The Australian welfare system has always been needlessly cruel. Now it’s punishing half the country

<https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/25/the-australian-welfare-system-has-always-been-needlessly-cruel-now-its-punishing-half-the-country>

"The fact that many ‘necessary’ social indignities can be discarded for
Covid-19 only shows how unnecessary they were in the first place"

Via Muse.

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/             Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics