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@petermclarty.bsky.social

Data Analyst & engineer, security nerd, needs to be near the sea in warm places; Husband, dad, bodyboarder, sometimes SUP. Leaning left for good things to happen Comments are my own working at ...

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@petermclarty.bsky.social

If you wake up many days with a degree of dread, even though by all accounts, you're living a good life. It's most likely because your brain and gut are having difficulty with this masquerading bullshit used by our politicians that they label social cohesion while themselves breaking it. #auspol

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@petermclarty.bsky.social

Still no consideration of men attacking women #auspol

Kim Wingerei@kimwingerei.bsky.social

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Duress alarms floated as MPs raise safety concerns. Some MPs will have their electorate offices' security bolstered after an alleged attack on Helen Haines heightened safety fears for politicians and ...

michaelwest.com.auDuress alarms floated as MPs raise safety concerns - Michael WestSome MPs will have their electorate offices' security bolstered after an alleged attack on Helen Haines heightened safety fears for politicians and their staff.
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@petermclarty.bsky.social

Why does this feel like a PR piece for Santos. Have I become to cynical? Yes they talk about some potentially good controls, but also put in the obligatory it might affect investment. Maybe because we've heard that bleating far too many times #auspol #fossilfuel theconversation.com/is-australia...

theconversation.comIs Australia’s gas reservation scheme really aimed at Santos?The success of the Domestic Gas Reservation Scheme relies on consistent enforcement and tangible benefits for Australian consumers.
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@petermclarty.bsky.social

Might be handy to have. See what people think. I'm sure some who are thinking of voting for her don't have a clue or don't care, not realising they'll be first to feel the bite of One Nation

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This reads like an ad for AI. We should all suck it up and accept that our government is incompetent and will sooner kill us all before doing something to protect the country. They talk so lightly of what is wrong with current AI. #ai #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026...

thenewdaily.com.auThe good, the bad and the ugly of artificial intelligenceAI may be the most powerful tool we have had as a species. It will be a force for good, but also for bad, and its transition will be ugly.
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@petermclarty.bsky.social

So this is our ally? Will we now be stopping aid to Ukraine? @albomp.bsky.social are you still mates with the Orange Buffoon? #auspol

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Ben Meiselas: Donald Trump promised he would end the war in 24 hours after the election in 2024. Of course, he didn't do that. So now he's blaming Zelenskyy for all of his own failures.

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The irony of being part of the problem having helped to hold back EV adoption and then expecting it all to be magical. From the tone you expect he voted for the LNP #auspol Australia’s lack of EV chargers is leading to ‘rage anxiety’ for electric vehicle owners share.google/7hXIzMuJp3IF...

share.googleForget range anxiety, EV drivers are experiencing ‘rage anxiety’As EV sales surge and charging infrastructure lags, queue jumpers and long delays threaten to turn range anxiety into rage anxiety.
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@petermclarty.bsky.social

If there's no balance then the RBA will get it wrong. We can see the impact now of the current actions and how that is right wing thinking. We are basically being pushed austerity by the RBA. They have been pretty slow to debunk the issue is government spending, not corporations #auspol

Dr Jeremy Walker@jeremywalker.bsky.social

RBA has been giving the Santos-founded fossil fuel funded #AtlasNetwork propaganda unit Centre of Independent Studies $20,000 a year, also Gerard Henderson's Sydney office of the IPA (rebranded the 'Sydney Institute' in 1989). www.getup.org.au/campaigns/ec...

getup.org.auNo public funds for right-wing think tanks!The Centre for Independent Studies and The Sydney Institute are being paid by the Reserve Bank. Say no to public funds going to hard-right think tanks.
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@petermclarty.bsky.social

May Justice for Palestine prevail This is an important case for Australia and will embed what is free political speech into our legal system one way or the other. It may well finish the IHRA antisemetism model with a win by JfP It'll be a big fight by the government to win #auspol

Independent Media Australia.@indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

NSW Labor joins Qld Coalition’s defence of laws to silence criticism of genocide https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/news/nsw-labor-joins-qld-coalitions-defence-laws-silence-criticism-genocide #Auspol

greenleft.org.auNSW Labor joins Qld Coalition’s defence of laws to silence criticism of genocideThe NSW Labor government has given notice that it is joining the High Court case, bought by Justice for Palestine Magan-djin, in support of Queensland’s prohibited expressions law. Kerry Smith reports.
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@petermclarty.bsky.social

I guess my mum either intentionally or accidentally embraced some of the thinking of Don Dunstan's cookbook. We lived in PNG in the early 70s. We had good friends who were Chinese. My mum learned to cook Chinese and we had a wok. We grew up on some of those Chinese meals.

