Presumption of Innocence? Not if you’re on welfare

Oh, we live in exiting times.

Exiting time where, because the cops couldn’t catch the sov cit who killed a couple of them, we get to seem the “Labor” party try to pass legislation that would mean that all the cops would need to do was issue a warrant, and they could cut off you welfare.

I don’t care if you’re a good person or not, I think there should processes for this? Especially when cops aren’t that great at identifying to perp, especially where there’s an Aboriginal woman involved.

*sigh*

Fortunately Lidia Thorpe is trying to get the amendments cancelled, but when the LNP (however dysfunctional they are) they are still more in cahoots with the Labor party than we’d all like in terms of wanting a future for our kids.

So yeah, even though, if you’re “on the run” from the cops, it’s unlikely you’d pop into your job network provider for your fortnightly appointment, Labor’s decided that, rather than bring back the 6 year limit on welfare debts that the frikken ROBODEBT royal commission recommended and that just makes sense, they’d deny Wilkie’s amendment and pop in one to circumvent the rule of law

Cos Labor, the party of what now?

Hilar, they just posted the annual Giving tree nonsense with the salvos and I’m reminded of that time our dear charities minister gave a gold plated cheese board to the salvos giving tree and there’s no way to come back from that lmao

It’s gonna be a long few weeks til Xmas hey

(thanks Lidia for trying to scrap that amendment)

(and to all the orgs signing onto this joint statement)