Aedan Roberts

It's A-League time

BBC really burying the lede there

October 1988: On a Royal visit to Australia, Prince Andrew tours the fleshpots of Sydney, including one "where the younger crowd was much more to randy Andy's liking" (Sun-Herald)

I wonder who will win the FIFA Donald Trump Award for Services to Donald Trump

this is actually impressive, making up a brand new nobel peace prize replacement is a genuine innovation in bribery

absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA

Omg I’m dying 😂😂😂…so…So Emily Austin, a right wing 'influencer' who works for Bibi and the GOP, launched 'Hot Girls for Cuomo'.

Guess who didn't bother to register the URL when she did that? What do you think Hot Girls for Cuomo dot com leads to now?... 😄 Enjoy.

[ HotGirlsforCuomo.com ]

Jenny Miller and Kath Madgwick, the mothers of Rhys Cauzzo and Jarrad Madgwick, who each took their own lives after receiving an illegal and inaccurate Robodebt notice, are in Canberra today to again call for accountability for Robodebt and an end to the targeting of welfare recipients by government. To date, not a single Minister or public official has been held accountable for the scheme described as one of the worst failures of public administration in memory.

The mothers of Rhys Cauzzo and Jarrad Madgwick, who each took their own lives after receiving an illegal and inaccurate Robodebt notice, are in Canberra today to again call for accountability for Robodebt

live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...

The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.

"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.

"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.

Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.

The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.

"I could smell the onions and mustard."

Did that happen? It should - it's stupid that penalties are given for offences that would be an indirect free kick anywhere else - but I don't remember it ever regularly happening.

2/ There's no logical requirement for anybody to believe that the function of Australia’s private employment services is 'to get jobseekers [sic] into long-term work'; rather, and more obviously, these are businesses which aim to generate a profit for their owners. Further >

If you are posting on or engaging with content on X, you are working as a volunteer laborer helping this specific man earn money and political influence.

Any person, group or organisation that is still there and helping keep you there: you have to make them get out, not give them reason to stay

But then, we are not scandalised enough by the conduct of outsourced job network providers, so why should this be different?

I think more people should be scandalised that the ATO is using private debt collectors. Those debt collectors are not usually the most scrupulous entities around.

damn, he left out "IMMIGANTS, I knew it was them!"

"How Did Someone So Sensitive End Up Here"
"There's More to My Life Than Just the Wrecking Ball"
"You've So Thoroughly Prepared Me for the Worst"

"My newest hobby is finding lines from The Simpsons that could pass for Morrissey song titles." I took this image from somewhere else and can't write all of these out on my phone, so if you're reading this because you need the alt-text, take the opportunity to brainstorm some good ones of your own.

oh my god

Andrew is a sort of non-prince now, a… well, I’m sure there’s some sort of portmanteau word that would describe him well.

We've tried killing children and we're all out of ideas.

I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time

Deloitte AI brouhaha distracted from real story of welfare crisis - ABC listen Amidst the recent uproar over the misuse of Artificial Intelligence in a 440 thousand dollar government report prepared by consultancy Deloitte, some alarming findings were missed.

In-depth interview with @christopherrudge.bsky.social on ABC's Radio National Hour about the substance of the famous AI Deloitte report—the government's failing Targeted Compliance Framework that has rendered 'mutual obligations' unenforceable.

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Great summary of Daniel's story & the unlawful Mutual Obligations scandal by @caitkelly.bsky.social on the guardian pod:

"The department cannot say that job providers are making legally sound decisions when they decide to suspend job seekers' payments"
theguardian.com/australia-ne...

"One of the biggest impediments to increasing the amount of people we have who could work is our incredibly low unemployment benefits

People can't afford to put money on their travel card, they can't go to the dentist & they can't have something to wear to go to the interview"

Westpac’s work-from-home complaint was a cultural miff that doesn’t resonate in today’s Australia | Van Badham Women who manage to perform their jobs well while caring for children should get a bloody medal, not a trip to Fair Work

My latest in the Guardian is about why work-from-home is here to stay - and why a bunch of corporate boyos may be shitty about that:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Lest we forget to check the oven

Seems to have found some end product since he left.

What do you mean once upon a time

Wendy, this is my dad

I can tell you why it doesn't occur to most observers in England.

Kevern say sorry to Tump