Independent Media Australia.@indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Don Dunstan’s cookbook and the lost ambition of social democracy https://pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/2026-09-28/478936/ #Auspol

pearlsandirritations.comDon Dunstan’s cookbook and the lost ambition of social democracyOne hundred years ago Don Dunstan was born and 50 years ago, in October 1976, the then South Australian premier published a cookbook. It sounds like a charming eccentricity of the era. It was actually a small expression of a much larger political idea.
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I'd agree with most of this except the bit of Dave Hughes being a comedian. Maybe if he used his comedy to promote himself and the Liberal party I'd agree. I couldn't say of seen anything comedic from Hughes in recent times and I never saw his comedy as that great prior to now.

Independent Media Australia.@indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Liberal Party propagandist Dave Hughes and Labor Party grifter Jordan Shanks expose themselves https://kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2026/09/27/liberal-party-propagandist-dave-hughes-and-labor-party-grifter-jordan-shanks-expose-themselves/ #Auspol

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Mostly good article, except I disagree with the line "But they now can add "autonomous agent accessing non-public Medicare statistics without being asked" to the list. It was asked, it was never explicitly told that it required only publication available data #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...

abc.net.auA gloomy outlook is why Australia can't afford to write off AIAustralia may want AI to live up to its promise, but has just experienced how easily things can go wrong. The challenge now is figuring out how to harness one without getting blindsided by the other.
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@petermclarty.bsky.social

What a great artist, brought to you by immigration I met his sister briefly when she played as support for a local act in Meeanjin. She's also very talented, but hasn't broken out as he has done.

Pepper Qi@pepperqi.bsky.social

youtu.be/pUcl4ICyV1I Genesis Owusu live at triple j's One Night Stand 2026. Recorded on September 5th, 2026 on the lands of Wiradjuri 🖤💛♥️ people at Griffith Showgrounds in Griffith, NSW. ★ · ⚒ 🇬🇭. 🪃 🌏 #music #Auspol #dance Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge, was released in 2026

youtu.beGenesis Owusu | Full Set (live at One Night Stand 2026)YouTube video by triple j
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They knew Trump would say it's censorship. The organisations have provided him with their talking points. Funny that they are not shouting as loudly about the white house ban. Why our government would consider any agreement with a USA corporation, I've got no idea. Expect a watering down #auspol

Kim Wingerei@kimwingerei.bsky.social

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol ‘Censorship’: US urges overhaul to social media laws. Opt-out measure for social media users from algorithmic feeds has been criticised by the US government, saying it would impact American tech giants....

michaelwest.com.au'Censorship': US urges overhaul to social media laws - Michael WestOpt-out measure for social media users from algorithmic feeds has been criticised by the US government, saying it would impact American tech giants.
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@petermclarty.bsky.social

The guy with the most to lose from a slowdown says AI won't kill us. Sure!! I'm not sure I'd trust a rabid capitalist for the definitive statement on whether AI is dangerous or not, especially while he is making an insane amount of money from it #ai #Nvidia

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@petermclarty.bsky.social

You can quote a pollie daily #auspol

QuokkaDaily.au@quokkadaily.bsky.social

Labor might side with foreign tech bros, and make every single creative, of any kind, have to hunt down and "opt out" of data scraping. WE, made a little AI game for politicians to Opt Out. It's fun. It's cheeky. 😄 quokkadaily.au/games/aussie... #AusPol

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If I was an Oracle employee I'd ask for the person who made the call on data centres how that is making it better for customers The waffle will be telling #database #ai Oracle Says 'Doing More With Less' Isn't the Answer in All-Hands After Layoffs - Business Insider share.google/Av9RWT1hY9AX...

share.googleOracle CFO says 'doing more with less' isn't the answer in all-hands after layoffsThe remarks came a day after Oracle began a new round of layoffs, following cuts earlier this year.
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They knew what they were doing and did it anyway If anyone else did it you'd be looking at 50 years in jail @albomp.bsky.social of your going to be complicit in this theft resign. You're not working in Australia's interests #auspol techcrunch.com/2026/09/17/m...

techcrunch.comMicrosoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,' new unredacted filings reveal | TechCrunchNewly unsealed court filings show Microsoft privately called OpenAI's data practices "theft" while both companies scraped paywalled Times content, built datasets from it, and warned internally it woul...
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Looks like they hit a nerve. Maybe the documentary is all true. Maybe they realise they've lost on this one so this is their best effort of retaliation Good. I hope it destroys support for the genocidal pricks www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...

theguardian.comIsraeli minister threatens to strip Israeli film-makers of citizenship over Gaza documentary NAZAMiki Zohar accuses Oscar-winning directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor of ‘treason against the state’
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@petermclarty.bsky.social

