John Ready
@john-ready.bsky.social
News junkie
(international, Australia, NZ, sports, privacy, progressive)
(international, Australia, NZ, sports, privacy, progressive)
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Dear LinkdIn. I don’t need your encouragement. I only signed up to find one organisation I needed to contact. I don’t need Premium. I don’t want to connect with people I might know there. I don’t care who is searching for me. I’m sorry. I never meant to join. It was all a mistake.
December 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Dear LinkdIn. I don’t need your encouragement. I only signed up to find one organisation I needed to contact. I don’t need Premium. I don’t want to connect with people I might know there. I don’t care who is searching for me. I’m sorry. I never meant to join. It was all a mistake.
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Kids can see stuff on most of the platforms without being logged in, just quietly
December 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Kids can see stuff on most of the platforms without being logged in, just quietly
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This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend. open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
December 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend. open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
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In an interview with Rick Morton, the Commonwealth ombudsman has slammed the government's 'robodebt'-style approach to welfare compliance. satpa.pe/nyukBoV
‘Particularly strange’: Ombudsman damns welfare compliance
In an interview with The Saturday Paper, the Commonwealth ombudsman says government departments still need to ‘unlearn’ the culture that produced robodebt.
satpa.pe
December 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
In an interview with Rick Morton, the Commonwealth ombudsman has slammed the government's 'robodebt'-style approach to welfare compliance. satpa.pe/nyukBoV
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This week’s cartoon, by Oslo Davis: satpa.pe/mOjnckB
Oslo Davis cartoon, December 13, 2025
satpa.pe
December 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This week’s cartoon, by Oslo Davis: satpa.pe/mOjnckB
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The ALP designed the NACC with the assistance of the LNP to ensure everyone remained very, very safe and comfortable
After Commr Brereton rates NACC 7 out of 10, David Shoebridge reveals a shocking case where survivor of child sexual abuse had her case against AFP botched by NACC who apologised “for not using relevant evidence”
“Do u stand by your 7/10 rating?”🔥Shameless Brereton stands by it
“Do u stand by your 7/10 rating?”🔥Shameless Brereton stands by it
December 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The ALP designed the NACC with the assistance of the LNP to ensure everyone remained very, very safe and comfortable
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With the age verification requirements in place in Australia now, here's a reminder that uploading your ID to the internet is a bad idea as it can and will inevitably get hacked and stolen.
Politicians have no clue about cybersecurity, nor do they care.
Politicians have no clue about cybersecurity, nor do they care.
December 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
With the age verification requirements in place in Australia now, here's a reminder that uploading your ID to the internet is a bad idea as it can and will inevitably get hacked and stolen.
Politicians have no clue about cybersecurity, nor do they care.
Politicians have no clue about cybersecurity, nor do they care.
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Michael de Adder / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Michael de Adder / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.
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Furness went on to say that in their first year NACC received approx 3000 referrals compared to 3500 for NSW ICAC, & in their 2nd yr NACC dropped to about 2000 while NSW ICAC was again approx 3500. Despite these numbers, NSW ICAC concludes their matters faster.
December 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Furness went on to say that in their first year NACC received approx 3000 referrals compared to 3500 for NSW ICAC, & in their 2nd yr NACC dropped to about 2000 while NSW ICAC was again approx 3500. Despite these numbers, NSW ICAC concludes their matters faster.
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Started / Going
December 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Started / Going
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Walter Sofronoff loses appeal against ACT Integrity Commission. He was found to have given confidential material to Janet Albrechtsen of The Australian, & a copy of his final report to her & ABC's Elizabeth Byrne before it was officially released. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Walter Sofronoff loses appeal against corruption finding
The man who led the inquiry into the criminal prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann loses his appeal to have serious corruption findings against him overturned.
www.abc.net.au
December 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Walter Sofronoff loses appeal against ACT Integrity Commission. He was found to have given confidential material to Janet Albrechtsen of The Australian, & a copy of his final report to her & ABC's Elizabeth Byrne before it was officially released. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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Reflections on the day 1 of the age ban: experts sidelined again, nuance ignored, and the debate drowned by low-effort vox pops. Policy built on vibes not evidence gets sold as "protecting kids" with all the spectacle of a state propaganda march, loud, choreographed, & divorced from substance.
