Capitalism, with friends like these, you don’t need enemies Steve Keen
How Kafkaesque are the NACC landscapes? Australians literally died because their own Govt pursued them with #Robodebt. The Honourable Catherine Holmes AC SC went as far as she could to get justice for the 100s of 1000s of those Robodebted. And the NACC lets them off SCOT free! And it tells the public that if victims need support to ring Lifeline …
Anti-corruption watchdog decides not to pursue Robodebt corruption investigation
2021 - Descent Dutch government resigns after families were wrongly accused of welfare fraud
Michael Sukkar’s Q on NDIS being used on drugs & prostitutes backfires as Bill Shorten reveals the LNP “never put out one press release” on NDIS-related fraud - instead “their interest in fraud was sending half a million unlawful debt notices to the victims of Robodebt”
#QT
Australian canned fruit growers have been left devastated after the country’s largest processor slashed its orders for the upcoming season, blaming budget-conscious consumers.
Growers were told in a meeting at SPC’s Shepparton office last month that orders of peaches would be reduced by 40 per cent, and pears would be reduced by 60 per cent.
SPC has been processing fruit in Victoria’s Goulburn Valley for more than 100 years.
In addition to producing products under its own name, SPC also processes Australian fruit for supermarket home brand canned fruit.
A spokesperson for the cannery attributed the reduction to increased demand for cheaper supermarket own-brand products, using fruit from overseas.
Local growers devastated as Woolworths swaps to Chinese, South African fruit 🍇
Like Nike: myGov ready and waiting for personalisation push
You Can Thank Private Equity for That Enormous Doctor’s Bill Wall Street Journal. First in a three part series. What is the world coming to? Would have written this up as a media story (substance already covered here) but Friday was an awfully busy news day.
CEOs made nearly 200 times what their workers got paid last year Associated Press (Kevin W). Note these metrics understate CEO earnings, so the ratio is even worse. Bill Lazonick and others have described how long form.
French authorities continue to expel homeless people from Paris ahead of Olympics Anadolu Agency
Is Ticketmaster Telling the Truth About Its Finances? Matt Stoller. BIG
The Dark Stain on Tesla’s Directors Lawrence’s Substack. Elon’s package.
Trust busting as freedom The Ink
The F-35 Will Now Exceed $2 Trillion As the Military Plans to Fly It Less GAO Blog
Deaf and Blind: The Maladies of American Diplomats ScheerPost