William Smith can get fucked on behalf of all Australian creators #auspol Yes they can train in China or some poor African country & let's see the riots there. No they can come to the table and deal with our laws & too bad that might cost them in the USA. www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/26/a...

crikey.com.auArtists risk being short-changed by Australia’s AI copyright lawAI companies cannot use Australian books, art, music or other creative works to train AI without explicit consent, with heavy legal risks if they do. This could end up backfiring for artists.
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@petermclarty.bsky.social

Maybe they shouldn't have come up with a business that makes Al Capone look like a saint. If that's OK. I might start a business recycling money that I've taken from banks. If you can take from one business why not another? #auspol

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One might wish to question whether the investigation was effectively botched by Ethical Command to protect officers Court ends prosecution of Queensland police officers over alleged tasering, assault - ABC News share.google/hapLKXQrrcLH... #qldpol #auspol

share.googleJudge finds 'fundamental defect' in police taser investigationA criminal prosecution of two police officers accused of tasering and restraining a prisoner with a mental illness comes to an end after a judge finds they could not be guaranteed a fair trial.
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It's funny a country that constantly tells the world it needs its guns for freedom has so easily given up its freedom to camera surveillance We are not as bad here in Australia, yet, but you can bet Flock will be looking at Australia for a market. #auspol www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.comTheir cities dropped Flock surveillance cameras. They’re still being watchedDespite policy victories over Flock, Americans are finding themselves under similar monitoring by a new company – or unable to remove the original cameras
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@petermclarty.bsky.social

Keating may have one thing wrong. "An enemy made up by us." I don't think we did. I think that was clearly thrust upon us by US imperialism. That was how they got us to go down this path of stupidity #auspol I need to write up a credible threat analysis to show the absurdity

Michael West@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social

The Inquiry the major parties refused to hold - "the security establishment, unmuzzled by retirement, saying what serving officials dare not" Andrew Brown - devastating on #AUKUS #auspol michaelwest.com.au/aukus-the-in...

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@petermclarty.bsky.social

How much of Rio does Australia now own? #auspol

Michael West@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social

Privatise the profits, socialise the losses. Biz lobby sheepishly silent on Rio Tinto bailout. Aleta Moriarty works out 5th big corporate rescue in 2 years at $2.5m per job #auspol #energy #tomago michaelwest.com.au/corporate-ba...

michaelwest.com.auCorporate bail-out epidemic. Rich-profits Rio nabs $2.5B in second rescue - Michael WestThe Albanese and Minns' bailout of Rio Tinto's aluminium smelter is the 5th large corporate rescue in 2 years - working out at $2.5M per job.
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@petermclarty.bsky.social

I expect this to be vehemently opposed. I expect the NACC will drag the chain. I doubt there will be any public hearings #auspol

Andrew Wilkie MP@andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social

Today I have referred to the National Anti-Corruption Commission my concern that individuals in the Federal Government, when formulating gambling policy, have been improperly influenced by individuals in the private sector. #auspol #politas

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Let's get this to 500,000 signatures No pervert glasses. I get they can be useful for certain eyesight problems, so sure medical users are OK. petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/de...

petitions.getup.org.auDemand Kmart take the Anko surveillance glasses off the shelfCamera glasses are moving quickly into the mainstream. Meta has sold more than 7 million pairs and hired Kylie Jenner to sell more. At $89, against several hundred dollars for the Meta version, the te...
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Seems a rather stupid idea for those in other jurisdictions to send support as they did. No issue if done from their Gmail to the person or the newspapers, but from their office stinks of elitism. You don't know how lonely it is at the top which has always been such a bullshit statement #auspol

Pearls and Irritations@johnmenadue.com

Why did Australia’s DPPs use the authority of their offices to support a colleague facing parliamentary scrutiny? Stephen Lawrence says the intervention blurred the line between personal solidarity and public duty, Andrew Fraser writes. #auspol #NSWpol #ACTpol

pearlsandirritations.comProsecutors' improper political push for a personal purposeA collective show of support for NSW DPP Sally Dowling has raised questions about whether senior prosecutors used the authority of public office for a personal and political purpose.
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Possible Reasons 1) No bases at either location - no subs -no problems 2) Had no clue 3) Decided that it was safer with him their as then the Chinese wouldn't Nuke it 4) Don't really consider the Chinese the problem they ask make them out to be #auspol michaelwest.com.au/government-a...

michaelwest.com.auGovernment approved espionage. Who approved land purchases near potential AUKUS ports? - Michael WestHow was Chinese Communist Party-connected Shanghai businessman allowed to purchase property near possible AUKUS nuclear sub bases.
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@petermclarty.bsky.social

One of the worst decisions by any government in Australia. This will not end well for Australia unless it is ended soon #auspol

