A hotline for losers

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).