Ilandar

@Ilandar@lemmy.today

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could this be the death of Australia's nightmarish welfare system?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  What I recall being ridiculous was the wait on Centrelink applications. (It’s been a number of years since being off Centrelink so don’t haven’t paid attention recently)

  Waiting 3 months was an option for me, but Christ, I can’t imagine how shit that must be who need immediate stability.

  It is much faster now. The wait times are down, but the actual claim process has also been streamlined. They’ve been instructed to wave more stuff through to keep the system moving and perform less checks on information that is likely to be correct anyway. For example, where you might have needed to provide bank statements previously to prove your updated account figures were accurate, now they just take your word that the information you’ve provided is correct.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Been a good couple of years⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t keep up with all the various instance wars/feuds but they are amusing nonetheless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Been a good couple of years⁩ ⁨⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  and accusations of everyone being a communist / not communist / slightly communist / whatever else seems to get thrown around on Lemmy.

  So true lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The communist Albanese government is introducing a new superannuation tax⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Maobanese.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Luv Me Chips, 'ate Seagulls...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  He got assaulted

  ???

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Luv Me Chips, 'ate Seagulls...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re also a “menace” because many people actively feed them. It’s the same as ducks following people around expecting bread.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could this be the death of Australia's nightmarish welfare system?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The online self-management and points system is waaaaaay better than the forced meetings and obligations with private providers and Labor did streamline the claims system a lot too. So maybe there is potential for further improvement, though I don’t want to get my hopes up. Like a lot of other areas, my trust in Labor to actually take some political risks to conduct serious reform is very low.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Conceived in secrecy and born in haste, Aukus (submarine deal) is on its last legs.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Even prior to that Pillar 1 seemed like a horrific deal for Australia. The serious question marks over whether the submarines would ever actually be delivered, let alone on time, existed all through the Biden administration too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Conceived in secrecy and born in haste, Aukus (submarine deal) is on its last legs.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it just sunk cost fallacy at this point or do they know something we don’t? There have been red flags for so long now that it will be a major embarrassment if AUKUS genuinely dies and we have no Plan B. “B-b-but the Coalition started it!!!” won’t cut it as an excuse for a second-term Labor government.