@damianmelbau.bsky.social
Lover of family and privacy, enjoyer of beers and reds, hater of bullies and illogical haters, tragically EFC. Work in information security, CISSP, CCSP, CISM, MCyberSec.
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Save the CSIRO
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Save the CSIRO
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
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This is obscene.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at CSIRO
Australia’s national scientific agency announces more research job losses as it looks for budgetary savings
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This is obscene.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
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Appalling! CSIRO was and should be a beacon for Australian scientific discovery across all fields, not just those that support profits for the private sector.
November 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Appalling! CSIRO was and should be a beacon for Australian scientific discovery across all fields, not just those that support profits for the private sector.
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
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So now Australia will be making F35 fighter jet parts for Saudi Arabia. A country that Amnesty says ignores people’s basic human rights, restricts their freedoms and inflicts severe punishment. The regime also kills dissenters. No one even asked us.
November 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
So now Australia will be making F35 fighter jet parts for Saudi Arabia. A country that Amnesty says ignores people’s basic human rights, restricts their freedoms and inflicts severe punishment. The regime also kills dissenters. No one even asked us.
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A government that can’t bring itself to tax fossil fuel, big tech or any wealth properly but defunds its critical institutions is not a good government, sorry
November 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A government that can’t bring itself to tax fossil fuel, big tech or any wealth properly but defunds its critical institutions is not a good government, sorry
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52yo Sean Sharman sent a death threat to 30yo Federal MP Fatima Payman. The judge: Payman was targeted bc of her gender, race & religion, it was offensive, hateful & racist. No jail time. Media: he'd been drinking. Now imagine if a Muslim man had sent a death threat to an MP. #auspol #justice
November 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Repowering proposal for mini NSW wind farm under attack from another fake news campaign reneweconomy.com.au/repowering-p...
reneweconomy.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Repowering proposal for mini NSW wind farm under attack from another fake news campaign reneweconomy.com.au/repowering-p...
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It’s become excruciatingly cringeworthy.
Likely gifted 2 terms, but just spinning the wheels.
At a time when the nation craves big, bold, transformational policy…what does it get…policy crumbs, rigged donor reform, faux environmental protection, no gambling advertising reform, nobbled NACC
#auspol
Likely gifted 2 terms, but just spinning the wheels.
At a time when the nation craves big, bold, transformational policy…what does it get…policy crumbs, rigged donor reform, faux environmental protection, no gambling advertising reform, nobbled NACC
#auspol
November 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
It’s become excruciatingly cringeworthy.
Likely gifted 2 terms, but just spinning the wheels.
At a time when the nation craves big, bold, transformational policy…what does it get…policy crumbs, rigged donor reform, faux environmental protection, no gambling advertising reform, nobbled NACC
#auspol
Likely gifted 2 terms, but just spinning the wheels.
At a time when the nation craves big, bold, transformational policy…what does it get…policy crumbs, rigged donor reform, faux environmental protection, no gambling advertising reform, nobbled NACC
#auspol
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Powerful.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Powerful.
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Right now the industry needs to be spending collectively to sell the idea of electric motoring. Most Australians are completely oblivious to the fact that driving an EV is a safe, practical, and simple choice.
Misinformation and Disinformation: Why EV industry needs to sell idea of electric motoring
Right now the industry needs to be spending collectively to sell the idea of electric motoring. Most Australians are completely oblivious to the fact that driving an EV is a safe, practical, and simpl...
thedriven.io
November 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Right now the industry needs to be spending collectively to sell the idea of electric motoring. Most Australians are completely oblivious to the fact that driving an EV is a safe, practical, and simple choice.
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No expense will be spared to launder @australianlabor.bsky.social's terrible record on climate & the fact they refuse to include a climate trigger as part of environmental law reforms. So much for transparent government, @albomp.bsky.social & @senatorwong.bsky.social!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Wong won't put price tag on COP31 as final host decision looms
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has refused to say how much it would cost Australia to hold the COP31 climate conference, as negotiations over hosting rights enter the final stages.
www.abc.net.au
November 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
No expense will be spared to launder @australianlabor.bsky.social's terrible record on climate & the fact they refuse to include a climate trigger as part of environmental law reforms. So much for transparent government, @albomp.bsky.social & @senatorwong.bsky.social!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Hell, yes!
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Hell, yes!
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Tonight I watched ABC News 24 they covered Ukraine which is devastating, Sudan first time I’ve seen it in ages but appalling, thought Gaza next! Not a whisper, nothing. Israel has killed the journos and razed it to the ground. Our news services no longer report. Just speechless and angry.
