News 12/6/2025
" ... the department admits “it has become clear that decisions regarding compliance action … may not have been validly made”. The department also blames “IT systems [that] were not operating in alignment with the law and policies”.
#RoboDebt
#VictimisationOfUnemployed
#AusPol
#ScottMorrison
#ReturnYourAward
#SystemicFailure
#AustralianPublicService
#APSUnions
#PublicConfidence
Africa: Determinants of Institutional Trust in Sub-Saharan Africa: Does Media Exposure Matter?: [Afrobarometer] In shaping citizens' perceptions, media can play central role in development of public confidence. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TK8GRS #InstitutionalTrust #MediaExposure #SubSaharanAfrica #PublicConfidence #Afrobarometer
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"It undermines #financialdiscipline.. Perhaps e most contentious issue is exclusion of borrowers who consistently met their repayment obligations. Tis #debt suspension #policy is for #delinquent #borrowers.. Responsible borrowers may feel overlooked & unfairly treated.. approach not only undermines #fairness but also weakens #publicconfidence in e system.. 🇹🇭government must pair these relief measures w #financialliteracy progs & structural #reforms tt address root causes of #overindebtedness"
End ‘#Judge Shopping’ --
The practice undermines both the #fairness of the #judiciary and #publicconfidence in it.
We can point to many symptoms. Rising measles cases due to #skepticism about vaccines. Rejection of scientific concepts about obesity. So it’s no surprise that a new report in PNAS documents high but declining #PublicConfidence in #science.
https://conscienhealth.org/2024/03/public-confidence-in-science-is-high-but-declining/
An Aggressive #SupremeCourt Reshapes the US as Its Standing #Erodes. #conservative #supermajority is remaking US #laws on #environment, #health #firearms even as #PublicConfidence #declines and #ethical questions grow. With a 6-3 #conservative #majority, the court has issued a series of recent #decisions enhancing its own role, in many cases by overriding #regulatoryagencies, the #WhiteHouse, #congress, state and local governments. https://archive.is/TRxzE#selection-3797.0-3797.511
Confidence in Supreme Court Drops to Lowest in 50 Years: Survey https://politicaliq.com/2023/05/18/confidence-in-supreme-court-drops-to-lowest-in-50-years-survey/ #SupremeCourt #PublicConfidence #GeneralSocialSurvey @GSS_NORC #Abortion #RoeVWade #abortionrights #politicaliq #news #politics
@anamckellar Times editorial: #JenniRussell drew attention to a great #EnvironmentalCatastrophe: a mass #extinction of #MarineLife in the #NorthSea off #Teesside. A 30 mile section of coast has been turned into a #MarineDesert. #Fishermen report that catches of lobster, crab & other #crustaceans have collapsed. Response secretive & deeply unsatisfactory; #PublicConfidence at stake. Govt boasting of #MarineProtectedAreas while Britain's domestic waters among most #polluted in Europe.
