66 — Stuart Robert has left the group chat

We chat about drama in the Health Minister's group chat, stripping the NDIS and check in with the Covid vaccine situation. Good stuff! Massive protests this week against the continued indigenous deaths in custody, and continued inaction. Shoutout to AFLW Emma Kearney for taking a knee during the national anthem last week. The government hate poor people… The government knew Robodebt was illegal, but kept it going… because it might have been confusing if they stopped? Stuart Robert giving himself NDIS god powers, causing drama in the group chat. Now Linda Reynolds is leaving the chat on read. Stuart Robert, who made his parent’s dummy directors of a company without their knowledge, and racked up $40,000 in internet bills and charged them to the tax payer. Linda Reynolds who called a victim of abuse a lying cow. A man with Autism was assigned a physiotherapist to assess his case. The architects of Robodebt are trying to do the same to the NDIS. As Dr Kathleen Flanagan puts it, “We will mine your pain and distress for data, and weaponise this data against you”. The Immigration minister has these God-powers — can allow or deny visas on a whim. Linda Reynolds says the medevac bill made her “almost physically ill”. …but love rich people The government paid $1.4 billion to a private company to run offshore refugee processing. Refugee children are suffering from resignation syndrome. Andrew Laming has 35 Facebook pages. Huge companies have raked in $90 million from a slush fund that is designed to improve employment outcomes for Aboriginal people. Vaccines Ol’ Scotty’s fucked it again. Vaccines aren’t getting to the clinics that need them, or those that have been told they would receive them. The Australian people used to own CSL, then Keating sold it off, and now we’re renting it back again. Shoutouts Shoutout to the workers at the McCormick food factory in Melbourne, who have been on strike, and fuckin won.