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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne.... Cannot see how this is a rational response. If there was any terrorist attack, machine guns would cause further civilian casualties.
Police with machine guns at Sydney New Year’s Eve are part of ‘fundamental changes’ after Bondi, Minns says
NSW premier says some will find police presence confronting but ‘we won’t be mucking around’
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December 29, 2025 at 6:19 AM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne.... Cannot see how this is a rational response. If there was any terrorist attack, machine guns would cause further civilian casualties.
To all those Americans who think the FIFA “prize” to Trump is a vindication of him and the USA over his leadership, please know that much of the rest of the world is cry-laughing at this parochial sycophantic display.
December 6, 2025 at 7:31 AM
To all those Americans who think the FIFA “prize” to Trump is a vindication of him and the USA over his leadership, please know that much of the rest of the world is cry-laughing at this parochial sycophantic display.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
What a ridiculous article. Skirts around the core issue of what the product Liberals are selling. Anti science anti climate change anti diversity incompetence and rorting.
What a ridiculous article. Skirts around the core issue of what the product Liberals are selling. Anti science anti climate change anti diversity incompetence and rorting.
As the Liberal party’s key demographic shuffles off, how can Sussan Ley appeal to Australia’s younger voters?
The party that ‘got smashed’ in the May federal election attracted only about 18% of gen Z’s vote
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October 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
What a ridiculous article. Skirts around the core issue of what the product Liberals are selling. Anti science anti climate change anti diversity incompetence and rorting.
What a ridiculous article. Skirts around the core issue of what the product Liberals are selling. Anti science anti climate change anti diversity incompetence and rorting.
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I'm always glad to see @squigglyrick.bsky.social take on the absolute mess that is university governance
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati...
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UTS’s dirty laundry
SafeWork NSW’s first prohibition notice on the grounds of psychological safety, made against staff cuts at University of Technology Sydney, is emblematic of a higher education sector in meltdown.
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September 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I'm always glad to see @squigglyrick.bsky.social take on the absolute mess that is university governance
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati...
The idea that someone’s age can be accurately assessed by their face is so flawed it’s laughable. Especially during adolescence where people go through puberty at different times and rates.
Another silly AI fail like emotion detectors and gait identification.
Another silly AI fail like emotion detectors and gait identification.
September 1, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The idea that someone’s age can be accurately assessed by their face is so flawed it’s laughable. Especially during adolescence where people go through puberty at different times and rates.
Another silly AI fail like emotion detectors and gait identification.
Another silly AI fail like emotion detectors and gait identification.
Don't think @albomp.bsky.social government prepared for the level of ridicule and pushback once this starts. There will be many egs of silly outcomes and easy workarounds.
Gov-commissioned report raises concerns over age-verification software www.itnews.com.au/news/gov-com...
Gov-commissioned report raises concerns over age-verification software www.itnews.com.au/news/gov-com...
Gov-commissioned report raises concerns over age-verification software
Ahead of Australian teen social media ban.
www.itnews.com.au
September 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Don't think @albomp.bsky.social government prepared for the level of ridicule and pushback once this starts. There will be many egs of silly outcomes and easy workarounds.
Gov-commissioned report raises concerns over age-verification software www.itnews.com.au/news/gov-com...
Gov-commissioned report raises concerns over age-verification software www.itnews.com.au/news/gov-com...
This is due to decades of poor policy and corporatisation but accelerated by 9 years of hostile action from LNP. Albanese criticized LNP but done nothing. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australian universities to cut about 2,400 jobs and hundreds of courses as sector blames ‘confused’ government policies
Vice-chancellors say they’ve been forced to restructure but critics point finger at ‘unaccountable’ university management
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August 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
This is due to decades of poor policy and corporatisation but accelerated by 9 years of hostile action from LNP. Albanese criticized LNP but done nothing. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Captures how I feel to those who shush, and yet I also feel guilt I have not said enough and loudly enough. Free Palestine. End the Occupation. Convict the War Criminals.
A Message For Those Who Watched open.substack.com/pub/ahmadibs...
A Message For Those Who Watched open.substack.com/pub/ahmadibs...
A Message For Those Who Watched
We will not forget, we will not forgive. Silence was more than betrayal.
open.substack.com
August 22, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Captures how I feel to those who shush, and yet I also feel guilt I have not said enough and loudly enough. Free Palestine. End the Occupation. Convict the War Criminals.
A Message For Those Who Watched open.substack.com/pub/ahmadibs...
A Message For Those Who Watched open.substack.com/pub/ahmadibs...
Looking forward to hearing Penny Wong explain that “Israel has a right to defend itself” after it bombed Syria overnight.
July 16, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Looking forward to hearing Penny Wong explain that “Israel has a right to defend itself” after it bombed Syria overnight.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...
SAVE SOCIOLOGY AT MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY
We urge Macquarie University management to reverse this decision and preserve the vital disciplines of Sociology and Politics.
Sociology has a key place in the social sciences as the broadest and mos...
www.megaphone.org.au
July 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...
