Lachlan Williams
@williamslachlan.bsky.social
That bear women are choosing.
Comms and policy consultant by day and sometimes night. Work history in newsrooms, think tanks, unions, group homes and kitchens.
Anything remotely serious put it in an email. It's mostly guitar and jokes on here.
Comms and policy consultant by day and sometimes night. Work history in newsrooms, think tanks, unions, group homes and kitchens.
Anything remotely serious put it in an email. It's mostly guitar and jokes on here.
Simon Kennedy (ex McKinsey) on 730 saying he remembers the debate on Scott Morrison's net zero position.
Yeah, he would.
#auspol
www.innovationaus.com/govt-paid-mc...
Yeah, he would.
#auspol
www.innovationaus.com/govt-paid-mc...
Govt paid McKinsey $6m for net-zero modelling work
The federal government paid US consulting giant McKinsey more than $6 million across this year to provide key modelling work for its technology-driven net-zero plan. Prime Minister Scott Morrison earl...
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September 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Simon Kennedy (ex McKinsey) on 730 saying he remembers the debate on Scott Morrison's net zero position.
Yeah, he would.
#auspol
www.innovationaus.com/govt-paid-mc...
Yeah, he would.
#auspol
www.innovationaus.com/govt-paid-mc...
On this week's American Pickers, Elon stumbles on the deal of a lifetime when an eccentric old crank offers him an entire American Government complete with oval office and kitsch memorabilia for an unbeatable price
February 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
On this week's American Pickers, Elon stumbles on the deal of a lifetime when an eccentric old crank offers him an entire American Government complete with oval office and kitsch memorabilia for an unbeatable price
Authors, photographers, designers, producers, musicians, filmmakers, actors and writers with OpenAI during this difficult time.
January 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Authors, photographers, designers, producers, musicians, filmmakers, actors and writers with OpenAI during this difficult time.
OpenAI alleges large scale IP violation by DeepSeek.
OpenAI's people have devoted their lives - and pegged their livelihoods - to their craft.
Now it'll be automated for a fraction of the cost by people who don't share their values or interests.
OpenAI's people have devoted their lives - and pegged their livelihoods - to their craft.
Now it'll be automated for a fraction of the cost by people who don't share their values or interests.
January 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
OpenAI alleges large scale IP violation by DeepSeek.
OpenAI's people have devoted their lives - and pegged their livelihoods - to their craft.
Now it'll be automated for a fraction of the cost by people who don't share their values or interests.
OpenAI's people have devoted their lives - and pegged their livelihoods - to their craft.
Now it'll be automated for a fraction of the cost by people who don't share their values or interests.
Let's peruse the Wikipedia bio of alleged radical extreme communist Allegra Spender
Dutton emitting some pretty deranged material here.
This would make you change tables at the pub for your own comfort and safety.
Maybe we don't trust it with, like, the future of the country? #auspol
Dutton emitting some pretty deranged material here.
This would make you change tables at the pub for your own comfort and safety.
Maybe we don't trust it with, like, the future of the country? #auspol
January 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Let's peruse the Wikipedia bio of alleged radical extreme communist Allegra Spender
Dutton emitting some pretty deranged material here.
This would make you change tables at the pub for your own comfort and safety.
Maybe we don't trust it with, like, the future of the country? #auspol
Dutton emitting some pretty deranged material here.
This would make you change tables at the pub for your own comfort and safety.
Maybe we don't trust it with, like, the future of the country? #auspol
I had really mature hand geometry for my age, so I could buy darts for my mates in high school
January 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I had really mature hand geometry for my age, so I could buy darts for my mates in high school
Yeah it's fine for these Italian men to become priests as long as they don't start acting flamboyant, dressing sharp, calling their mums a lot or kissing their mates and calling them beautiful
January 15, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Yeah it's fine for these Italian men to become priests as long as they don't start acting flamboyant, dressing sharp, calling their mums a lot or kissing their mates and calling them beautiful
It's Italy.
How they gon tell?
How they gon tell?
January 15, 2025 at 5:32 AM
It's Italy.
How they gon tell?
How they gon tell?
Imagine owning a huge chunk of internet and being like "It's *okay*, but what if there was like waaay more bullshit?"
January 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Imagine owning a huge chunk of internet and being like "It's *okay*, but what if there was like waaay more bullshit?"
