Musings of an Accidental Chair - change from the inside out
summary
Built a rapid-response campaign site #notmydebt using govCMS Drupal distribution to collect anonymous stories; 300 submissions arrive in the first three weeks and over 1,200 within a month reporting roughly $10 million in contested debts. The project pairs Twitter hashtag curation, micro‑volunteering and Google Docs triage, surfaces algorithmic data‑matching errors (ATO vs Centrelink) and fuels a Senate inquiry and litigation that forces government concession on the illegal 26‑week averaging method. FOI work proves costly but pivotal.
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chapters (4)
- 0:00Start
- 4:57Electronic Frontiers Australia
- 41:43The Need for Inclusion
- 43:29Organizational Sponsorship
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