Sean Macleod
@sean-macleod.bsky.social
Infosec in the Energy Sector - I will like you pet pictures
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Gambling ruins lives. It is absolutely unacceptable that the Albanese government will continue to choose vested interests over the wellbeing of Australians and hide behind a watered-down policy - if they ever introduce one. We need action on gambling harms now.
Labor tipped to drop proposal for online gambling ad ban
Political and industry sources expect Communications Minister Anika Wells to crack-down on illegal offshore gambling websites.
www.afr.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Gambling ruins lives. It is absolutely unacceptable that the Albanese government will continue to choose vested interests over the wellbeing of Australians and hide behind a watered-down policy - if they ever introduce one. We need action on gambling harms now.
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Two coal power units in Victoria tripped on Thursday and nobody realised, because a gigawatt of wind and solar was available to step into the breach.
Six of the state's 10 coal units were out neatly replaced by batteries, renewables, and a bit of gas.
#energy #climate
Six of the state's 10 coal units were out neatly replaced by batteries, renewables, and a bit of gas.
#energy #climate
reneweconomy.com.au
October 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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"The high costs and long timelines of new nuclear power plants severely limit any impact on near-term decarbonization goals. Wind and solar are achieving rapid scale and greater cost-effectiveness, making them central to immediate emissions reduction"
globalenergymonitor.org/report/nucle...
globalenergymonitor.org/report/nucle...
Nuclear outpaced fourteen to one by wind and solar in Europe
Key points Limiting warming to 1.5°C is the internationally recognized target of the Paris Agreement, as reaffirmed at recent UN climate summits. However, scientific assessments indicate that this thr...
globalenergymonitor.org
September 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"The high costs and long timelines of new nuclear power plants severely limit any impact on near-term decarbonization goals. Wind and solar are achieving rapid scale and greater cost-effectiveness, making them central to immediate emissions reduction"
globalenergymonitor.org/report/nucle...
globalenergymonitor.org/report/nucle...
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What a debt we owe @asherwolf.bsky.social.
As an activist who helped lead the campaign against Robodebt, I can only think back to the days when legal scholars told us we had no chance of winning in court, and how I thought, fuck it, we’ll keep fighting anyway
The Robodebt class action payout is now the largest *ever* in Australian history
The Robodebt class action payout is now the largest *ever* in Australian history
September 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
What a debt we owe @asherwolf.bsky.social.
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I've seen ABC refer to the Nazi rallies as "anti mass immigration rallies" over and over, exactly what Nazis want labelled as, legitimising them.
In contrast, not once have I heard the Palestine rallies called anti-genocide or anti-colonial. I wonder what that's about 🙄
In contrast, not once have I heard the Palestine rallies called anti-genocide or anti-colonial. I wonder what that's about 🙄
September 3, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I've seen ABC refer to the Nazi rallies as "anti mass immigration rallies" over and over, exactly what Nazis want labelled as, legitimising them.
In contrast, not once have I heard the Palestine rallies called anti-genocide or anti-colonial. I wonder what that's about 🙄
In contrast, not once have I heard the Palestine rallies called anti-genocide or anti-colonial. I wonder what that's about 🙄
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Minister for protecting gambling is now minister for wrecking FOI
Labor plans to make it harder to access government information
A new proposal would introduce a fee for Freedom of Information requests and tighten the rules around the release of documents related to government deliberations.
www.abc.net.au
September 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Minister for protecting gambling is now minister for wrecking FOI
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Government secrecy and obfuscation was one of the key reasons we chucked out Morrison and his putrid pals. What the hell is the former Minister for Gambling doing now?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Labor plans to make it harder to access government information
A new proposal would introduce a fee for Freedom of Information requests and tighten the rules around the release of documents related to government deliberations.
www.abc.net.au
September 2, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Government secrecy and obfuscation was one of the key reasons we chucked out Morrison and his putrid pals. What the hell is the former Minister for Gambling doing now?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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Chris Rudge has a peer reviewed article out which reveals an estimated 15,000 social security recipients were wrongfully convicted of criminal offences between 1991 and 2011 in a scandal he is calling ‘the omissions affair’. This was the precursor to Robodebt welfare.substack.com/p/the-unexam...
