It should be noted that penalty rates for retail workers will be further reduced by 15% of the base wage rate on 1 July 2019 and 1 July 2020 as per Fair Work Commission 2017 decision.
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Friday 17 May 2019
Australian economy has grown weaker and workers paypackets leaner under the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government
ABC
News, 11 May
2019:
Australia's "strong
economy" has been the Coalition's mantra throughout the election campaign.
Earlier this month, the
Liberal Party created a meme of a smiling Scott Morrison armed with a
lightsaber and dressed as a Jedi alongside the slogan: "The economy is
strong with this one."
In Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's Budget speech, the
phrase "strong economy" featured 14 times.
And Labor, loathe to
campaign on what it sees as the Coalition's territory, has barely challenged
this proposition.
Yet the evidence
suggests the claim is more rhetoric than reality.
On just about any
measure, the economy is not strong — and any enduring pretensions that it is
have been undermined by no less an authority than the Reserve Bank of Australia
(RBA).
Its latest monetary policy statement has revised
down economic growth for this financial year to just 1.7 per cent — more than
half a percentage point below its previous forecast.
That contradicts
Treasury forecasts in the Budget, which are barely a month old and were
reaffirmed by Treasury even more recently in the pre-election economic and
fiscal outlook.
Wages growth, despite a
recent small pick-up, has been weaker during the past six years than at any time since
World War II.
Home values and
household wealth have plummeted amid one of the biggest property slumps in
Australia's history.
The inflation rate is at a historic low of just 1.3 per
cent and has languished below the Reserve Bank's target range of 2 to
3 per cent for more than three years.
Although employment
growth has been reasonably strong, driven by the public sector and community
services, key sectors that drive the economy are shrinking.
Manufacturing,
construction and retail trade have all shed tens of thousands of jobs over the
past year — the building industry layoffs are a product of a massive slump in
dwelling investment, which the RBA reckons will continue for years.
Some better headline
data mask gloomier realities
Only high rates of
immigration have stopped Australia lapsing into a formal recession.
The continued expansion
— now in its 28th year, the longest period without a recession in recent world
history — disguises a "per capita" recession that is driving down
living standards.
Similarly, an
unemployment rate mired at 5 per cent, which is not high by the standards of
recent decades, disguises the true weakness of the labour market.
More than 13 per cent of
the workforce is underutilised — either unable to secure work at all or the
hours they need — and a disproportionate share of the jobs growth in recent
times has been poor quality: casual and contract jobs in relatively low-wage,
low-productivity sectors.
The Reserve Bank is
betting on the unemployment rate staying where it is, but others are less
optimistic.
Westpac's Bill Evans,
one of the most long-standing and respected market economists, predicts that
developments in the labour market over the next three months will disappoint
the RBA with a "deterioration of the labour market" over the coming six
months and "continued weak inflation".
This downturn in the
economy is largely homegrown — the product of weak wages growth and the
unwinding of an unsustainable property boom that left households saddled with
enormous debts.
If there's also an
external shock, perhaps from a trade war sparked by Donald Trump's tariffs on our largest trading partner
China, it will open up the possibility of a double-whammy.
Yogi Berra, the
legendary US baseball star and coach, famously observed that "it's tough
making predictions, especially about the future", and it's a maxim that's
often born[e] out in economic forecasting.
But you don't need a
crystal ball to realise that whoever forms government after the federal
election will inherit a sluggish economy, not a strong one.
ABC
News, 12 May
2019:
The Reserve Bank's new
line in the sand gets its first big test with the latest reading from the jobs
market this week.
The new line, as set
down in the RBA's latest Statement on Monetary Policy (SOMP),
can be roughly defined as the unemployment rate holding at 5 per cent through
2019 and 2020 before drifting lower.
The persistent
head-winds of low inflation has seemingly blurred, if not blown away, the RBA's
previous markers — parallel lines which were intended to corral inflation
between 2 to 3 per cent for as far as the eye can see, or an economist can
forecast.
Governor Philip Lowe
made it clear a further improvement in the labour market was needed to get the
economy out its rut and back in the groove, growing at its full potential.
No back-tracking on this
one for the RBA. Lower unemployment and underemployment — where workers are
searching for more hours to make ends meet — will soak up the spare capacity
sloshing around the economy, inflation gets back to where the RBA wants it and
GDP grows at its long term trend, or better.
