there’s a fair bit of this going on around the world…

What clearly wasn’t learnt was the difference between automation and the use of decision making tools. NDIS will use I-Can, a tool developed by experts and tested in the field for years. Many areas of social services use decision making tools of various types. A tool isn’t automation.

Queensland government strikes deal with mining giant to defer coal royalties The government has promised every deferred dollar will be repaid with interest by Bravus, formerly known as Adani, but won't reveal details, such as when the money will be paid.

The Labor Gov, under @stevenjmiles.bsky.social chased Adani for this money. The new LNP government recently abandoned the court action, essentially giving away $400 million worth of coal to Adani.

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'we were trying to bomb a camera'

First Matthew Knott's words were quietly scrubbed in his discredited article, now Matthew Knott himself has been quietly scrubbed from #Insiders.

The value of care The latest in my series in care work, this time looking at how mainstream economics values care, or not, and how that impacts the NDIS.

'Care and support is the glue that keeps our community together, and that is valuable and understandable for the whole community, even the weird economists.'

Me from November last year on productivity, care work and only counting some things

www.bluntshovels.au/the-value-of...

“If the world continues to tolerate the murder, starvation and persecution of journalists, it is not only journalism that will suffer, but also accountability, democracy and the possibility of a more just future.”

Israel claims it’s allowing aid into Gaza, but its ‘engineering of chaos’ ensures the aid doesn’t reach starving Palestinians As limited aid trickles into Gaza, Israel’s strategy of ‘engineering chaos’ by shooting at aid-seekers and permitting looters to steal aid ensures that food doesn’t get to starving Palestinians.

As limited aid trickles into Gaza, Israel’s strategy of ‘engineering chaos’ by shooting at aid-seekers and permitting looters to steal aid ensures that food doesn’t get to starving Palestinians. mondoweiss.net/2025/08/isra...

This is a good idea @jimchalmers.bsky.social
We can do this …we have the $, facilities and know-how. Always a good idea to invest in science…and here’s a unique opportunity to jump to the front of the international pack.
ps: there might be a chance for a cancer vaccine too

The Australian govt should immediately announce $500m funding for mRNA vaccine development.

Get those scientists here.

Just an amazing opportunity handed to us by the brain worm infested loon.

this work saved millions of lives in 2021, won the Nobel Prize in 2023, and is cancelled in 2025

The employer lobby groups have been a handbrake on progress …eg BCA saying an emissions reduction target would wreck the economy.
They need to be called out. They’ve done no serious research or policy development work for more than a decade…they just refresh their talking points on company tax cuts

The govt had said it’s when not if, and the PM has said that it will be done at a point to make the maximum impact…that sounds sensible to me…ie what other standard would use rather than maximum impact???

It’s a fair question. Perhaps the only coherence seems to be to economically weaken their allies and seed anti-US sentiment

"We now have a 50% tariff on Brazil, because it puts in jail its insurrectionists. And so that means for those of us who drink Brazilian coffee: Your next coffee comes with an insurrection infusion fee, as we try to support those who put the coup in coup-pucino."

Big productivity problem is the rba…seems they haven’t learned anything new

Here’s some Indigenous truth-telling: structural police racism had a hand in the death of Kumanjayi Walker | Lorena Allam After the inquest into the Aboriginal teenager’s death, the coroner found constable Zachary Rolfe operated in a system that failed on a number of occasions to ‘rein him in’

From Lorena Allam - "Here’s some Indigenous truth-telling: structural police racism had a hand in the death of Kumanjayi Walker"

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Queensland and NSW are spending addicts — and it's the lenders who win Both the NSW and Queensland governments have the same disease as Victoria, the federal government and Tasmania: addiction to spending.

Bernard Keane written this same post a dozen times about different governments without ever explaining why the problem is excessive spending rather than inadequate tax revenue #auspol #crikey revenue.www.crikey.com.au/20...
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Congratulations to @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social on today's victory! May her bravery & the judgment from Rangiah J send a clear message to panicked, supine cultural institutions to stop throwing their artists, journalists & other employees under the bus.

Inflation eases back more than expected in May Consumer prices rose 2.1 per cent over the year to May, down from 2.4 per cent the previous month, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

From 1 July minimum and award wage workers will receive a well-deserved pay rise of 3.5%

And with inflation falling, every dollar of that pay rise will go just that little bit further, helping workers get ahead of cost-of-living pressures.

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Pretty amazing figures from this paul krugman article:
Almost half US farm workers are ‘unauthorised’ migrants.
Wonder how much they’re paid?
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Personal staff for
cross benchers was also set on a per member formula …with extras for shadow ministers of the opposition.
The obvious reason the Govt gets more personal staff is ministerial responsibilities.

When the greens won more seats they actually did get more staff…each new mp got the same staff allocation as every one else and therefore the total number of greens staff increased in line with their increased parliamentary representation.
Now the Libs get less cause they lost a bunch of seats.

Israel is building a tunnel to cut off Palestinians from the heart of the West Bank Israel is constructing tunnels that Palestinians will be required to pass through in the heart of the West Bank, making large parts of the occupied territory accessible only to Israelis. The aim is…

What does apartheid look like in 2025? Israel is building tunnels to confine Palestinians below ground — while settlers travel freely above. A plan to erase Palestinian geography, visibility, and rights.
mondoweiss.net/2025/06/isra...

“It’s the largest redistribution from poor to rich in a single bill in American history.”

It's a play in three regressive parts:
1. Tax cuts for the rich.
2. Spending cuts on the poor.
3. Tariffs that hit low-income folks hardest.

they’ve got a point…

Exclusive: data reveals pro-Israel bias in ABC coverage since October 7 New analysis by Newscord and Deepcut finds ABC reporting repeatedly privileges Israeli perspectives over Palestinian voices

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