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The OAIC's 2023-24 annual report has a great little compare/contrast of the eSafety and an agency that saw an even bigger increase in FOI requests.
September 3, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The OAIC's 2023-24 annual report has a great little compare/contrast of the eSafety and an agency that saw an even bigger increase in FOI requests.
meanwhile, over at the Productivity Commission...
August 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
meanwhile, over at the Productivity Commission...
Hmm, wonder why it was that NDIA SES were individually tracking stories of rorters for Shorten.
July 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Hmm, wonder why it was that NDIA SES were individually tracking stories of rorters for Shorten.
SES believe that their only duty is to keep the Minister happy.
That's why the NDIA CEO can send this email and FOUR minutes later get an answer as to who the target is and how much NDIA funding they have -- because the Deputy SES was already tracking them down.
That's why the NDIA CEO can send this email and FOUR minutes later get an answer as to who the target is and how much NDIA funding they have -- because the Deputy SES was already tracking them down.
July 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
SES believe that their only duty is to keep the Minister happy.
That's why the NDIA CEO can send this email and FOUR minutes later get an answer as to who the target is and how much NDIA funding they have -- because the Deputy SES was already tracking them down.
That's why the NDIA CEO can send this email and FOUR minutes later get an answer as to who the target is and how much NDIA funding they have -- because the Deputy SES was already tracking them down.
Look at my assistant treasurer, dawg
July 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Look at my assistant treasurer, dawg
"Operation Kingscliffe", she approved a s26 for her brother-in-law to be and gave an interview question to her sister.
Why not Operation Kingpin.
Why not Operation Kingpin.
July 1, 2025 at 12:52 AM
"Operation Kingscliffe", she approved a s26 for her brother-in-law to be and gave an interview question to her sister.
Why not Operation Kingpin.
Why not Operation Kingpin.
The reality of these exercises is a combination of:
1. Creating more red tape by introducing new processes for people to prove they're not adding more red tape, such as the dreaded RIS
2. Removing very narrow regulations hated by stakeholders so they can increase their profits
1. Creating more red tape by introducing new processes for people to prove they're not adding more red tape, such as the dreaded RIS
2. Removing very narrow regulations hated by stakeholders so they can increase their profits
June 22, 2025 at 4:26 AM
The reality of these exercises is a combination of:
1. Creating more red tape by introducing new processes for people to prove they're not adding more red tape, such as the dreaded RIS
2. Removing very narrow regulations hated by stakeholders so they can increase their profits
1. Creating more red tape by introducing new processes for people to prove they're not adding more red tape, such as the dreaded RIS
2. Removing very narrow regulations hated by stakeholders so they can increase their profits
Hopefully PM&C still has the original files of this report and can just change the dates.
June 22, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Hopefully PM&C still has the original files of this report and can just change the dates.
Sign up to be a Red Tape Rebel today, and be laughed at by all of your peers.
June 22, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Rick writes for the general public so it's understandable he didn't include this, but trust me you have to work VERY hard to get the ANAO to find you were outright "ineffective" as opposed to "partially effective".
May 30, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Rick writes for the general public so it's understandable he didn't include this, but trust me you have to work VERY hard to get the ANAO to find you were outright "ineffective" as opposed to "partially effective".
easy $300m per annum saving there
May 27, 2025 at 7:02 AM
easy $300m per annum saving there
the great thing about V5 is that is not only manages to be terrible in very obvious ways, but also manages to be terrible in subtle ways that won't become apparent until you're deep into a campaign
May 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
the great thing about V5 is that is not only manages to be terrible in very obvious ways, but also manages to be terrible in subtle ways that won't become apparent until you're deep into a campaign
ah don't worry guys Glyn totally intended to leave after three years, which is why he repeatedly foreshadowed it from the beginning and gave some great closing addresses
May 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
ah don't worry guys Glyn totally intended to leave after three years, which is why he repeatedly foreshadowed it from the beginning and gave some great closing addresses
a much better essay would be one that actually looks at the effects of ChatGPT on the industries is has wiped out, such as these 150,000 workers. I'm sure they have much more interesting stories to tell than the millionth junior academic crying that students don't care about his bland assignments
May 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
a much better essay would be one that actually looks at the effects of ChatGPT on the industries is has wiped out, such as these 150,000 workers. I'm sure they have much more interesting stories to tell than the millionth junior academic crying that students don't care about his bland assignments
we end the article where we started, talking to a complete sociopath whose brilliant understanding social realities means he no longer needs to be trained at college - he's already just scammed investors out of millions of dollars.
big things ahead for this kid!
big things ahead for this kid!
