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2026-04-29 04:29 UTC
@aj@gts.sadauskas.id.au @adamsteer@mapstodon.space @DjityDjity@mastodon.social
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"The article begins by stating “70,000 dole bludgers are exploiting a medical loophole to avoid having to get a job by claiming they are too sick to work”.
The evidence?
“An investigation by the Department of Human Services” which uncovered what the “Turnbull government believes is widespread rorting of the medical loophole by some dole bludgers, as well as some unscrupulous GPs”.
That was it.
No mention of any actual proof...
https://newmatilda.com/2016/11/20/how-malcolm-turnbull-keeps-the-dole-bludger-boogeyman-alive/
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@adamsteer@mapstodon.space 2026-04-29 09:26
@gusseting@mastodon.social @aj@gts.sadauskas.id.au @DjityDjity@mastodon.social ...that taps into the other part of basic Australian settler colonist culture: Everything bad happens because a poor person is trying to steal from you. This is true because of evidence free assertions. What you have [insert qualifications and experience]? Calling on authority is such a weak argument. [insert more usually patronising feelpinion] ...its how we roll in the land we stole 🤷🏻♂️