That's still a long way
off, even using the RBA's recently updated and far from pessimistic forecasts......
According to
the Australian
Bureau of Statistics, over the twelve months to the March quarter 2019
the living costs for self–funded retiree households fell by -0.2%, while the
living costs for age pensioner households and other government transfer
recipient households rose by 0.3% and 0.2% respectively. Employed households living
costs remained unchanged over the same time period at 0.1% above CPI.
It should be noted that penalty rates for retail workers will be further reduced by 15% of the base wage rate on 1 July 2019 and 1 July 2020 as per Fair Work Commission 2017 decision.
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Thursday 2 May 2019
Dozens of Centrelink clients have had their names published on Facebook by a Commonwealth-funded work-for-the-dole provider
ABC
News, 26
April 2019:
Dozens of Centrelink
clients have had their names published online in what has been described as a
"shocking" abuse of privacy.
A Commonwealth-funded
work-for-the-dole provider uploaded lists of people who were required to attend
client meetings to a public Facebook page.
"We are at a loss
as to why anyone would post about workers' appointments online," union
official Lara Watson said.
"We were shocked at
the publication of names on a social media platform."
The incidents are the
latest to emerge from the Government's flagship remote employment scheme, the
Community Development Programme (CDP).
Nearly 50 people from
the Northern Territory community of Galiwinku, located 500 kilometres east of
Darwin, were affected.
The job service
provider, the Arnhem Land Progress Association (ALPA), established the social
media page apparently with the intention of uploading such lists.
"Welcome to our
Facebook page where we will be posting appointments, courses and CDP
information," it wrote last month.
The two sheets of names
were posted to the Galiwinku CDP page on March 11 and 12.
Both images were shared
to another local Facebook group titled Elcho Island Notice Board, which has
more than 2,000 members.
One CDP insider
denounced the online uploads, saying they were unprecedented and could have
placed job seekers at risk.
"If a person has a
family violence order in place to protect them, then perhaps the perpetrator
would know where she was," said the source, who requested anonymity.
"It advertised that
a person is accessing welfare services, and unfortunately in Australia there's
discrimination against people accessing welfare services.
"People can be
bullied for being unemployed."
The Galiwinku CDP page
appears to have since been removed from the internet but the organisation
denied any wrongdoing.
"We do not believe
that this is a breach of confidentiality," an ALPA spokeswoman said.....
"All ALPA CDP
participants give … media consent when they commence as a participant."......
Thursday 27 September 2018
Morrison Government is making sure that Centrelink clients' worst nightmares are coming true
The
Sydney Morning Herald,
20 September 2018:
Labour hire workers will
soon be used in face-to-face roles in Centrelink offices across the country, as
part of a six-month trial.
Thirty labour hire
workers will be used in some Centrelink offices in Queensland, South Australia
and Western Australia in what is believed to be self-managed support advisor
roles from next month. This person generally greets people as they enter Centrelink
offices and often directs them to using computers and phones in the offices.
The move is another step
in increasing use of labour hire at the agency, following on from the
announcement that 1500 call centre roles would be outsourced to Serco, Stellar
Asia Pacific, Concentrix Services and DataCom Connect.
It had also previously
been announced that 1000 staff from labour hire firms would be deployed at
Centrelink offices around the country, and a pilot program with Serco with 250
call centre staff means 2750 contractors have been hired since last year to
work at the agency. It's believed the trial is part of existing labour hire
contracts Human Services has with private companies.
A Department of Human
Services spokeswoman said the 30 staff members were additional staff.
"There are no job
losses associated with the move," the spokeswoman said.
The main public sector
union is worried that members of the public will be dealing with staff members
who aren't employed by the government.
"The CPSU is
seriously concerned that labour hire workers will now be the first port of call
for customers walking into a Centrelink office, instead of permanent members of
staff. We want Australians to be served by experienced and properly trained staff
members," Community and Public Sector Union deputy secretary Melissa
Donnelly said.
"The job might
sound easy but dealing with clients who may be agitated or distressed as they
walk into an office can be very difficult, and could pose a risk to the safety
of the workers."
It's not yet clear how
workloads will be managed in a role that was previously shared among Centrelink
staff throughout a shift.
“Experienced Centrelink
staff are able to manage that, but it’s going to be much harder for labour hire
workers who don’t have the same experience or background.