The unexamined precursor to Robodebt
How a long-forgotten episode involving the wrongful conviction of 15,000 Australians for unproven welfare offences prompted the creation of the Robodebt scheme
welfare.substack.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Chris Rudge has a peer reviewed article out which reveals an estimated 15,000 social security recipients were wrongfully convicted of criminal offences between 1991 and 2011 in a scandal he is calling ‘the omissions affair’. This was the precursor to Robodebt welfare.substack.com/p/the-unexam...
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Oh well at least we have the NACC to expose any corruption 🤗
Albanese government worse than Morrison era at producing documents for public scrutiny, report finds www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Albanese government worse than Morrison era at producing documents for public scrutiny, report finds
Labor’s first term saw second-worst performance since 1993 in complying with Senate orders for documents, data shows
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Oh well at least we have the NACC to expose any corruption 🤗
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Good!!! A farm is NOT MEANT TO BE IN YOUR SUPER!!!
The ONLY reason anyone would put a farm in their super IS TO AVOID PAYING TAX!!
The ONLY reason anyone would put a farm in their super IS TO AVOID PAYING TAX!!
July 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Good!!! A farm is NOT MEANT TO BE IN YOUR SUPER!!!
The ONLY reason anyone would put a farm in their super IS TO AVOID PAYING TAX!!
The ONLY reason anyone would put a farm in their super IS TO AVOID PAYING TAX!!
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Of the 20 costliest weather disasters in history, four have occurred in just the last year.
U.S. socked with 15 billion-dollar weather disasters during the 1st half of 2025 » Yale Climate Connections
Four of the top 20 costliest weather disasters have occurred in the last year.
yaleclimateconnections.org
July 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Of the 20 costliest weather disasters in history, four have occurred in just the last year.
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Got a ConEd alert telling me to use less energy during the heat wave and this is all I can think about.
June 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Got a ConEd alert telling me to use less energy during the heat wave and this is all I can think about.
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Monday July 7 anniversary Robodebt Royal Commissioner Catherine Holmes’ referral report NACC - included sealed chapter - recommended 6 individuals for civil and criminal prosecution for their roles in the illegal Robodebt scheme. michaelwest.com.au/happy-nacciv....
Happy NACCiversary. Celebrating two years of not very much - Michael West
The NACC celebrates its second anniversary this week, but has the much-heralded initiative lived up to its expectations?
michaelwest.com.au
July 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Monday July 7 anniversary Robodebt Royal Commissioner Catherine Holmes’ referral report NACC - included sealed chapter - recommended 6 individuals for civil and criminal prosecution for their roles in the illegal Robodebt scheme. michaelwest.com.au/happy-nacciv....
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For all those reactionary centrists who thought Kim Williams might not be a Murdoch-adjacent plant at the ABC. #auspol
July 3, 2025 at 4:55 AM
For all those reactionary centrists who thought Kim Williams might not be a Murdoch-adjacent plant at the ABC. #auspol
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US tech giants Amazon, Google, Meta, Netflix, Disney took $A15B in revenue from the lucrative Australian market yet paid only $A254M in local tax through creative (profit shifting) evasion. David Chau ABC finance. Hey @jimchalmers.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
US tech giants Amazon, Google, Meta, Netflix, Disney took $A15B in revenue from the lucrative Australian market yet paid only $A254M in local tax through creative (profit shifting) evasion. David Chau ABC finance. Hey @jimchalmers.bsky.social
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finallly someone with institutional authority has said it: the Aust executive class panic and fold when targeted by highly orchestrated pro-Israel campaigners.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
Federal court rules ABC unlawfully terminated Antoinette Lattouf after ‘orchestrated campaign by pro-Israel lobbyists’
Journalist was taken off air three days into five-day contract in December 2023 after sharing Gaza post on social media
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:50 AM
finallly someone with institutional authority has said it: the Aust executive class panic and fold when targeted by highly orchestrated pro-Israel campaigners.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
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If you win the Miles Franklin Literary Award, you'll receive $60,000 but pay as much as $20,000 of that back in tax.
