</p>
EV not Petrol<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/albanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>albanese</span></a> lying about supplying weapons to <a href="https://aus.social/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>israel</span></a>. This company wouldn’t be able to do this without the federal gov approval. Again the BS of our major party politicians in full glory. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/robodebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robodebt</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/federalicac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federalicac</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/gambling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gambling</span></a> etc <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p><p>From: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>abcfeeds</span></a></span><br><a href="https://rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds/114315008553694822" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds/114315</span><span class="invisible">008553694822</span></a></p>
Clay T<p><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Robodebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Robodebt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/VoteLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteLabor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Election2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
EV not Petrol<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p><p>So on one hand we have a major party who will give a small tax cut and will spend more on defence which will go to <a href="https://aus.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> weapon manufacturers. This party also promised:<br>* stop <a href="https://aus.social/tags/gambling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gambling</span></a> advertising but didn’t<br>* create an <a href="https://aus.social/tags/epa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epa</span></a> but didn’t<br>* create a federal <a href="https://aus.social/tags/icac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>icac</span></a> but just rebranded their political protection racket.<br>* tried to stop funding going to independents but allowed both major parties to keep taking it in<br>* voted multiple times with the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/lnp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lnp</span></a> so they could protect their protection racket<br>* wants Fremantle to birth Nuclear subs but won’t explain where the nuclear waste is going. Just remember wherever they dump it will not be usable for many, many, many generations.</p><p>On the other side we a major party who thinks<br>* shave a couple of dollars off your petrol to run your car which is a handout to <a href="https://aus.social/tags/fossilfuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossilfuel</span></a>. <br>* public servants aren’t required because they prefer to funnel money through private companies to do second hand half baked non regulated jobs. They cost more too for the public, they are private companies of course they do.<br>* use public money to visit rich people but that is ok because both major parties agree to protect that. The public servants they want to sack aren’t allowed to do that.<br>* most of their ministers have more then one property, who knew being a politician could make you rich? Maybe their wages should be cut but you will never hear any of them suggest that.<br>* would like to build a nuclear power plant.<br>* gave us <a href="https://aus.social/tags/aukus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aukus</span></a> and have all their previous <a href="https://aus.social/tags/robodebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robodebt</span></a> creators working for the private companies handed contracts for.</p><p>My suggestion: don’t put either major party first. Don’t give your voting money to them. They want to break independents so give your first to an <a href="https://aus.social/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independent</span></a>.</p>
skua<p>3/3</p><p>I'm thinking that what's happening around this is another aspect of the value system that's given us <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RoboDebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoboDebt</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InstitutionalisedChildAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InstitutionalisedChildAbuse</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScottMorrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottMorrison</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CovidFreedomMarches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidFreedomMarches</span></a>, a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HousingCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HousingCrisis</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DomesticViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DomesticViolence</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DrugAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrugAbuse</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Suicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Suicide</span></a>, and entrenched harassment, discrimination and bullying.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AustralianValues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustralianValues</span></a> aren't all they're cracked up to be. And are producing fair bit of misery.</p>
Wulfy<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://c.im/@cdarwin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cdarwin</span></a></span> </p><p>In <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>, we had a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Robodebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Robodebt</span></a> scandal, where the super-conservative government of Scott Morrison (/spit) enacted a program of clawing back the "overpayments" of Welfare to <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/socialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialSecurity</span></a> recipients.</p><p>To add insult to injury, the "overpayments" targeted people who tried to eek out a living with casual work...<br>...the consequences was up to 4000 recipients committed suicide as a consequence.</p><p>The (millionaire) minister responsible was told the algorithm was incorrect on at least 3 occasions...<br>...no human was ever found responsible for this abuse.</p><p>I am willing to bet, this social security cut will result in rTump and Moskovitz literally killing people...</p><p>...but what do you expect from "...the undesirables ought to be converted into biodiesel"</p><p>Cruelty is the point.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascists</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/eattherich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eattherich</span></a></p>
skua<p>1/?<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RoboDebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoboDebt</span></a> was the product of a broken system.</p><p>Both LNP and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> governments have used the welfare system to victimise the unemployed.</p><p>And that system has repeatedly operated illegally.</p><p>Individual publc servants, the public service union, departments, ombudsmen, commissioners, individual politicians, political parties, the parliament, the whole damned government have failed.</p><p>Cf <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgedCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgedCare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InstitutionalisedChildAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InstitutionalisedChildAbuse</span></a></p><p>The latest. Note the deaths.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/05/australia-mutual-obligation-system-it-system-error" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/mar/05/australia-mutual-obligation-system-it-system-error</span></a></p>
Old_IT_geek I voted Yes<p>Now Trump has decided the aid to Ukraine was a “loan” with 500% interest. How soon will it be before Dutton starts writing his <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/robodebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robodebt</span></a> notice to Ukraine? <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
skua<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social</span></a></span> </p><p>I want to know <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HowManyDied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowManyDied</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Robodebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Robodebt</span></a>.</p><p>I see 10 deaths occured in a far smaller group of CentreLink dependents who'd wrongfully had their benefits cut off.</p><p>(This may be <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BureaucraticManslaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BureaucraticManslaughter</span></a>. The government kept it a secret too.)</p><p>Can you imagine the effects on your mental health of being a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/APS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicServant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicServant</span></a> and having to cut vulnerable folk's finanances off? And if you knew it was because the system was broken?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a></p>
Axel Bruns<p>About f🤬cking time. <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/robodebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robodebt</span></a></p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/nacc-belatedly-to-investigate-whether-six-robodebt-referrals-engaged-in-corrupt-conduct-250145" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/nacc-belat</span><span class="invisible">edly-to-investigate-whether-six-robodebt-referrals-engaged-in-corrupt-conduct-250145</span></a></p>
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