This is bad news for
those workers and bad news for members of the community who are trying to
access services," Ms Donnelly said.
* Private prison operator Serco has a disreptuable history in Australia and overseas.
See: https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/serco-run-facilities-fraud-failures-and-fatal-errors/ & https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/immigration/detention-centre-staff-condemned-by-coroner-over-deaths-of-villawood-detainees/news-story/e7716137afb293eda1294cca07f30ebe & https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/serco-to-pay-back-69m-over-fraudulent-tagging-contracts-9015214.html &
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-12/melbourne-immigration-guard-sacked-over-sexual-harassment-claims/7163786
Saturday 19 May 2018
Tweets of the Week
Today DHS told the senate, that so far:— NotMyDebt (@not_my_debt) May 8, 2018
Robodebt has cost $276 million to administer.
And... Robodebt has 'recovered' $279 million.
While they can separate forecast savings for newspaper headlines, apparently it's not possible to do that with actual savings.#notmydebt pic.twitter.com/Q6M6NaY09p
DHS was asked how many robodebts are awaiting reassessment. They failed to answer. We've heard from people waiting months.— NotMyDebt (@not_my_debt) May 9, 2018
So far 652,898 reassessments have been initiated.
30,953 debts have changed in value or been wiped. That's 30,953 debt notices that were wrong.#notmydebt pic.twitter.com/LJd3WxDJV4
DHS are including 'prevented debts' in their savings from robodebt.— Sarah Masting (@sarah_masting) May 8, 2018
What happens if a company in the private sector banks a possibly avoided future liability as a cash asset?
See: Blue Sky Alternative Investments - majority of board resigned
Time for robodebt resignations? pic.twitter.com/jsdQVM4NAa
Wednesday 11 April 2018
Almost right from its very beginning Facebook Inc was not the benign Internet presence it pretended to be
Facebook Inc. - incorporated in July 2004 and headquartered at 1 Hacker Way (so named by Facebook management), Menlo Park, California 94025 - has at least twelve data centres around the world which collect, transmit, collate, store and
monetise data drawn from an est. 2 billion active Facebook accounts.
In May 2017 this social media company was worth est. US$407.3 billion according to Forbes.com.
Now that the social media giant finds itself being officially investigated to varying degrees by the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States on matters of user data collection, data retention, privacy and safety - as well as being the object of a number of lawsuits - here is a timeline indicating how Mark Zuckerberg brought Facebook to this low point......
FACEBOOK INC
2005
Facebook Privacy Policy states that Thefacebook
takes appropriate precautions to protect our users' information. Your account
information is located on a secured server behind a firewall. However
it also states When you visit the Web Site you may provide us with two types of
information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is
collected by us and Web Site use information collected by us on an aggregate
basis as you and others browse our Web Site.
When you register on the Web Site, you provide us with certain personal information, such as your name, your email address, your telephone number, your address, your gender, schools attended and any other personal or preference information that you provide to us.
When you enter our Web Site, we collect the user's browser type and IP address. This information is gathered for all users to the Web Site. In addition, we store certain information from your browser using "cookies." A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. We use session ID cookies to confirm that users are logged in. These cookies terminate once the users close the browser. We do not use cookies to collect private information from any user.
Thefacebook also collects information about you from other sources, such as newspapers and instant messaging services. This information is gathered regardless of your use of the Web Site.
When you register on the Web Site, you provide us with certain personal information, such as your name, your email address, your telephone number, your address, your gender, schools attended and any other personal or preference information that you provide to us.
When you enter our Web Site, we collect the user's browser type and IP address. This information is gathered for all users to the Web Site. In addition, we store certain information from your browser using "cookies." A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. We use session ID cookies to confirm that users are logged in. These cookies terminate once the users close the browser. We do not use cookies to collect private information from any user.
Thefacebook also collects information about you from other sources, such as newspapers and instant messaging services. This information is gathered regardless of your use of the Web Site.
2006
Facebook’s privacy
policy is now expressing this sentiment; We understand you may not want everyone in
the world to have the information you share on Facebook; that is why we give
you control of your information. Our default privacy settings limit the
information displayed in your profile to your school, your specified local
area, and other reasonable community limitations that we tell you about….
