Nick Feik

Fear rules on gambling in Albanese government Andrew Wilkie has asked the PM to allow a free vote on banning gambling advertising and it appears many Labor MPs would support it.

“Australians lose close to $32 billion a year from gambling” but “Labor's leadership decided it was not worth acting on gambling advertising and upsetting the powerful lobby”.
Pure ALP.

For those playing along at home - delighted to report that, after last night, Robert Skinner has indeed got his razzle dazzle back. Thanks to all the big-hearted folks who came together to send love (and a few bucks) towards the people's champ.

Govt: people are abusing the FOI laws
Also govt:

Labor sat on the “jobs for mates” review for 2 years; they wrecked the NACC; they haven’t introduced whistleblower protection laws despite promises; they’re trying to crater FOI laws; the ANAO missed half its targets bc budget cuts… & they have the nerve to talk about the abuse of transparency laws.

If any of them were ever held responsible for any government failures ever, they might have a leg to stand on, but…

Honestly fuck these people. Spend their lives finding ever-trickier ways to keep the public in the dark, then complain about the smallest accountability measures. Giving the public basic information is an abuse of laws??

Tonight!
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Corrupt processes yield corrupt results. Inevitable.

I understand that Australia once had a national anti-corruption body that might have been able to deal with this.

But they got too preoccupied with being investigated themselves for the Commissioner's questionable behaviour. #Nauru #auspol

‘Day by day I lose weight’: asylum seekers on Nauru get $115 a week, but a bag of grapes costs $20 Forbidden from working, people sent to the island by Australia say they are struggling to survive because food is so expensive

Australia is paying $750m to a US prison company and $2.5bn in a secret deal to Nauru, yet the hundred or so asylum seekers in Nauru are starving.
It’s called corruption, and someone in authority should look into it.

Tasmania’s auditor-general went as far as to say it was insolvent, so those bailouts will be necessary for years to come

Helen Garner says State Library of Victoria turned into ‘party central’, with planned job cuts to ‘bring disgrace’ on Melbourne Acclaimed author ‘sick’ about 171-year-old institution’s proposed restructure as hundreds of writers sign open letter in protest

"Now they’re hacking away at the actual librarians? Shame on them. They bring disgrace on the name of our city.”

Utterly ludicrous. The govt has now promised to cap its stadium spend at $875m, which is half a billion more than the cap it promised at the election. Watch it blow out every few months from now on…
And where are they going to reduce their other borrowings from? TT-Line??

In a time when governments need to learn, they continually demonstrate that they have learned exactly nothing. Government is about being the custodian of the well-being of 26 million people - this is not custodianship, it's incompetence bordering on negligence.

The law is just so fckn annoying.
Just murder them.

“Maybe we’re onto something.”

“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”

Nothing says transparency like shutting down all dissenting voices so you can wreck FOI laws

Macquarie Point project set to pass parliament after securing enough support

AFL : 15 million
def.
TAS : 1.13 billion

Tasmania is going to embark on a billion dollar stadium bc someone got *dozens* of emails

Release the MRI files

pretty remarkable that Costco has more of a spine in fighting for the rule of law than many major universities and fancy law firms

The Razzle Dazzle Restoration Project Readings, Music and More for Robert Skinner Help Robert get his razzle-dazzle back after his bike accident! With readings from Andy...

If you're a friend or fan of writer Robert Skinner, you may have heard about his terrible accident a couple months ago.
This Sat night at Coburg RSL is a benefit to help him back on his feet, out of debt, and to get his razzle-dazzle back.
Music, fun and party guaranteed. Details below.
Come along!

"Labor won’t take up many of the [Briggs] recommendations, instead opting for a major overhaul of a government-wide framework for ensuring appropriate appointments."

Sums thing up really.

To top things off, perhaps they could forward the report to the NACC? 😂

"In some portfolios as many as half of the appointments had been made directly by ministers without a formal process" and “all too often these appointments have looked like forms of patronage and nepotism"

TOR prevented looking at current/Labor appointments...

Hmm why they want to keep this quiet?

Scathing ‘jobs for mates’ review finds appointments to government boards routinely abused A report by Lynelle Briggs says placements ‘look like nepotism’ and are undermining confidence in government

The Albanese govt sat on this report for TWO YEARS, and then only released it after parliament finished for the year.
The report was originally commissioned “to enhance integrity and trust in government institutions” lol

Haha Jesus Christ

Trump administration: It was admiral bradley that committed the war crimes. That’s “bradley” with an “e”.

Happy to confirm: is an excellent read

That thundering sound you can hear? Pennies dropping everywhere.

Great journalism from Jason Koutsoukis @jksocrates.bsky.social @thesaturdaypaper.com.au.

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Israel’s genocide against Palestinians 'not over' despite ceasefire - new Amnesty briefing Conditions for Palestinians in Gaza show no significant change, with no clear evidence to indicate that Israel’s intent has changed

Obviously be careful of reposting this if you work for the ABC