Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:Two decent excoriations of the Federal Liebs, one of the endlessly disappointing NSW Labor Premier.
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Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:<p>repatriate members of our diaspora communities should never underestimate our capabilities and resolve," Burgess said.</p><p>Of course, he means business and is oblivious of the many contradictions between what he, on behalf of ASIO, says and what it does in the national security space.</p><p>Burgess never misses an opportunity to suggest that China is a great threat and is engaged in large-scale spying on us. It is, apparently, the worst it has ever been.</p><p>Like many members of those who seem to think that war is inevitable, he has never had a reproach for the role of some of our allies in stoking up conflict, and community disharmony.</p><p>He is not a Cassandra warning us that we are living in a dream so much as an advocate of pre-emptive conflict.</p><p>There is an extensive lobby singing from the same hymn sheet, with others, former professional colleagues of Burgess, discussing mass internment in the event of war. Polling evidence from the Lowy Institute suggests that more Australians regard the US as a greater threat to our sovereignty than China.</p><p>As it happens, one reason I feel uneasy about the arrests is that I had an office in the building where the crime is alleged to have occurred.</p><p>I occasionally let in would-be Chinese worshippers and listened to their children tearing around the stairwells and corridors of the four-storey building.</p><p>I thought the coincidence of the offices on the ground floor amusing. On one side was a business apparently promoting travel to China, and assistance with student visas and entry into educational institutions.</p><p>On the other side was Five Eyes Consulting, which seemed to be about selling specialist advice from expert former intelligence folk about cyber security and such things.</p><p>Each could look on the other. Or on Chinese visitors or (presumably) harassers and intimidators. It was very cosy; I was focused on sorting my books, but it could have been cover, of course.</p><p>Mike Burgess's making ex-cathedra statements invites questions about his judgment, his leadership and stock of ideas.</p><p>Some of his ideas - for example in his correspondence with Mike Pezzullo about creating a national security surveillance state of Australia that would put China to shame or his own-goal advice about the exclusion of Huawei from 5G research - fail to show a proper balance between the needs of security and respect for democratic rights. Getting national security any infusion of cred requires putting it in better hands.</p><ul><li>Jack Waterford is a former editor of The Canberra Times</li></ul><p><strong>QUOTE ENDS</strong></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhyIsLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhyIsLabor</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HahahahaLiebs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HahahahaLiebs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NatsAreNuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatsAreNuts</span></a> 2/2</p>
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:<p><a href="https://social.chinwag.org/@abc_bot/114994792795641844" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">social.chinwag.org/@abc_bot/11</span><span class="invisible">4994792795641844</span></a> Here's my <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a> for the lead pic...</p><blockquote><p>Two stale pale male non-left vacuous PMs meet to confer over past & pending shitfuckery. </p></blockquote><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhyIsLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhyIsLabor</span></a></p>
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:<p>Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News<br>‘>A very big threat’: Australia defends PBS as Trump flags 250% tariffs on medicines</p><p><a href="https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/a-very-big-threat-australia-defends-pbs-as-trump-flags-250-percent-tariffs-on-medicines-20250807-p5ml1t.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smh.com.au/politics/federal/a-</span><span class="invisible">very-big-threat-australia-defends-pbs-as-trump-flags-250-percent-tariffs-on-medicines-20250807-p5ml1t.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed</span></a></p><p>If this moronic orange fool & his henchmen magamorons do end up destroying or severely damaging our <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PBS</span></a>... and then if our gutless PM does not immediately sever all military ties with this fascist state, ofc kill off the aukus bullshit, close down the Merkan golf balls in NT & WA, kick out all Merkan troops & acolytes, et al... then there needs to be a mass public uprising. </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhyIsLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhyIsLabor</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HahahahaLiebs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HahahahaLiebs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NatsAreNuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatsAreNuts</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GreensYEAH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreensYEAH</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TuckFrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TuckFrump</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FuckRWNJs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuckRWNJs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/magamorons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>magamorons</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FuckChristoFascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuckChristoFascists</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FuckAllReligion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuckAllReligion</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OrangeOaf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OrangeOaf</span></a></p>
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:As Giggle v Tickle heads to appeal, it’s more important than ever to fight anti-trans discrimination. The spread of anti-trans ideology can be checked by vigilance, respect for human rights, and evidence-based policies and laws.