November 15, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Tonight I watched ABC News 24 they covered Ukraine which is devastating, Sudan first time I’ve seen it in ages but appalling, thought Gaza next! Not a whisper, nothing. Israel has killed the journos and razed it to the ground. Our news services no longer report. Just speechless and angry.
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JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
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What really annoys me is todays feckless Labor wearing Gough's dismissal as some kind of badge of honour.
Labor then & now - chalk & cheese.
Labor then & now - chalk & cheese.
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
What really annoys me is todays feckless Labor wearing Gough's dismissal as some kind of badge of honour.
Labor then & now - chalk & cheese.
Labor then & now - chalk & cheese.
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New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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Apparently has never read one of his own papers. Who could blame him?
November 13, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Apparently has never read one of his own papers. Who could blame him?
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This post from the President of Windows basically reads like someone trained an AI on those SF billboards that just say incomprehensible nonsense.
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 AM
This post from the President of Windows basically reads like someone trained an AI on those SF billboards that just say incomprehensible nonsense.
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If only Australia's mainstream media cared as much about Australia's relentless increasing production of Coal, Gas & Oil as they do about about the moribund LNP's climate non-policy
👇THIS👇 (by @timinclimate.bsky.social) is the REAL story
👇THIS👇 (by @timinclimate.bsky.social) is the REAL story
November 13, 2025 at 5:31 AM
If only Australia's mainstream media cared as much about Australia's relentless increasing production of Coal, Gas & Oil as they do about about the moribund LNP's climate non-policy
👇THIS👇 (by @timinclimate.bsky.social) is the REAL story
👇THIS👇 (by @timinclimate.bsky.social) is the REAL story
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pretty weird that our second most populous state will treat 14 year olds like they're adults, but won't let them on social media until they're 16. feels like a bit of dissonance there
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
pretty weird that our second most populous state will treat 14 year olds like they're adults, but won't let them on social media until they're 16. feels like a bit of dissonance there
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Fox refused to air this Meidas Touch ad but here it is!
October 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Fox refused to air this Meidas Touch ad but here it is!
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This 🧵
"No Labor govt since [ #TheDismissal] has dared to have a suite of policies as progressive"
The do-nothing Albanese govt presides over an increasingly REgressive status quo.
Poverty, housing stress, poorer health and educational outcomes for many. Greater wealth & privilege for the few.
"No Labor govt since [ #TheDismissal] has dared to have a suite of policies as progressive"
The do-nothing Albanese govt presides over an increasingly REgressive status quo.
Poverty, housing stress, poorer health and educational outcomes for many. Greater wealth & privilege for the few.
One of the most damaging and enduring aspects of the Dismissal, fifty years ago today, was its poisoning of the electorate against the Whitlam government, ensuring that it would lose the subsequent election and creating fear of progressive government.
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#auspol
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#auspol
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM
This 🧵
"No Labor govt since [ #TheDismissal] has dared to have a suite of policies as progressive"
The do-nothing Albanese govt presides over an increasingly REgressive status quo.
Poverty, housing stress, poorer health and educational outcomes for many. Greater wealth & privilege for the few.
"No Labor govt since [ #TheDismissal] has dared to have a suite of policies as progressive"
The do-nothing Albanese govt presides over an increasingly REgressive status quo.
Poverty, housing stress, poorer health and educational outcomes for many. Greater wealth & privilege for the few.
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How much money do you think a private school linked to Scientology should get from the NSW Government?
In 2022, the Athena school with only 55 students received total Government funding of over a million dollars.
In 2022, the Athena school with only 55 students received total Government funding of over a million dollars.
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
How much money do you think a private school linked to Scientology should get from the NSW Government?
In 2022, the Athena school with only 55 students received total Government funding of over a million dollars.
In 2022, the Athena school with only 55 students received total Government funding of over a million dollars.
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Also note the presenter asks "Most Australians would agree with the democratic right to protest but—this incident is obviously a little bit different. Why do you say that what we saw yesterday doesn't fall into that category?"
I mean ... FMD, ABC. 𝘞𝘏𝘠? THEY ARE NEO-NAZIS!
I mean ... FMD, ABC. 𝘞𝘏𝘠? THEY ARE NEO-NAZIS!
November 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Also note the presenter asks "Most Australians would agree with the democratic right to protest but—this incident is obviously a little bit different. Why do you say that what we saw yesterday doesn't fall into that category?"
I mean ... FMD, ABC. 𝘞𝘏𝘠? THEY ARE NEO-NAZIS!
I mean ... FMD, ABC. 𝘞𝘏𝘠? THEY ARE NEO-NAZIS!