Government still refuses to admit it's handing your personal data to Trump — and it may now include voice and eye data, too The Albanese government refuses to be honest with Australians about its plans to hand their biometric data over to Trump — and the scope of that data just got bigger.

Other national governments are asking citizens about handing over their biometric data to Donald Trump. The Albanese government refuses to even say it's happening. www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/24/d...

Time to end the lobbying protection racket The number of lobbyists seeking to influence the federal government has soared, yet they’re bound by secrecy that stifles honest business.

Politicians are outnumbered by lobbyists in Parliament House 15 to one; on sitting days hundreds of lobbyists roam the halls in Canberra, meeting with Ministers to influence government policies.

My Clean Up Politics Act would shine a light on lobbyists’ activities.

There using contractors for parcel delivery out my way, called me and said if I wasn’t home all day on a Friday they would send the package back to the sender. Have done this several times, trying to get me to come to their depot and pick up then they don’t have to deliver or drop off for collection

The SDaa almost single handedly killed the Meatworkers union by taking all their members from the supermarkets while McManus watched. Workers at the supermarket have never had protection from exploitation by the SDA.

This is actually laughable in the way this article makes out that the SDA (shoppies union) ever protected their workers. They have undercut their own members wages for decades, when supermarket casuals took the big 2 to court for not paying penalty rates theSDA fought the worker in court.

Yeah Nah Pasaran #278 w Tom Fowler on #SpyCops : February 12, 2026 This week on Yeah Nah Pasaran! we talk to Tom Fowler [Bluesky/X]. Tom is the host of the SpyCops podcast, which is dedicated to documenting the progress of the Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI) in…

This week on 'Yeah Nah Pasaran!' on @3crmelbourne.bsky.social, @sexenheimer.bsky.social & I talk to @tombfowler.bsky.social about #SpyCops!

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Vale an Aussie legend.

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#auspol

You guys remember Theo? The guy that Jewish man Wise put an actual bomb on his car because he had a Palestinian flag?
Yeah well, they locked him up over a satirical tweet but the car bomber never saw the inside of a cell.

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

I don’t know what the legalities are, but on a moral and ethical level, the AFGE should expel Border Patrol employees from their union.

What happened just before that 100yrs? The whole industry was built on black birding, no mentions of that here.

Brisbane Times headline: Paedophile removed from petting zoo near Brisbane.

Can't see anyone beating this headline for a while

The Hate Speech bill is about control, not protection. It's dangerous
#auspol
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Just re-doing because Sarah Ferguson is also out. And when "What is wrong with this picture? Nothing" is out they might as well switch off the lights. Gives cover to the other ABC talking heads who have yet to do anything. Makes it abundantly clear the mainstream view is against the board decision

The Australian government is spending millions supporting Elon Musk's deepfake porn factory, X A spokesperson for the prime minister says the government is committed to protecting Australians from online harms. Tell that to the Australian victims of X-produced image-based abuse.

Elon Musk's X is currently mass-producing deepfake images of women and children.

The federal government — which says it's "committed to restricting access to nudify tools" — has no plans to stop its 7 figure X annual advertising spend or using it as a major comms platform

It’s going to be an interesting few weeks when the royal commission examines, as I suspect it will, the defraying of social cohesion caused by the organised censorship of writers, artists and employees across the country for daring to speak against an unfolding genocide

GM 🖤

It doesn’t matter what the govt does, it will never be enough. Once you cave to bullying you’re cooked, the people calling for the RC won’t be happy until Albo resigns or Labour is voted out.

Seeing American journalists completely ignore decades of Economic sanctions put on Venezuela when talking about their "failed" economy and instead being like "this just happened cuz of maduro's BAD LEADERSHIP" and then going on to say "but it's wrong we removed him that way" is so fucking funny.

Yeh like automating their rail line, how did that work out for them? The damage caused by a runaway train in one incident was worth more than what the automation was supposed to save them for years. The BHP hates Australian workers and will do anything to get rid of them.

I want to guilt trip Aussie businesses into providing air conditioning in Roebourne governmental care places, like old people's homes, the jail, the kindy, the Aboriginal health care huts which really should be airconned dongas
If any philanthropists want to throw some money at me that would be ors

2026 Here's what the Sizzle is doing this year

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Here's what the Sizzle is doing this year

READ: https://thesizzle.com.au/p/2026

That’s why HAVN designed the EMF-blocking beanie. Powered by our proprietary WaveStopper™ Technology, it forms a barrier that blocks over 99% of WiFi, 5G, and Bluetooth radiation right where it matters most: your brain.

They gentrified the tinfoil hat

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Bit late for the SDA workers who had theirs cut, why aren’t they being reinstated by legislation to match other industries? Are retail and hospitality workers less than everyone else?

Government announces domestic gas reservation scheme in bid to lower costs Chris Bowen makes a long-anticipated announcement about reserving a portion of gas on the east coast for domestic use after a cabinet meeting.

Gas reservation on new gas only🤦‍♂️! A 0% domestic reserve on massive amounts of existing gas and a 25% reserve on tiny amounts of new gas won’t do anything for electricity prices. A big win for the gas cartel. A massive loss for Aussies. #fail #auspol

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Get on board. The @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social is a great and important organisation
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Collect data and use evidence A key finding of the ombud’s second report was that employment service providers weren’t collecting enough information for Services Australia to make informed decisions about individual cases. The report places the fault with DEWR and Workforce Australia for not providing guidance or oversight to maintain information standards. At the macro level, Anderson found that DEWR had sufficient information to have recognised the problem, but couldn’t isolate the relevant data. Last year, Services Australia overturned more than half the decisions made by service providers because JobSeekers were unable to meet the requirements of the jobs plan. In practice, this means they were given unattainable mutual obligations because of disability, care responsibilities, or other unavoidable responsibilities. Because DEWR’s data didn’t isolate complaint outcomes, challenge rates, or transfer requests, the department didn’t detect the evident disconnect between service providers and Services Australia’s interpretation of the TCF guidelines.

The ombo's damning report about job agencies reveals the bumbling cruelty of our welfare surveillance state

Because of the intentional, institutionally constructed, lack of info about punishment decisions, government doesn't know whether they're lawful
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