December 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Reflections on the day 1 of the age ban: experts sidelined again, nuance ignored, and the debate drowned by low-effort vox pops. Policy built on vibes not evidence gets sold as "protecting kids" with all the spectacle of a state propaganda march, loud, choreographed, & divorced from substance.
Are we expected to believe that this oil tanker was carrying drugs, or is that a claim even the US govt would consider a step too far?
December 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Are we expected to believe that this oil tanker was carrying drugs, or is that a claim even the US govt would consider a step too far?
The welfare system isn’t just on fire, it’s burning out of control
#auspol
"despite unemployment being baked into economic policy, no one is ever held responsible for the harm"
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
#auspol
"despite unemployment being baked into economic policy, no one is ever held responsible for the harm"
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
The welfare system isn't just on fire, it's burning out of control
A second report into the use of job-seeker mutual obligations is even more damning then the first – but will the government act?
www.thenewdaily.com.au
December 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The welfare system isn’t just on fire, it’s burning out of control
#auspol
"despite unemployment being baked into economic policy, no one is ever held responsible for the harm"
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
#auspol
"despite unemployment being baked into economic policy, no one is ever held responsible for the harm"
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
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The fiasco of the Lady GaGa concert in Brisbane is quintessential Australia 2025.
From banks to aged care, internet service providers to events organisers, "Sorry for the delay", "Thank you for your patience" and "Retain your place in the queue" hide the consistent and rampant abuse of "clients".
From banks to aged care, internet service providers to events organisers, "Sorry for the delay", "Thank you for your patience" and "Retain your place in the queue" hide the consistent and rampant abuse of "clients".
December 10, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The fiasco of the Lady GaGa concert in Brisbane is quintessential Australia 2025.
From banks to aged care, internet service providers to events organisers, "Sorry for the delay", "Thank you for your patience" and "Retain your place in the queue" hide the consistent and rampant abuse of "clients".
From banks to aged care, internet service providers to events organisers, "Sorry for the delay", "Thank you for your patience" and "Retain your place in the queue" hide the consistent and rampant abuse of "clients".
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The mismatch between commentary about the social media ban in MSM/ABC compared with commentary in independent media should concern every Australian.
We see the same with so many issues from commentary on climate to crime to immigration - and so much more!
Why? #auspol
We see the same with so many issues from commentary on climate to crime to immigration - and so much more!
Why? #auspol
December 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The mismatch between commentary about the social media ban in MSM/ABC compared with commentary in independent media should concern every Australian.
We see the same with so many issues from commentary on climate to crime to immigration - and so much more!
Why? #auspol
We see the same with so many issues from commentary on climate to crime to immigration - and so much more!
Why? #auspol
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The troubling lack of data behind Australia's social media ban on children
The trouble with the scientific evidence behind the social media ban in Australia is that there is not more of it.
The trouble with the scientific evidence behind the social media ban in Australia is that there is not more of it.
The troubling lack of data behind Australia's social media ban on children
A study of 1,094,890 adolescents put the link between social media use and mental health symptoms at no more than 0.12 - a tiny figure.
news.sky.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The troubling lack of data behind Australia's social media ban on children
The trouble with the scientific evidence behind the social media ban in Australia is that there is not more of it.
The trouble with the scientific evidence behind the social media ban in Australia is that there is not more of it.
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Banning under 16s from social media is victim blaming.
Banning kids to protect them from social media is giving social media companies permission to keep running their vile, disgusting, toxic, networks.
Australia is failing its kids with this ban.
#c4news
Banning kids to protect them from social media is giving social media companies permission to keep running their vile, disgusting, toxic, networks.
Australia is failing its kids with this ban.
#c4news
December 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Banning under 16s from social media is victim blaming.
Banning kids to protect them from social media is giving social media companies permission to keep running their vile, disgusting, toxic, networks.
Australia is failing its kids with this ban.
#c4news
Banning kids to protect them from social media is giving social media companies permission to keep running their vile, disgusting, toxic, networks.
Australia is failing its kids with this ban.