However the
company is still collecting as much information about Facebook users that it can, as well as informing account holders that; Facebook may also
collect information about you from other sources, such as newspapers, blogs,
instant messaging services, and other users of the Facebook service through the
operation of the service (e.g., photo tags) in order to provide you with more
useful information and a more personalized experience. By using Facebook, you are consenting to have your personal data transferred to
and processed in the United States.
2007
Facebook Platform
- app developers can now access the “’social graph’ ie., tracked connections
between users and their friends.
Beacon - shares what users are doing on
other websites with their Facebook friends
without specific consent.
2008
Facebook Connect - corrects Beacon’s mistakes by
requiring users to take deliberate action before they share activity from other
websites when logged in using Facebook.
2009
Beacon officially shut down after at least
one lawsuit commenced over privacy issue.
Facebook hosts the Farmville game which was
later revealed as a data miner.
2010
Facebook’s privacy
policy states; When you connect with an application or
website it will have access to General Information about you. The term General
Information includes your and your friends’ names, profile pictures, gender,
user IDs, connections,
and any content shared using the Everyone privacy setting. ... The default
privacy setting for certain types of information you post on Facebook is set to
“everyone.” ... Because it takes two to connect, your privacy settings only
control who can see the connection on your profile page. If you are
uncomfortable with the connection being publicly available, you should consider
removing (or not making) the connection.
On 28 April
2010 Electronic
Frontiers Foundation reported that: Facebook announced a
plan to transform most of the bits in your profile (including your hometown,
education, work, activities, interests, and more) into connections, which
are public information. If you refuse to make these items into a
Connection, Facebook will
remove all unlinked information.
2011
Social reporting tool – allows Facebook users to directly contact other users to request a post or
image takedown if either relates directly to them. Any takedown is voluntary if content doesn't breach Facebook rules.
Facebook Inc initially refuses to take down a defamatory site invading the privacy of Clarence Valley highschool students. It only does so after direct pressure is applied by a community member.
Facebook Inc initially refuses to take down a defamatory site invading the privacy of Clarence Valley highschool students. It only does so after direct pressure is applied by a community member.
2012
In February
the Parliament of Australia invites
the Australian public to connect with it via
Facebook.
Facebook begins roll out Facebook Camera
for iOS to English-speaking countries - a standalone photos app where users can
shoot, filter, and share single or sets of photos and scroll through a feed of
photos uploaded to Facebook by
friends.
2013
Facebook begins collaboration with Dr.
Alexandr Kogan eventually supplying him with data on 57 million Facebook
friendships by 2015. User data supplied to Kogan for his research was later sent to Cambridge Analytica without Facebook users knowledge or consent.
2014
Facebook Groups - app for iOS and Android introduced
and then deleted some months later.
Facebook buys
WhatsAppMessaging.
Facebook conducts a number
of psychological experiments on users without their knowledge or consent. It is reported that 689,000
users had their home pages manipulated.
Facebook applies for patent
on software which can scan users faces for emotional mood assessment via use of
user’s digital device camera
(patent granted 2017).
2015
Security Checkup - new tool to simplifying privacy
controls.
Head of
Research at Facebook Inc, Peter Fleming, and one of the company’s contract researchers are listed as co-authors
of Alexander Kogan’s published
research on the
relationship of social class and international friendships.
University researchers
claim Facebook tracks
the web browsing of everyone who visits a page on its site even if the user
does not have an account.
2016
WhatsAppMessaging begins to share user data with Facebook parent company which can now access
users WhatsApp phone number, contact list, and usage data (e.g. when you last
used WhatsApp, what device you used it on, and what OS you ran it on).
2017
Privacy Basics - new tool to simplify privacy
controls.
Becomes
public knowledge that Facebook
revealed to one Australian advertiser that it had a database of young users – 1.9 million high schoolers, 1.5
million tertiary students and 3 million young workers – and that it could tell advertisers
when young workers were particularly vulnerable.
Facebook reported to be planning $750 million
data center in New Albany, Ohio employing
only 50 permanent staff.
Facebook admits to US Securities and Exchange Commission that 1.5% of its 2.01 billion accounts worldwide are “undesirable” - that is likely to be fake accounts. Yahoo Finance calculates that to be upwards of 30 million accounts.
Facebook admits to US Securities and Exchange Commission that 1.5% of its 2.01 billion accounts worldwide are “undesirable” - that is likely to be fake accounts. Yahoo Finance calculates that to be upwards of 30 million accounts.
