Paul Karp

If it rains on City2Surf Sunday I will simply run so fast the drops won't have time to hit me.

AI really not doing any thinking at all, is it

Chief justice Andrew Bell says that the Court of Appeal has REJECTED Gareth Ward's bid to block his expulsion.

‘Double standards': Confidential DFAT documents warn inaction on Gaza will cost Australia credibility 'Allowing the crisis in Gaza to deepen with apparent impunity undermines our messaging about the rule of law — our adversaries use this to accuse us of double standards.'

Also, the FOI docs show DFAT recommended in June that the govt not give a direct answer to the question: “Do the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites breach international law?”

The suggested response, if “pressed” to answer, was: “Not here to provide legal analysis.” www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/06/d...

At highschool my position on a mobile was basically: why bother I'm going to see my friends at school, I can chat the others on MSN when I get home, all it's gonna be good for is my parents texting to ask me to buy milk.

Our parents were right: we didn't need mobiles.

By uni we had laptops. It helped me take notes quicker but lots of colleagues were on the Internet, reading the Daily Mail (!!)

Recorded lectures felt like a boon because you could listen back when you WANTED to learn. But, guess what, work is 9-5 you have to go if ur feeling it or not.

Am so blessed to be millennial: growing up with the internet, but no laptops in classrooms; no smartphones, just snake on a Nokia to distract you. Class was largely chalk and talk. We handwrote exams in school and uni.

Result is (1) actually have to know stuff, (2) think and (3) express yourself.

Looks like there's been a 100% reduction in AFP cmrs called Reece Kershaw.

But I jest ...a good innings from the top cop.

Two question marks still:
(1) will organisers agree to delay a week or two anyway despite win (seems unlikely on past statements)
(2) can NSW Police get an appeal together quickly enough (also seems unlikely).

Looks like the march going ahead then.

NSW Supreme Court has rejected Police push to prohibit tomorrow's march for Palestine on the Harbour Bridge.

Basically due to a lack of evidence anyone would be deterred. Big win for freedom of assembly.

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It is right that images of starving children in Gaza have moved our political leaders, but it is shameful that it took this long. This appalling situation did not develop overnight and there have been many many warnings signs over the past nearly two years.

Some team at trivia (peer-marked) tried to not give us a point for "Damoclean sword" cos the answer was "sword of Damocles". The absolute hide.

I’m not an activist, but as someone who reports on people who are, I see some activists sneering at people who are late to a cause they’ve fought hard for. Surely the point of activism is pitching to the centre to make change? Not alienating or mocking those whose minds you surely wanted to change?

Welfare recipients owe government $3b, Plibersek warned The Department of Social Services told the minister of the “financial and reputational risk” of a backlog of debt owed to the government.

Welfare recipients owe government $3b, Plibersek warned
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Australian media is centrist, corporate and blind to the bigger picture Australians are taught through media and politics that mediocrity is all they can hope for, Amy Remeikis writes

My first piece for Deepcut
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Plibersek warned over wealthy pensioners Wealthy retirees are subsidised by low and middle-income earners while building their wealth, the Department of Social Services says.

DSS has warned Tanya Plibersek that exempting the family home from pension assets test is upper-class welfare
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Australia Institute Live: Labor introduces first bills, Nationals get louder about ending support for net zero, putting future of Coalition in doubt. All the day's events, live The pomp and ceremony is over, so it's time for the 48th parliament to get down to business. All the day's events, with fact checks, as it happens.

Hope you have had a good lunch. Don't ruin it by watching Question Time. Instead, tune into @amyremeikis.bsky.social who will be watching, so you don't have to
live.australiainstitute.org.au

Why are readers fleeing from Australia's top news sites? Australia’s ten most-visited news sites lost millions of readers throughout June, with The Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald, and the ABC suffering the most dramatic audience drops.With over 12 million ...

Why are readers fleeing from Australia’s top news sites?
--a couple of outlets really coming off the boil here since the election

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Australia Institute Live: First sitting of the 48th parliament The 48th parliament sits for the first time. All the day's events, with fact checks, as it happens.

Good morning - the first day of the 48th Australian parliament is here and so is the blog - live.australiainstitute.org.au

Why Sydney Water wants to increase bills by a third to $1491 a year The water utility warns that without a 32 per cent bill hike Sydney will get fewer new houses and a greater risk of having to boil water.

Why Sydney Water wants to increase bills by a third to $1491 a year
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'Diplomatic maturity': Australia must find its place in the global order Australia must take a proper look at the global order, its place in it and why it remains caught in the slipstream of competing interests.

Its time we start applying the same diplomacy we use with China, to the United States

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Labor may wipe $1.1b in welfare debt after landmark ruling A court win gives the government the green light to recalculate billions in unlawful debts, but the spectre of Robodebt may push Labor to forgive them instead.

Labor may wipe $1.1b in welfare debt after landmark ruling.

Court win gives greenlight to recalculate and recoup debts, but spectre of Robodebt may push Labor to forgive instead.
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Bipartisan whack for Latham, but he probably won’t be kicked out A Liberal MP says the upper house MP apologised for taking her photo in parliament, and a Labor minister called him “a pig”.

Bipartisan whack for Latham, but he probably won’t be kicked out
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I ran DFAT. I hope Eldridge Colby sinks AUKUS for Australia The US might yet save us from ourselves by adding conditions to the nuclear submarine agreement that no Australian government could accept.

I ran DFAT. I hope Eldridge Colby sinks AUKUS for Australia (not I, Peter Varghese rather)
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If you're better than Tomas Berdych how come you've won the same number of slams (0)?

It's a butter bean recipe from Ottolenghi shelf kitchen

Tru tru

Is there a Walkley for cooking something so well it looks like the photo?

The moon tonight looks like it's got off a ride at Lunar Park and is feeling a bit sick.