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:The grim reaper of Australian politics is back. Finally. There’s been a conspiracy of silence on climate ahead of the government’s productivity and tax summit this month. But the Productivity Commission has an idea.
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:Editorial | Beet-red selfishness
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:<p><a href="https://social.chinwag.org/@sbs_bot/114955518324940178" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">social.chinwag.org/@sbs_bot/11</span><span class="invisible">4955518324940178</span></a> This man's vapid timidity & hypocrisy is so infuriating. 😡🤬</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhyIsLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhyIsLabor</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HahahahaLiebs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HahahahaLiebs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NatsAreNuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatsAreNuts</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GreensYEAH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreensYEAH</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TheVoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheVoice</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/iVotedYes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iVotedYes</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FsckenStrayaVotedNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FsckenStrayaVotedNo</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VotedNoGetKarmaComebackYouRedneckRacists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VotedNoGetKarmaComebackYouRedneckRacists</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Misanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misanthropy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InvasionDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InvasionDay</span></a></p>
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:ABC boss launches broadcaster’s new strategic focus and ‘key values’. ‘In living these values, we always demonstrate respect, honesty and a commitment to diversity and inclusion,’ said ABC’s new managing director Hugh Marks to staff.
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:As Bowen jibes the Coalition on climate, he still lets it dictate his policies. Who’s the real joke? In hard policy terms, it’s Tony Abbott, not Chris Bowen, who is climate minister.
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:<p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-30/dean-winter-tasmania-labor-path-to-power-hemmed-by-greens-stance/105584680" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-07-30/dea</span><span class="invisible">n-winter-tasmania-labor-path-to-power-hemmed-by-greens-stance/105584680</span></a></p><p>Dean Winter seems to be an incompetent fool. His colleagues should roll him asap.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TasPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TasPol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhyIsLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhyIsLabor</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HahahahaLiebs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HahahahaLiebs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NatsAreNuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatsAreNuts</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GreensYEAH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreensYEAH</span></a></p>
Droppie<p>Direct quote from my Crikey morning email. My focus is the final para [the bolding is mine not theirs], but i've given it all here for context.:</p><blockquote><span>YOUTUBE WON'T BE EXEMPT FROM TEEN BAN<br>YouTube will not be exempt from Australia's upcoming teen social media ban, multiple media publications report.<br><br>The news, according to ABC News and Guardian Australia, is set to be confirmed by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Communications Minister Anika Wells later today.<br><br>“The Albanese government is giving kids a reprieve from the persuasive and pervasive pull of social media while giving parents peace of mind,” Wells said, according to The Guardian. “There's a place for social media, but there's not a place for predatory algorithms targeting children.”<br><br>Confirmation that YouTube will be included in the ban puts an end to months of speculation after Wells' predecessor as communications minister, Michelle Rowland, controversially backed an exemption for the Google-owned video platform.<br><br>The law to create a minimum age of 16 for having an account on certain online platforms was passed last year with bipartisan support and will take effect at the end of this year. The law requires the relevant online platforms to take “reasonable steps” to enforce the minimum age, but does not spell out how that's meant to be done.<br><br></span><i>The ban is overwhelmingly popular, receiving majority support in public polls and bipartisan backing in parliament. But figuring out how to actually determine the age of online users is proving to be tricky</i>. </blockquote>Righteo, seeing as it seems that we're now not living in a fact-based world, here's some other things prolly popular with <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/TheGreatUnwashed" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheGreatUnwashed</a>, but <i>don't you worry your pretty little heads</i><span> about their comparable unreality / impossibility:<br>- telekinesis<br>- alchemy <br>- levitation [unassisted]<br>- flight [unassisted]<br>- getting pollies to stop bullshitting, & stupid voters from believing them <br><br></span><a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/AusPol" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/WhyIsLabor" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhyIsLabor</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/HahahahaLiebs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HahahahaLiebs</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/NatsAreNuts" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NatsAreNuts</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/GreensYEAH" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreensYEAH</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/AgeVerification" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AgeVerification</a><p></p>
DroppieParanoid power: Is xenophobia the right’s new climate denialism? Andrew Hastie’s peddling of a conspiracy theory around net zero gives insight into the combination of xenophobia and climate denialism that the right is pinning its hopes on.