In December Germany’s Federal Cartel Office released preliminary
investigation findings and stated: The Bundeskartellamt has informed the company Facebook in writing of its
preliminary legal assessment in the abuse of dominance proceeding which the
authority is conducting against Facebook. Based on the current stage of the
proceedings, the authority assumes that Facebook is dominant on the German
market for social networks. The authority holds the view that Facebook is
abusing this dominant position by making the use of its social network
conditional on its being allowed to limitlessly amass every kind of data
generated by using third-party websites and merge it with the user's Facebook
account. These third-party sites include firstly services owned by Facebook
such as WhatsApp or Instagram, and secondly websites and apps of other operators
with embedded Facebook APIs.
Google search engines now host multiple Facebook apps.
By 2017 numerous government departments and agencies in Australia have Facebook accounts, from which the company can harvest visitor data whether or not the visitor has a Facebook account.
Included on the long list of government departments/agencies is the federal Dept. of Human Services (DHS). DHS states that it posts on its Facebook page about payments and services, answers questions, gives useful tips, shares news, and give updates on relevant issues. This means that anyone who visits or interacts with the five DHS Facebook pages will have their Internet usage data scraped, information contained in any questions asked retained and collated with any other information Facebook holds on that visitor. DHS appears to be aware of privacy vulnerabilities in its use of Facebook as it is at pains to point out that The department is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of Facebook.......
Included on the long list of government departments/agencies is the federal Dept. of Human Services (DHS). DHS states that it posts on its Facebook page about payments and services, answers questions, gives useful tips, shares news, and give updates on relevant issues. This means that anyone who visits or interacts with the five DHS Facebook pages will have their Internet usage data scraped, information contained in any questions asked retained and collated with any other information Facebook holds on that visitor. DHS appears to be aware of privacy vulnerabilities in its use of Facebook as it is at pains to point out that The department is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of Facebook.......
Australian federal and state electoral commissions also have active Facebook pages.
In December 2017 Facebook rolled out Messenger Kids app which is installed via an adult's Facebook account. This app offers video and text chats for children using their own digital devices. Although Messenger Kids displays no ads it does not appear to be exempt from Facebook's user data collection.
Facebook Inc initially refuses to remove a scam account attempting to raise money and only does so after media pressure.
2018
On 16 March Facebook Inc. announces it has suspended the accounts of Aleksandr Kogan, Cambridge Analytica and Strategic Communication Laboratries Group on the basis they had misused Facebook user data,
In late March it was revealed that Facebook's Android app is capable of hoovering up extensive call data without users knowledge or consent.
Facebook-created VR app like Spaces obtain information about what users doing there, much in the same way that any third-party app developer would. Facebook also records a “heatmap” of viewer data for 360-degree videos, for instance, flagging which parts of a video people find most interesting.
Facebook admits that it archived unpublished and deleted user videos created using a now redundant video streaming function.
Facebook Inc.
admits that up to 87 million account holders may have had their personal information accessed by the Trump presidential campaign-linked data miner Cambridge
Analytica. Either because Facebook users accessed the thisisyourdigitallife app or because they had friended a person had done so.
Only 53 Australian Facebook users took the thisisyourdigitallife personality quiz but the app hoovered up the data on est 311,127 other users included in friendship lists once it accessed those 53 accounts. Just 10 New Zealanders used the app but data from another est. 67,000 users was collected via their friendship groups.
Only 53 Australian Facebook users took the thisisyourdigitallife personality quiz but the app hoovered up the data on est 311,127 other users included in friendship lists once it accessed those 53 accounts. Just 10 New Zealanders used the app but data from another est. 67,000 users was collected via their friendship groups.
Facebook also admits that its software allowed
reverse searching of its user pages employing only ‘phone numbers and email
addresses and that “malicious actors” may have used this feature to
scrap public profile data from most of its 2 billion users.
The company
admits that its account recovery process can also allow these malicious actors
to access user data.
In April Facebook announces a tightening of its
privacy controls and states it intends to police all third party requests for
access to user data. Given the company stated it had in total 215,000 staff worldwide
as of December 2017 and, not all those staff would be available to personally
monitor third party requests relating to Facebook’s
est. 2 billion active monthly users, one wonders just how reliable this latest ‘promise’
from Facebook Inc. will be.
On 4 April
2018 USA
Today reported that: Members of the House and
Senate committees that will question
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about user privacy protection next week
are also some of the biggest recipients of campaign contributions from company
employees and the Facebook Inc. PAC.
The committee that got
the most Facebook contributions is the House Energy and Commerce
Committee, which announced Wednesday morning it would question Zuckerberg on
April 11.
Open
Secrets lists
Facebook Inc PAC contributions to 2016
U.S. federal election campaigns:
Contributions from this PAC to federal candidates (list
recipients)
(44% to Democrats, 55% to Republicans) |
$519,500
|
$619,240
|
In April Facebook admits that it has entered an unspecified number of the 1.3 billion
Messenger accounts and, without users knowledge or consent, selectively removed messages sent to those users by Mark Zuckerberg and other unnamed Facebook Inc executives/employees.
Australian Privacy Commissioner launches investigation into Facebook Inc.
Five U.S. state attorneys-general reported to have begun investigations into how Facebook Inc. collects, shares and does or doesn't protect user information.
According to the Insurance
Journal on 5 April 2018: Users and investors have filed at least 18
lawsuits since last month’s revelations about Cambridge Analytica. Beyond
privacy violations, they are accusing Facebook of user agreement breaches,
negligence, consumer fraud, unfair competition, securities fraud and
racketeering.
On 6 April Facebook Inc annouces that it has suspended the account of Canadian tech company AggregateIQ because of its involvenment in the Cambridge Analytica scandal and three days later suspends CubeYou on similar grounds while it investigates.
On 9 April TNW reports that Facebook's cryptocurrency ad filter failed.
By 10 April it was being reported that a number of Facebook IT engineers were quitting or asking to change departments over ethical concerns.
On 11 April 2018 Facebook Inc. founder, CEO and controlling shareholder, 33 year-old Mark Elliot Zuckerberg appears before the US House of Representatives House Energy and Commerce Committee's Facebook: Transparency and Use of Consumer Data hearing.
On 6 April Facebook Inc annouces that it has suspended the account of Canadian tech company AggregateIQ because of its involvenment in the Cambridge Analytica scandal and three days later suspends CubeYou on similar grounds while it investigates.
On 9 April TNW reports that Facebook's cryptocurrency ad filter failed.
The
Washington Post reported on 9 April:
As for Facebook itself,
former FBI special agent Clinton Watts told me that, in one sense, the
numbers should not be surprising since “everyone has a message to get out, and
Facebook is the best place to do it. Russia, Cambridge Analytica or any
campaign for that matter has to go to social media to be effective.” The
problem arose in Facebook’s mode of operating. “Their motto was move fast and
break things, and they did, they moved fast and in the end broke the trust of
their users with the platform,” Watts said. “They didn’t do solid assessments
of who was accessing data on their platforms, and they didn’t effectively
scrutinize advertisements and accounts surfacing on their platforms.”
By 10 April it was being reported that a number of Facebook IT engineers were quitting or asking to change departments over ethical concerns.
On 11 April 2018 Facebook Inc. founder, CEO and controlling shareholder, 33 year-old Mark Elliot Zuckerberg appears before the US House of Representatives House Energy and Commerce Committee's Facebook: Transparency and Use of Consumer Data hearing.
The day
before Zuckerberg fronted the Senate
Committee on the Judiciary, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation’s Facebook, Social Media Privacy, and the Use and Abuse of Data hearing.
Despite all of the above, as of 11 April 2018 the Australian Government Dept of Human Services retains its "Humans Services", "Student Update", "Families Update" and "Seniors Update" Facebook pages and, the departmental website still links to "How to 'Like' " instructions and shows visitors how to set up their own Facebook account with a link to its very own 'how to' YouTube video. Cenrelink's General Manager also still has an official Facebook account.
Note:
Given the federal Department of Human Services admitted that it had employed third parties to monitor social media including Facebook for information about welfare recipients that it could match with internal departmental data, one has to wonder what range of methods were used to undertake this surveillance and exactly who the contractors were.
Note:
Given the federal Department of Human Services admitted that it had employed third parties to monitor social media including Facebook for information about welfare recipients that it could match with internal departmental data, one has to wonder what range of methods were used to undertake this surveillance and exactly who the contractors were.
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