Paul Karp
@paulkarp.bsky.social
Journalist. NSW political correspondent for Australian Financial Review. He/him
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Was considering two candidates for promotion at work. One let slip they, a grown adult in their mid-30s, were having a full-blown Harry Potter themed wedding with real owls etc. Straight into the bin and now on the potential redundancy list to boot.
February 4, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Was considering two candidates for promotion at work. One let slip they, a grown adult in their mid-30s, were having a full-blown Harry Potter themed wedding with real owls etc. Straight into the bin and now on the potential redundancy list to boot.
Just sent flurry of FOI requests demanding documents relevant to a date in 2025 *
* Please amend scope it is 2026 my bad!!! Life comes at you fast.
* Please amend scope it is 2026 my bad!!! Life comes at you fast.
February 3, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Just sent flurry of FOI requests demanding documents relevant to a date in 2025 *
* Please amend scope it is 2026 my bad!!! Life comes at you fast.
* Please amend scope it is 2026 my bad!!! Life comes at you fast.
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Parliament is back, and while you were sleeping @amyremeikis.bsky.social was two coffees into the day already
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The Point Live: Liberals, Nationals abort leadership moves amid talent deficit, reserve bank tipped to raise rates.
Parliament officially returns for 2026 with the Nationals and Liberals still in turmoil and unable to agree on a new leader, while One Nation continues to establish itself as the new conservative forc...
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February 2, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Parliament is back, and while you were sleeping @amyremeikis.bsky.social was two coffees into the day already
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Alcaraz has a long way to go, but he's started bloody well
February 2, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Alcaraz has a long way to go, but he's started bloody well
Maybe Novak should have gone to bed instead of a 3am victory lap acting like the semi was the grand final.
February 1, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Maybe Novak should have gone to bed instead of a 3am victory lap acting like the semi was the grand final.
People are so used to professional sport being a hellscape where only grindcore psychos survive, they can't fathom someone approaching every point with genuine joy.
WHY IS CARLOS SMILING?!?
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WHY IS CARLOS SMILING?!?
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Why one smile makes Carlos Alcaraz the most dangerous man in tennis
It is reasonable to surmise that Alcaraz is somehow unbothered by the mounting expectation around him.
www.theage.com.au
February 1, 2026 at 2:12 AM
People are so used to professional sport being a hellscape where only grindcore psychos survive, they can't fathom someone approaching every point with genuine joy.
WHY IS CARLOS SMILING?!?
www.theage.com.au/sport/tennis...
WHY IS CARLOS SMILING?!?
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The most interesting thing about this ABC Challenger long read (to me) is that the five engineers who warned it was unsafe then became "lepers".
Why is it not the managers who overruled them to suffer social ostracism?
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Why is it not the managers who overruled them to suffer social ostracism?
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'They're gonna die': How five people tried to stop the Challenger tragedy
Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after lift-off. A small team of engineers tried to prevent the tragedy.
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January 29, 2026 at 6:07 AM
The most interesting thing about this ABC Challenger long read (to me) is that the five engineers who warned it was unsafe then became "lepers".
Why is it not the managers who overruled them to suffer social ostracism?
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
Why is it not the managers who overruled them to suffer social ostracism?
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
Time to line the kitty litter with another year's worth of takes:
* Demon is jacked now
* Entrenched in the top 10
* Not just making up the numbers
* Has the weapons to win
* Did you see him against Bublik? Oh boy!
* Demon is jacked now
* Entrenched in the top 10
* Not just making up the numbers
* Has the weapons to win
* Did you see him against Bublik? Oh boy!
January 27, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Time to line the kitty litter with another year's worth of takes:
* Demon is jacked now
* Entrenched in the top 10
* Not just making up the numbers
* Has the weapons to win
* Did you see him against Bublik? Oh boy!
* Demon is jacked now
* Entrenched in the top 10
* Not just making up the numbers
* Has the weapons to win
* Did you see him against Bublik? Oh boy!
My advice to Carlos Alcaraz would be De Minaur only eats when you feed him errors. Slightly more safety on the shots, Alex goes for his own winners and misses.
January 27, 2026 at 10:19 AM
My advice to Carlos Alcaraz would be De Minaur only eats when you feed him errors. Slightly more safety on the shots, Alex goes for his own winners and misses.
De Minaur broken first service game. #AustralianOpen
January 27, 2026 at 9:38 AM
De Minaur broken first service game. #AustralianOpen
I'm so concerned that because this wasn't spelled Ke$ha it's not really her.
January 27, 2026 at 9:25 AM
I'm so concerned that because this wasn't spelled Ke$ha it's not really her.
Love that everything even the net posts lights up red when you hit out at AO.
As if to say: Damn, even the chair hates you!!
As if to say: Damn, even the chair hates you!!
January 27, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Love that everything even the net posts lights up red when you hit out at AO.
As if to say: Damn, even the chair hates you!!
As if to say: Damn, even the chair hates you!!
