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Data Analyst & engineer, security nerd, needs to be near the sea in warm places; Husband, dad, bodyboarder, sometimes SUP. Leaning left for good things to happen Comments are my own working at ...

Sounds like another Gina plan. Universities aren't important as she would hire overseas people to fill those roles she needs in mining offering scraps of the current wages her companies pay to those she hires. Having control of them and never having a pathway to citizenship #auspol

Pearls and Irritations@johnmenadue.com · last wk.

One Nation’s migration cap would include student visas, while Malcolm Roberts has threatened to deport 100,000 students. The result would be to smash a $55 billion export industry and put tens of thousands of jobs at risk, Abul Rizvi writes. #auspol #Migration #Education

This positon of CAIO will need to be primarily filled by women. It's a massive change management and transformation role and in my experience the vast majority of change managers are women. I expect it to also disappear in 5-7 year as in many places it will be a scapegoat role. #data #ai

Kim Wingerei@kimwingerei.bsky.social · last wk.

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Tech boom driving corporate C-suite expansion. Australian firms are adding a relatively new role to their top executive line-ups as they adapt to one of the biggest technological disruptions in h...

In July last year, the International Court of Justice handed down an advisory opinion finding, unanimously, that states can be held internationally responsible when they fail to prevent foreseeable climate harm, including harm caused by licensing fossil fuel production for export. #auspol

The Point@thepointau.bsky.social · last wk.

“These make up 4 cases in less than as many months. 2 against a Commonwealth minister, one against the Commonwealth itself, and 1 against a coal company that stands to profit from climate inaction” writes Isabelle Reinecke. Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/270...

They are backtracking fast as they've realised two things. They can't deliver and people don't like the model They not government have any answers, so it's bad for the IPO to tell people that you don't have a job shortly after you buy shares www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

The AI jobs apocalypse probably isn’t coming anytime soon

Artificial intelligence may not deliver on its promise of vast economic opportunity at a price that humanity is willing to pay

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Ed is spot on. My concern is that we are accepting what the Zionists want. Their latest bleating that we need to teach about Judaism in schools should be shouted about. I doubt many realise what they are working towards and our government needs to say no. A hard no

stranger@strangerous.bsky.social · 2w ago

Husic really not holding back on the Israeli Embassy’s intervention into Labor’s policy platform. “It’s out of their playbook”💥 Says they’re seeking the same type of “leverage” they have in the US And that it’s time for “concrete steps” against Israel. “Not just statements”💯

Occasionally I agree with the AFR. Some very good points and why grievance might again not be a winner The algorithm tells politicians their most intense supporters are representative of a larger group of Australians. They are simply the loudest. share.google/QiNU20vYnm9D... #auspol

The algorithm could halt Pauline Hanson’s rise, as it did for Jacinta Price

The feed does lie to politicians and for some of them who lack understanding about how these platforms are engineered, the consequences can be career ending.

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If you have time this weekend, please check out the doc (~30 min.) my team & I released this week on Musk’s push into Greater Memphis with xAI and its noisy, methane gas burning turbines, data centers, broken promises & impacts on majority Black communities next door. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/16/e...

Elon Musk's Memphis AI empire is the epicenter of the data center backlash

Data center-related policy proposals, protests and litigation are underway across the country citing Colossus and Memphis as a cautionary tale.

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Notice he says is unethical. That's only a half truth. It's unlawful & they know it. The problem is how do you do business as the government with an organisation that's been behaving unlawfully? This should be paramount to @albomp.bsky.social as a music fan #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

'Unethical': Minister admits big tech firms use Aussie content without artists' permission

Australian artists have already had their music taken to train overseas AI models without payment or consent.

abc.net.au

This has been the solution since forever. The Greens tried to get the government to lift its response and while had some success were screamed at by many. You all hated Max, but he was being spot on

Michael West@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 3w ago

"belling the nonsense of sweetheart deals for developers building “affordable” housing that is only “affordable” temporarily and pegging “affordable” rents to market rates." @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social - w an obvious housing solution #auspol michaelwest.com.au/its-the-soci...

A great read and some justification for those of us on the sideline who looked and decided yeah nup It's amazing the level of sucked in on this one, but that's the world we are in. The USA stock market hasn't represented reality for some time and this exposes it SPCX:$123.99 and no sign of recovery

Brian Ragle@vagabondvisions.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I mean, it contributed but what made him an on-paper trillionaire was old fashioned carnival barker showmanship and suckers born every minute. medium.com/@brian.ragle...

I call bullshit. This is a great example of throwing the technical team under the bus. Telstra is critical infrastructure. They are ISO27001 accredited. So you know who's responsible the board, CEO and CISO, with a side order of finance. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Telstra staff unaware of mass outage risk as critical software failure ‘rippled slowly across the network’

Telco outlines reasons for network failure that hit mobiles, trains and retailers ahead of appearance at Senate inquiry

theguardian.com

You would think the failure in Iran would be enough to start a rethink. Maybe it's happening, but we haven't yet heard from the people we need to. USA is now not the hedge it used to be. If we don't wake up we are doomed to sleepwalk to something far worse #auspol

Independent Media Australia.@indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3w ago

The Iran lesson: why the US will lose a war with China https://pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/2026-07-15/472808/ #Auspol

Speaking clearly and honestly would not be among the great traits of Marles and Conroy. If they did they would have to expose far too many issues in defence procurement and have to come clean on the AUKUS farce Nothing of worthwhile note has happened under their watch #auspol #AUKUS

Independent Media Australia.@indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 4w ago

Defence policy deserves more than slogans and selective history https://pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/2026-07-09/472390/ #Auspol

Seems very interesting points by Kos in this The idea of how Gen Z combines as a block and this in the next generation are likely to file the same without a significant policy change is going to be a problem for this government and those beyond #auspol pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07...

Gen Z is not ageing into the old Australia

Why Australia’s Gen Z is unlike any voting cohort before it and why every institution built for the old Australia is about to find out.

pearlsandirritations.com