If you *bet* on the winner of the Miles Franklin, your winnings are tax free.
Removing this tax is a small way we can support our authors, writes @alicektg.bsky.social.
If you *bet* on the winner of the Miles Franklin, your winnings are tax free.
Removing this tax is a small way we can support our authors, writes @alicektg.bsky.social.
Here's something absolutely cooked about books in Australia
Winning authors pay tax. Mug punters, that's another story.
www.canberratimes.com.au
June 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
If you win the Miles Franklin Literary Award, you'll receive $60,000 but pay as much as $20,000 of that back in tax.
If you *bet* on the winner of the Miles Franklin, your winnings are tax free.
Removing this tax is a small way we can support our authors, writes @alicektg.bsky.social.
If you *bet* on the winner of the Miles Franklin, your winnings are tax free.
Removing this tax is a small way we can support our authors, writes @alicektg.bsky.social.
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So @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social has won her case against the ABC.
Now, how about ABC managers sit in court again, preferably in The Hague, for genocide apologia and warmongering?
Israel/US has killed half a million ppl in Gaza, and the state broadcaster has excused it every step
Now, how about ABC managers sit in court again, preferably in The Hague, for genocide apologia and warmongering?
Israel/US has killed half a million ppl in Gaza, and the state broadcaster has excused it every step
June 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
So @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social has won her case against the ABC.
Now, how about ABC managers sit in court again, preferably in The Hague, for genocide apologia and warmongering?
Israel/US has killed half a million ppl in Gaza, and the state broadcaster has excused it every step
Now, how about ABC managers sit in court again, preferably in The Hague, for genocide apologia and warmongering?
Israel/US has killed half a million ppl in Gaza, and the state broadcaster has excused it every step
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West Australians reading the latest budget should be outraged: "Australia is being robbed of its resources and our governments are entirely complicit," said @markogge.bsky.social speaking to ABC.
"WA motorists will be paying 6x the amount in car rego fees as the gas industry pays in royalties."
"WA motorists will be paying 6x the amount in car rego fees as the gas industry pays in royalties."
Budget reveals WA oil and gas royalties in rapid decline
Shared revenue from Australia's largest mainland gas project has dropped by more than 70 per cent in three years, contributing less than 1 per cent of the state's revenue this financial year.
www.abc.net.au
June 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
West Australians reading the latest budget should be outraged: "Australia is being robbed of its resources and our governments are entirely complicit," said @markogge.bsky.social speaking to ABC.
"WA motorists will be paying 6x the amount in car rego fees as the gas industry pays in royalties."
"WA motorists will be paying 6x the amount in car rego fees as the gas industry pays in royalties."
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Most Australian support methods to enforce the teen social media ban, according to a government-commissioned survey
Most also have no idea how it works, don't trust platforms to protect their data, and expect that, at worst, it won't affect them.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
Most also have no idea how it works, don't trust platforms to protect their data, and expect that, at worst, it won't affect them.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
Australia's teen social media ban is a 'cursed monkey paw' problem
A government commissioned survey shows that using online age assurance is wildly popular in theory, but is more complicated — and potentially less acceptable — in practice.
www.crikey.com.au
June 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Most Australian support methods to enforce the teen social media ban, according to a government-commissioned survey
Most also have no idea how it works, don't trust platforms to protect their data, and expect that, at worst, it won't affect them.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
Most also have no idea how it works, don't trust platforms to protect their data, and expect that, at worst, it won't affect them.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
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Media scare campaigns work: 21% of people - and 32% of 25-34 year olds - say the superannuation tax change will have an impact on their retirement plans even though it won't, for almost all of them.
June 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Media scare campaigns work: 21% of people - and 32% of 25-34 year olds - say the superannuation tax change will have an impact on their retirement plans even though it won't, for almost all of them.