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Fortnightly pension rates are calculated using automated IT systems, but the auditor-general found Services Australia had not fully assessed the risks associated with its reliance on automation www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
$5bn of incorrect age pension payments revealed as seniors left waiting
There were $5 billion in incorrect payments made in three years, with more than 70 per cent overpayments, according to a scathing auditor-general’s report.
www.smh.com.au
January 27, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Fortnightly pension rates are calculated using automated IT systems, but the auditor-general found Services Australia had not fully assessed the risks associated with its reliance on automation www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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Top marks to Gareth Hutchens and the ABC for publishing this.
January 26, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Top marks to Gareth Hutchens and the ABC for publishing this.
It's weeks like this I realise how much poorer we are for not having Katharine Murphy in the gallery.
But thanks to The New Daily and Australia Institute we still have fabulous @amyremeikis.bsky.social
who this morning already predicted curtains for Ley
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But thanks to The New Daily and Australia Institute we still have fabulous @amyremeikis.bsky.social
who this morning already predicted curtains for Ley
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Why we’re all the losers from the hate speech fracas
The biggest losers in the political brinkmanship Anthony Albanese and Labor lured Sussan Ley and the Liberals into with the hate group legislation no one wanted, is as always the public.
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January 22, 2026 at 7:48 AM
It's weeks like this I realise how much poorer we are for not having Katharine Murphy in the gallery.
But thanks to The New Daily and Australia Institute we still have fabulous @amyremeikis.bsky.social
who this morning already predicted curtains for Ley
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
But thanks to The New Daily and Australia Institute we still have fabulous @amyremeikis.bsky.social
who this morning already predicted curtains for Ley
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
De Minaur already being outhit by a Serbian youngster and down a set.
Time to shred another summer's worth of "Demon is jacked now, he's not making up the numbers, he's earned his top 6/8/10 place now" articles
Time to shred another summer's worth of "Demon is jacked now, he's not making up the numbers, he's earned his top 6/8/10 place now" articles
January 21, 2026 at 9:15 AM
De Minaur already being outhit by a Serbian youngster and down a set.
Time to shred another summer's worth of "Demon is jacked now, he's not making up the numbers, he's earned his top 6/8/10 place now" articles
Time to shred another summer's worth of "Demon is jacked now, he's not making up the numbers, he's earned his top 6/8/10 place now" articles
I bet my friend who said "wouldn't it be great if you could be a cab driver but only one day a year" in 2006 would like a cut of Uber's revenue as well
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OpenAI's chief financial officer floated "licensing models" as a revenue idea as the company faces massive compute costs.
OpenAI's finance chief just dropped some hints about how the company plans to make more money
OpenAI's chief financial officer floated "licensing models" as a revenue idea as the company faces massive compute costs.
www.businessinsider.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:56 AM
I bet my friend who said "wouldn't it be great if you could be a cab driver but only one day a year" in 2006 would like a cut of Uber's revenue as well
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LIVE NOW: The Point Live with Amy Remeikis, Chief Political Analyst at @australiainstitute.org.au, is live now.
All the day’s parliamentary events, live as it happens on The Point ➡️ https://theaus.in/4jIqDH2
All the day’s parliamentary events, live as it happens on The Point ➡️ https://theaus.in/4jIqDH2
January 19, 2026 at 8:00 PM
LIVE NOW: The Point Live with Amy Remeikis, Chief Political Analyst at @australiainstitute.org.au, is live now.
All the day’s parliamentary events, live as it happens on The Point ➡️ https://theaus.in/4jIqDH2
All the day’s parliamentary events, live as it happens on The Point ➡️ https://theaus.in/4jIqDH2
Beginning to think this climate change bizo may not be the best of ideas
January 10, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Beginning to think this climate change bizo may not be the best of ideas
I will show I have the world's MOST POWERFUL SCISSORS by cutting my nose off to spite my face.
BEHOLD!! The era of the nose-less face has arrived mwahahaha.
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BEHOLD!! The era of the nose-less face has arrived mwahahaha.
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January 7, 2026 at 8:12 AM
I will show I have the world's MOST POWERFUL SCISSORS by cutting my nose off to spite my face.
BEHOLD!! The era of the nose-less face has arrived mwahahaha.
bsky.app/profile/matt...
BEHOLD!! The era of the nose-less face has arrived mwahahaha.
bsky.app/profile/matt...
If you read the philosophy books, nor can I.
January 7, 2026 at 1:45 AM
If you read the philosophy books, nor can I.
Hi I'm Woolworths and there's not a single usable avocado in the joint.
Hi I'm Aldi and you must build a time machine and eat these avocados before the queen died.
Hi I'm Aldi and you must build a time machine and eat these avocados before the queen died.
January 6, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Hi I'm Woolworths and there's not a single usable avocado in the joint.
Hi I'm Aldi and you must build a time machine and eat these avocados before the queen died.
Hi I'm Aldi and you must build a time machine and eat these avocados before the queen died.
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Some of us are smart. Some are occasionally funny or insightful. Then there is Rafe. Get on this.
I wrote about the endless temptation successful people feel to justify and feel justified in a clearly toxic system. Happy new year.
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Caveat Vendor
Universities, audience capture, and bullshit; Beowulf, Kendrick Lamar
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January 3, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Some of us are smart. Some are occasionally funny or insightful. Then there is Rafe. Get on this.