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Professional engineer. Recovering academic. Working with data to improve work safety in Victoria. Opinions my own. https://stuartpalmer2.github.io/spalm/index.html
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submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

The Liberal Party should change their name to Family Trust First

submitted 11 hours ago • 3 comments

Exclusive: Australian politicians were gifted about $147,000 in match tickets over nearly two years by the country's most popular sporting leagues as part of a lobbying campaign against a proposed ban on advertising of online gambling reut.rs/3YB49yr

submitted 16 hours ago • 4 comments

Nobody: 😶 Absolutely Nobody: 🤫 Sam Altman: www.theverge.com/ope...

submitted 12 hours ago • 2 comments

Wait, this endorsement changes everything.

submitted 1 day ago • 15 comments

NACC is paying former High Court justice Geoffrey Nettle $648,000 for eight months to examine the robodebt referrals independently because it didn’t do its original job properly. www.tenders.gov.au/Cn/Show/6932...

submitted 11 hours ago • 20 comments

Reasons local government in Australia should be abolished: Episode 3401

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

Tonight on Byte Into IT 🌐 New digital accessibility guidelines - @intopia.bsky.social experts Sarah Pulis & Andrew Arch explain what they mean for your apps, sites & services. 📻 7pm AEST on @3rrrfm.bsky.social w/ Eric, Mike &me #ByteIntoIT #3RRR #TechForGood

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

This week a senior LNP member repeated a Trump slogan - & has been seen in a MAGA hat Numerous Liberal Party members are preferencing an extreme christian party & One Nation But - there is little to no media focus on this. We are badly let down by the 4th estate #auspol

submitted 16 hours ago • 10 comments

Australia's nurses pay more tax than the gas industry. How is that fair? Our billboard in Melbourne ⤵️ #auspol

submitted 15 hours ago • 8 comments

Putin Donning Bintang Singlet to Ride Komodo Dragon Pretty Sure Sign He Wants Airbase in Indonesia

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

Absolutely next level stuff for Auntie. They found a cafe owner sob story from [checks notes] Canada.

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

Memo Dutton: Good economic managers don’t try to panic the punters https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/04/memo-dutton-good-economic-managers-dont-try-to-panic-the-punters #Auspol

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

This is the system we've created:

submitted 17 hours ago • 11 comments

Graduates in 'debt vortex' as HECS loans front and centre in election: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-16/federal-election-2025-hecs-student-debt-policies/105177248

submitted 18 hours ago • 0 comments

“During St. Clair's pregnancy, Musk suggested that they bring in other women to have even more of their children faster.”

submitted 19 hours ago • 74 comments

China halts orders of US-made Boeing jets, scrapping deals worth billions: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-16/china-halts-orders-of-american-boeing-planes-trump-tariffs/105181864

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

Dutton Says He’ll Buy Son House, if He Can Find One He Hasn’t Already Bought

submitted 20 hours ago • 2 comments

"sponsored"

submitted 18 hours ago • 0 comments

Rather good juxtaposition of news articles

submitted 20 hours ago • 3 comments

This is literally how Trump won the election. And now he’s the King, he’s not even pretending to be leading a democratic administration.

submitted 21 hours ago • 1 comment

Another one of Palmer’s crew exposed “David Sarikaya is the Trumpet of Patriots candidate for the seat of Reid in Sydney..The party's website claims he holds a PhD in psychology but does not mention he bought it online in a field unrelated to health services” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

submitted 21 hours ago • 2 comments

"the flight served as a kind of perverse funeral for America". Not to overstate things but I'm reading every word of the deconstruction of Blue Origin. I think this could be the common ground that ends the culture wars. Katy Perry's Potsdam Conference if you will. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 21 hours ago • 0 comments

Another day, and ABC24 prefers to ignore a press conf by the PM

submitted 21 hours ago • 14 comments

Renting in Australia "the worst on record", likely even worse than data suggests as governments leave renters for dead. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

submitted 22 hours ago • 1 comment

Datavis tools have gotten so good and ubiquitous, and especially the default options, I'm starting to wonder whether this stuff is intentional

submitted 22 hours ago • 2 comments

Fixed. My @smh cartoon.

submitted 23 hours ago • 11 comments

Dutton-Kroger effect.

submitted 18 hours ago • 0 comments

Dutton lying about a statement from the Indonesian govt is too stupid for words. Haven’t seen the Dunning–Kruger effect so perfectly displayed for many a year.

submitted 22 hours ago • 18 comments

Reasons local government in Australia should be abolished: Episode 3400

submitted 18 hours ago • 3 comments

Trumpet of Patriots candidate posed risk to public, health regulator found: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-16/trumpet-of-patriots-david-sarikaya-misrepresented-qualifications/105179728

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

How your message finds me

submitted 1 day ago • 15 comments

The Coalition and ALP make policies on the run. It’s a wonder they don’t throw in a bag of mixed lollies to every taxpayer. Garry Mcintosh, Macleod @theage letters

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Liberal Party machine campaign is in self-destruct mode Among the gaffs, backtracks and walk-backs, the faltering competency of Liberal back-room strategists threatens to undermine Peter Dutton’s struggle to make his case for getting Australia back on track. Thread .. 🧵 #auspol

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

hahahahahahah 11/10 no notes. Altman sucks but this is so funny from him. *OPENAI BUILDING A X-LIKE SOCIAL NETWORK: VERGE *OPENAI SOCIAL NETWORK IN EARLY STAGES: VERGE

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments

Cast of "Come From Away" pitch new ending where the Americans get beat up

submitted 1 day ago • 14 comments

Is ABC News going to report on Coalition candidates refusing to attend public forums in their electorates?! Labor, Greens, Teal independents and other candidates attend them. But the Coalition candidates are in hiding. Imagine the media coverage if Labor or the Greens did this. 🤔 #auspol #AusVotes25

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Entire Generation Priced Out of Home Ownership in Next Animal Crossing hard-drive.net/hd/video-gam...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

"likely" FMD, what annodyne coverage

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments