71 — A hotline for losers

We keep up to date on the War consent manufacturing machine, chat about ACIC's claim that encryption is for criminals, and follow up on the jobseeker dob-in hotline. Assault update The cop who beat up a Blak kid 11 months ago has been charged with assault. We talked about this back in episode 22. War chat Scott Morrison doesn’t know why Australia should go to war with China. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lijian Zhao, calls Australian politicians the “real troublemakers”. In the Saturday Paper, Hugh White likens Australian politicians to the the statesmen of 1914. Encryption is for criminals The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission thinks that all encryption is for criminals. Former PM Malcolm Turnbull confirmed that he uses encrypted messaging apps. Former Attorney General George Brandis was very confused by what “metadata” is. Cam Wilson’s article in Crikey on the online privacy bill. It’s dobseeker time The Dobseeker hotline is up and running. People turning down jobs is a problem that statistically doesn’t exist — of 1.1 million people on Jobseeker, only 114 turned down a job. The tax return graphs that show “where your taxes go”. The Australian Retail Association opposes the hotline too. Robodebt settlement Hundreds of people have officially objected to the Robodebt class action settlement. The Government is using the same data matching approach as Robodebt, and applying it to Jobkeeper. Actions Join the Australian Unemployed Workers Union. Sign the petition to Save the Inks. Come to the RAHUGALA on May 22! Emergency action Protest the colonial violence being committed against the Palestinian people. Rallies across Australia: Melbourne (May 15th), Sydney (May 15th), Brisbane (May 14th), Perth (May 14th).