Droppie<p><span>Several fedi-peeps have already posted this ABC article this morn<br></span><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-28/ato-tax-office-gst-scam-billions-fraud-four-corners/105573446" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-28/ato-tax-office-gst-scam-billions-fraud-four-corners/105573446</a><span><br>& been critical of the ATO. I am not here to defend the </span><a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/ATO" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ATO</a>, & fwiw i remain deeply bitter about what they did to <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/RichardBoyle" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RichardBoyle</a>, but before too much more reflexive pile-on happens here, i would like to quote these four crucial paragraphs:</p><blockquote>As the Abbott government swept to power in 2013, the ATO was moving away from this model of human verification to an automated system.</blockquote><blockquote>That would eventually see about 1,000 staff — or half the people in the division responsible for the GST — lose their jobs.</blockquote><blockquote>"I'm not sure the ATO has ever recovered from that sort of drain of knowledge and drain of skill sets," said Stephen Hathway, a liquidator currently investigating a large-scale GST fraud.</blockquote><blockquote>"The people [at the ATO] work really hard and diligently, but there just needs to be more of them. And there needs to be more regard to getting out there in the field and making those inquiries."</blockquote>So, i suggest that one's wrath should be <i>properly</i><span> directed. <br><br></span><a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/AusPol" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/WhyIsLabor" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhyIsLabor</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/HahahahaLiebs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HahahahaLiebs</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/NatsAreNuts" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NatsAreNuts</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/GreensYEAH" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreensYEAH</a><p></p>
Droppie<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/27/the-attack-on-australias-net-zero-target-is-reckless-and-gutless-voters-expect-more-than-intergenerational-bastardry" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/27/the-attack-on-australias-net-zero-target-is-reckless-and-gutless-voters-expect-more-than-intergenerational-bastardry</a></p><blockquote>...even here in Goldstein, where the demographic is older than the national average, polling still consistently showed climate in the top three concerns of constituents.</blockquote>And yet, these execrable arseholes still chose to dump the excellent Zoe for <i>The Odious Slimeball</i> 😡🖕 🤢🤮<span><br><br></span><a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/AusPol" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/WhyIsLabor" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhyIsLabor</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/HahahahaLiebs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HahahahaLiebs</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/NatsAreNuts" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NatsAreNuts</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/GreensYEAH" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreensYEAH</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/ClimateCrisis" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/NonLinear" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NonLinear</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/TippingPoints" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TippingPoints</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/PositiveFeedbackLoops" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PositiveFeedbackLoops</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/FossilFools" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFools</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/RenewableEnergy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RenewableEnergy</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/ChangeTheSystem" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChangeTheSystem</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/StateCapture" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StateCapture</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/RightToProtest" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/Biodiversity" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biodiversity</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/WeAreTotallyFscked" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeAreTotallyFscked</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/Misanthropy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Misanthropy</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/Karma" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Karma</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/NativeForests" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NativeForests</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/StopLoggingNativeForests" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StopLoggingNativeForests</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/FsckCapitalism" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FsckCapitalism</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/CognitiveDissonance" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CognitiveDissonance</a><p></p>
DroppieJack Waterford | If these climate extremists win, the Coalition can forget about getting into power ever again
Droppie<p><a href="https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/deceit-labors-posturing-national-interest" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/deceit-labors-posturing-national-interest</a><span><br><br></span><a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/AusPol" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/WhyIsLabor" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhyIsLabor</a></p>
Droppie‘No fucking sense’: The secret deal which removed a ‘crucial’ part of the teen social media ban
Droppie<p><a href="https://aus.social/@bastardsheep" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bastardsheep@aus.social</a> We knew where we were with Liebs & Nuts. They made no pretence about being other than massive backwards fuckheads. In that narrow sense, they were "honest". The Labs otoh have fooled some peeps, i fear, by <i>claiming</i><span> to care, despite still having fuckhead policies & practices. Everyone paying attention is ofc not fooled, but so many voters just do not pay attention, so swallow the lies. Gaaaaaah. <br><br></span><a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/WhyIsLabor" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhyIsLabor</a></p>
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