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safe spaces was always about opening up participation. It was never meant to suggest that people had the right to feel comfortable, or to avoid hearing views with which they disagree. …
I want to advocate a new concept. We should build and defend brave spaces.
safe spaces was always about opening up participation. It was never meant to suggest that people had the right to feel comfortable, or to avoid hearing views with which they disagree. …
I want to advocate a new concept. We should build and defend brave spaces.
The ABC and Creative Australia panicked in the face of controversy. These vital institutions must not be so timid | Margaret Simons
In the Lattouf and Sabsabi cases, the apparently unmanageable sensitivity was discussion of Israel and Palestine
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July 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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safe spaces was always about opening up participation. It was never meant to suggest that people had the right to feel comfortable, or to avoid hearing views with which they disagree. …
I want to advocate a new concept. We should build and defend brave spaces.
safe spaces was always about opening up participation. It was never meant to suggest that people had the right to feel comfortable, or to avoid hearing views with which they disagree. …
I want to advocate a new concept. We should build and defend brave spaces.
Looking forward to Damien Carrick (ABC RN) chair the upcoming session 'Current governance settings and challenges for ADM/AI governance post-Robodebt', with @kimweatherall.bsky.social, Terry Carney AO, Kate Allingham (EJA) & Alexandra Sinclair at @admscentre.org.au Symposium. Recording post-event.
June 30, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Looking forward to Damien Carrick (ABC RN) chair the upcoming session 'Current governance settings and challenges for ADM/AI governance post-Robodebt', with @kimweatherall.bsky.social, Terry Carney AO, Kate Allingham (EJA) & Alexandra Sinclair at @admscentre.org.au Symposium. Recording post-event.
Prediction. The Albanese government will be notable for not having contributed any major social policy reforms during its life unlike all other ALP governments.
June 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Prediction. The Albanese government will be notable for not having contributed any major social policy reforms during its life unlike all other ALP governments.
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So incredibly disappointed in both Anthony Albanese & Penny Wong. 😢 #auspol #USA #Iran #GazaGenocide
June 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
So incredibly disappointed in both Anthony Albanese & Penny Wong. 😢 #auspol #USA #Iran #GazaGenocide
Following Oz Unis adopting a definition of antisemitism, at UQ's Academic Board I asked the VC:
"1. Were the Australian Race Commissioner, scholars of race and racism, and the Jewish Council of Australia consulted in developing the definition? If not, why not?...
"1. Were the Australian Race Commissioner, scholars of race and racism, and the Jewish Council of Australia consulted in developing the definition? If not, why not?...
May 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Following Oz Unis adopting a definition of antisemitism, at UQ's Academic Board I asked the VC:
"1. Were the Australian Race Commissioner, scholars of race and racism, and the Jewish Council of Australia consulted in developing the definition? If not, why not?...
"1. Were the Australian Race Commissioner, scholars of race and racism, and the Jewish Council of Australia consulted in developing the definition? If not, why not?...
What my country will never be www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/2025/05/24/w... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Thank you Stan Grant for sharing this.
Thank you Stan Grant for sharing this.
What my country will never be
I have just returned from a writers’ festival in Auckland and I am still processing the experience. I was humbled to be among several writers to deliver the opening night address. Each of us was taske...
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May 24, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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Thank you Stan Grant for sharing this.
Thank you Stan Grant for sharing this.
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Ignoring harm, saving face: non-knowledge, senior public servants and the Robodebt scheme www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Ignoring harm, saving face: non-knowledge, senior public servants and the Robodebt scheme
Policy-making is well-known to be characterised by the boundedly rational and selective use of knowledge. However, the decision-making and knowledge manipulation which characterised the Robodebt sc...
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May 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Ignoring harm, saving face: non-knowledge, senior public servants and the Robodebt scheme www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Important insight from @propublica.org - when risk models are treated as truth people mistake probability for fact. The failure to incorporate dynamic aspects is a common problem in these tools @admscentre.org.au
THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
April 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Important insight from @propublica.org - when risk models are treated as truth people mistake probability for fact. The failure to incorporate dynamic aspects is a common problem in these tools @admscentre.org.au
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10 people died after welfare payments wrongly cut off due to IT bugs in employment services system, discovered then ignored for 3 years. Ombo investigating. Govt won't turn off 'penalty zone' because private job agencies would lose profit briefings reveal. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
Exclusive: Ten dead after welfare glitch ignored by government
The government was informed of a glitch that caused more than a thousand people to be cut off from welfare payments but ignored it for more than three years because halting it would harm private provi...
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February 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
10 people died after welfare payments wrongly cut off due to IT bugs in employment services system, discovered then ignored for 3 years. Ombo investigating. Govt won't turn off 'penalty zone' because private job agencies would lose profit briefings reveal. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
PM has a knack of proving then dashing hope putting companies before consumers. At last, a charter of rights for Australian airline passengers – but where’s the compensation for delays?
December 23, 2024 at 1:07 AM
PM has a knack of proving then dashing hope putting companies before consumers. At last, a charter of rights for Australian airline passengers – but where’s the compensation for delays?