#c4news
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Thanks, Australian government. Now we're all expected to deliver our ID to random companies on the internet for safe keeping.
December 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Thanks, Australian government. Now we're all expected to deliver our ID to random companies on the internet for safe keeping.
Privacy concerns, lack of proper consultation with young people, the overlooked negative impact a ban can have on many teens and the lack of parental exemptions are just some of the issues that have been raised since this idea was first floated last year
says @leopuglisi6.bsky.social
says @leopuglisi6.bsky.social
The social media ban will leave young Australians in the dark on news and politics. It’s not fair | Leo Puglisi
The social media ban will leave young Australians in the dark on news and politics. It’s not fair | Leo Puglisi
So many teenagers learn about the big stories through TikTok and Instagram. They won’t suddenly turn to newspapers and TV bulletins
The social media ban for under-16s is going to stop teenagers from watching a lot of things: clips from their favourite shows, sports highlights, gaming reviews and just about anything else you can imagine.
What hasn’t been discussed much is the impact it will have on young people’s ability to access news and information. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Privacy concerns, lack of proper consultation with young people, the overlooked negative impact a ban can have on many teens and the lack of parental exemptions are just some of the issues that have been raised since this idea was first floated last year
says @leopuglisi6.bsky.social
says @leopuglisi6.bsky.social
This headline is misleading.
Australia is insisting that major social media apps positively identify ALL users in order to weed out the under-age, in order to be able to identify and possibly control future communications, most especially the ones that whichever govt is in power doesn't like!
Australia is insisting that major social media apps positively identify ALL users in order to weed out the under-age, in order to be able to identify and possibly control future communications, most especially the ones that whichever govt is in power doesn't like!
Australia bans minors from apps
Australia passed a world‑first law banning under‑16s from subscribing to major social media apps, a move some platforms criticized while Reddit said it would comply.
With replies by 🎓Ian Hussey, 🎓Steve Peers, 🎓Cheryl Brown +12 more scholars.
Australia passed a world‑first law banning under‑16s from subscribing to major social media apps, a move some platforms criticized while Reddit said it would comply.
With replies by 🎓Ian Hussey, 🎓Steve Peers, 🎓Cheryl Brown +12 more scholars.
Australia bans minors from apps
Replies by 🎓Ian Hussey, 🎓Steve Peers, 🎓Cheryl Brown, 🎓Daniel Angus, 🎓Jo Barraket +10 more scholars
www.lightnews.app
December 9, 2025 at 4:27 AM
This headline is misleading.
Australia is insisting that major social media apps positively identify ALL users in order to weed out the under-age, in order to be able to identify and possibly control future communications, most especially the ones that whichever govt is in power doesn't like!
Australia is insisting that major social media apps positively identify ALL users in order to weed out the under-age, in order to be able to identify and possibly control future communications, most especially the ones that whichever govt is in power doesn't like!
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Bluesky just locked me out of my DMs until I prove I'm an adult with some dodgy third party service called "Kids Web Services" who want my ID, my bank card, or my face.
Thanks Australian Government!
You were told by the experts you consulted not to do this.
Roll it back, morons.
#SocialMediaBan
Thanks Australian Government!
You were told by the experts you consulted not to do this.
Roll it back, morons.
#SocialMediaBan
December 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Bluesky just locked me out of my DMs until I prove I'm an adult with some dodgy third party service called "Kids Web Services" who want my ID, my bank card, or my face.
Thanks Australian Government!
You were told by the experts you consulted not to do this.
Roll it back, morons.
#SocialMediaBan
Thanks Australian Government!
You were told by the experts you consulted not to do this.
Roll it back, morons.
#SocialMediaBan
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very useful thread explaining the EU fine against X - for breaking EU law. it's not censorship.
🚨🚨 Politically significant decision by @ec.europa.eu to impose a €120 million fine on Elon #Musk’s #X, the first-ever penalty issued under the EU’s flagship content moderation law, the Digital Services Act. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-s...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-s...
EU slaps €120M fine on Elon Musk’s X, straining ties with US
US vice president says EU should not be ‘attacking American companies over garbage.’
www.politico.eu
December 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
very useful thread explaining the EU fine against X - for breaking EU law. it's not censorship.