So you shouted at someone who wasn't at fault for no reason
December 15, 2024 at 1:45 AM
So you shouted at someone who wasn't at fault for no reason
Lib leader six months behind schedule shows up with consultant slide deck produced in another dimension announcing "we solved everything"
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/21
December 12, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Lib leader six months behind schedule shows up with consultant slide deck produced in another dimension announcing "we solved everything"
/21
/21
This whole modelling thing feels like a rerun of the vaccine rollout. /20
December 12, 2024 at 3:54 PM
This whole modelling thing feels like a rerun of the vaccine rollout. /20
Renewables and batteries are already being built. They don't rely on assumptions and projections. They exist now, which is perfect because now is exactly when we need to sort this out (barring time machine to re-do 2013-2022) /19
December 12, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Renewables and batteries are already being built. They don't rely on assumptions and projections. They exist now, which is perfect because now is exactly when we need to sort this out (barring time machine to re-do 2013-2022) /19
- The momentum of renewables transition and all that's downstream of it (new industries, value add manufacturing, reindustrialisation, energy exports, 100k power jobs)
- Energy security in the decade between coal closures and (consensus) realistic nuclear spin-up /18
- Energy security in the decade between coal closures and (consensus) realistic nuclear spin-up /18
December 12, 2024 at 3:54 PM
- The momentum of renewables transition and all that's downstream of it (new industries, value add manufacturing, reindustrialisation, energy exports, 100k power jobs)
- Energy security in the decade between coal closures and (consensus) realistic nuclear spin-up /18
- Energy security in the decade between coal closures and (consensus) realistic nuclear spin-up /18
And it's saying we bet the following on that long shot:
- Three decades of inflated power bills (at least double generation costs says CSIRO)
- Hundreds of billions of public money /17
- Three decades of inflated power bills (at least double generation costs says CSIRO)
- Hundreds of billions of public money /17
December 12, 2024 at 3:54 PM
And it's saying we bet the following on that long shot:
- Three decades of inflated power bills (at least double generation costs says CSIRO)
- Hundreds of billions of public money /17
- Three decades of inflated power bills (at least double generation costs says CSIRO)
- Hundreds of billions of public money /17
The plan relies on the CSIRO, AEMO, the AER and the entire energy investment market being wrong and one Adelaide consultancy picked by Dutton to model his own preferred policy being right about some pretty big calls /16
December 12, 2024 at 3:54 PM
The plan relies on the CSIRO, AEMO, the AER and the entire energy investment market being wrong and one Adelaide consultancy picked by Dutton to model his own preferred policy being right about some pretty big calls /16
It's pretty telling that investors are piling into renewables (the capacity investment scheme was 4x oversubscribed) but have so little appetite for nuclear that the entire policy is publicly funded /15
December 12, 2024 at 3:54 PM
It's pretty telling that investors are piling into renewables (the capacity investment scheme was 4x oversubscribed) but have so little appetite for nuclear that the entire policy is publicly funded /15
And (if the reports of the modelling are true) this is where it really departs from what most people in the space are thinking. /14
December 12, 2024 at 3:54 PM
And (if the reports of the modelling are true) this is where it really departs from what most people in the space are thinking. /14
Not to mention it is sort of a race with the entire global economy reorienting itself around post carbon industries, value chains etc /13
December 12, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Not to mention it is sort of a race with the entire global economy reorienting itself around post carbon industries, value chains etc /13
The idea that we can just extend out assets that are already dying to like 2040ish is pretty adventurous /12
December 12, 2024 at 3:54 PM
The idea that we can just extend out assets that are already dying to like 2040ish is pretty adventurous /12
Like no kidding it has exploded twice in six months in QLD alone /11
December 12, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Like no kidding it has exploded twice in six months in QLD alone /11
This is really important because old fossil fuel generation is breaking down NOW. /10
December 12, 2024 at 3:54 PM
This is really important because old fossil fuel generation is breaking down NOW. /10
Real moonshot stuff. /9
December 12, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Real moonshot stuff. /9
This is a technology that currently has zero successful commercial instances in the history of the world but Dutton's model reckons Dutton can do it in 2/3 if the MINIMUM time the CSIRO reckons anyone can do it /8
December 12, 2024 at 3:54 PM
This is a technology that currently has zero successful commercial instances in the history of the world but Dutton's model reckons Dutton can do it in 2/3 if the MINIMUM time the CSIRO reckons anyone can do it /8