May 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
we end the article where we started, talking to a complete sociopath whose brilliant understanding social realities means he no longer needs to be trained at college - he's already just scammed investors out of millions of dollars.
big things ahead for this kid!
big things ahead for this kid!
again, this is a simple problem to solve - everyone does their assignment by hand in a big study hall at the same time.
the article spends a lot of time avoiding asking why these obvious solutions to saving the next generation of brains aren't even proposed
the article spends a lot of time avoiding asking why these obvious solutions to saving the next generation of brains aren't even proposed
May 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
again, this is a simple problem to solve - everyone does their assignment by hand in a big study hall at the same time.
the article spends a lot of time avoiding asking why these obvious solutions to saving the next generation of brains aren't even proposed
the article spends a lot of time avoiding asking why these obvious solutions to saving the next generation of brains aren't even proposed
hmm, was it society that inflicted this education-caused damage, or was it the educators? you could've quit, buddy!
May 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
hmm, was it society that inflicted this education-caused damage, or was it the educators? you could've quit, buddy!
I worry about the education of college professors if they haven't realised that the first thing every new grad hears when joining the workforce is "ignore everything you learned in college, let me tell you how we do things here"
May 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I worry about the education of college professors if they haven't realised that the first thing every new grad hears when joining the workforce is "ignore everything you learned in college, let me tell you how we do things here"
So why not do that then?
We now morph into a discussion about the hurt feelings of would-be university professors, those who are too dumb to realise what the real game is here (the social reproduction of elites)
We now morph into a discussion about the hurt feelings of would-be university professors, those who are too dumb to realise what the real game is here (the social reproduction of elites)
May 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
So why not do that then?
We now morph into a discussion about the hurt feelings of would-be university professors, those who are too dumb to realise what the real game is here (the social reproduction of elites)
We now morph into a discussion about the hurt feelings of would-be university professors, those who are too dumb to realise what the real game is here (the social reproduction of elites)
What these students are actually learning is how to work the system.
Which is a fantastically valuable skill you truly want your future elites and bureaucrats to know.
Which is a fantastically valuable skill you truly want your future elites and bureaucrats to know.
May 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
What these students are actually learning is how to work the system.
Which is a fantastically valuable skill you truly want your future elites and bureaucrats to know.
Which is a fantastically valuable skill you truly want your future elites and bureaucrats to know.
Wiley professors know a ChatGPT essay is good or bad, or tall or short, or blue or red.
The problem is that there is no difference between an honest student answer and a ChatGPT answer - because both are derivatives of thousands of previous regurgitated student answers fed in as training data
The problem is that there is no difference between an honest student answer and a ChatGPT answer - because both are derivatives of thousands of previous regurgitated student answers fed in as training data
May 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Wiley professors know a ChatGPT essay is good or bad, or tall or short, or blue or red.
The problem is that there is no difference between an honest student answer and a ChatGPT answer - because both are derivatives of thousands of previous regurgitated student answers fed in as training data
The problem is that there is no difference between an honest student answer and a ChatGPT answer - because both are derivatives of thousands of previous regurgitated student answers fed in as training data
why on earth was there no way to rule that there would be a ChatGPT ban? it's a one sentence policy. the answer of course is that the colleges also know that their superficial product is worthless, but they need to pretend it isn't. hence, this article.
May 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
why on earth was there no way to rule that there would be a ChatGPT ban? it's a one sentence policy. the answer of course is that the colleges also know that their superficial product is worthless, but they need to pretend it isn't. hence, this article.
again, if your college is teaching something so worthless that the people paying to learn it want to avoid doing it, then maybe the problem is the content not the methods used to avoid it
May 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
again, if your college is teaching something so worthless that the people paying to learn it want to avoid doing it, then maybe the problem is the content not the methods used to avoid it
this kid knows exactly why he is going to college, and he is correct
May 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
this kid knows exactly why he is going to college, and he is correct
Hearing a lot of talk about election costing, but strangely Finance+Tsy are showing they've only been asking to do two costings this election and the PBO hasn't been asked to do any
May 1, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Hearing a lot of talk about election costing, but strangely Finance+Tsy are showing they've only been asking to do two costings this election and the PBO hasn't been asked to do any