Michael West@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social

"Segal holds power over what Australians may say, teach, report and believe. No election gave it to her. No Parliament ratified it .. Nobody asked you." Andrew Brown #auspol #antisemitism michaelwest.com.au/the-segal-st...

michaelwest.com.auThe Segal State: the office Australia never voted for - Michael WestAntisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal holds power over what Australians may say, teach, report and believe. No election gave it her. Andrew Brown
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@petermclarty.bsky.social

They are amazing technology, but you can bet everyone is watching how Ukraine takes out these bigger drones with much smaller and cheaper. They've no doubt added a lot of defensive features Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat flies multiple sorties from austere Pacific base share.google/SAYAD3oPM8t3...

share.googleBoeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat flies multiple sorties from austere Pacific base, testing U.S. Air Force expeditionary combat operationsBoeing’s MQ-28 Ghost Bat completed multiple operational sorties during an 11-day deployment at Valiant Shield 2026.
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They'll all be saying how clever Australian businesses were to not get caught up in the bullshit when the AI bubble bursts and the USA economy makes the 1920s look like boom years #auspol

Michael West@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social

Don't listen to the 'flee Australia, it's rooned' galahs, writes @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social "American economy is hyper-juiced by unsustainable fiscal stimulus" #auspol michaelwest.com.au/america-envy...

michaelwest.com.auAmerica-envy. The pet shop galahs of economic commentary - Michael WestThe Great Australian Whinge is alive and well in market and economic commentary. America is so much better, the likely suspects tell us.
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@petermclarty.bsky.social

She doesn't want scrutiny of her, only her opponents.. She's a coward and would run a mile when confronted by real push back from an overseas government in one of the forums. Time to go Pauline. You're fired #auspol

Independent Media Australia.@indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

From “suck it up, sweetheart” to shutting reporters out: Pauline Hanson’s convenient relationship with scrutiny https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/from-suck-it-up-sweetheart-to-shutting-reporters-out-pauline-hansons-convenient-relationship-with-scrutiny/ #AUSpol

womensagenda.com.auFrom “suck it up, sweetheart” to shutting reporters out: Pauline Hanson’s convenient relationship with scrutinyDemocracy, according to Pauline Hanson, does not happen on the ABC, at The Age or The Guardian newspapers. Presumably it happens in the car park outside, where she can address the press pack of her choosing without anyone as rude as to ask a follow-up question. On Monday, the One Nation leader stood in Melbourne to unveil her Victorian election candidates and, in the same breath, banned The Age, the ABC and The Guardian from the room. “I’m not putting up with their rubbish,” she told the reporters who were allowed to stay. “I’m not putting up with their spin, their lies, whatever. I want truth and honesty.” New state leader Warren Pickering added that One Nation “welcomed scrutiny” — scrutiny being, apparently, a thing you welcome by locking three newsrooms out of the building. The irony of that idea is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. This is a party whose entire founding mythology is holding the establishment to account, speaking truth to power, refusing to be silenced by the elites. And its solution to being asked hard questions is to decide, unilaterally, which journalists get to ask them. Rebel News, a foreign-owned outlet with an openly right-wing bent is welcome. Sky News is welcome. The outlets asking about, say, her taxpayer-funded junket with Gina Rinehart? Not so much. It is worth asking who exactly Hanson is protecting from scrutiny here. Rebel News is a Canadian-owned outlet whose Australian bureau chief has spent this campaign openly registering slogan-based micro parties designed to harvest left-leaning voters and funnel their preferences straight to One Nation. He also happens to be a convicted family violence offender, fined and found guilty after throwing a chopping board at his ex-wife’s head. That is the preference-harvesting friend Hanson wants standing at the front of the room. The Age, apparently, is the dangerous one. Hanson says she is sick of being treated differently to other parties, sick of gotcha moments, sick of spin. Fair enough nobody enjoys being door-stopped. But “fair go” apparently only flows one way. Because it was only weeks ago that Hanson had some very different advice for a woman being subjected to actual, sustained, sexist attacks. When mobile billboards depicting Premier Jacinta Allan as a witch, echoing the exact “Ditch the Witch” campaign wheeled out against Julia Gillard over a decade ago, were condemned by the Prime Minister as sexist and dangerous, Hanson’s response was not solidarity. It was “suck it up, sweetheart.” Politicians, she explained, must deal with public scrutiny. Scrutiny, it turns out, is a word Pauline Hanson loves right up until it is pointed at her. So, which is it, Senator? Do politicians have to cop scrutiny as the cost of public life, or don’t they? Because you cannot tell Jacinta Allan to grow a thicker skin over a genuinely misogynistic billboard campaign and then, a month later, storm out of the room the moment a journalist wants to ask you something you would rather not answer. That is not a principle. That is a mood. In regional Victoria, where One Nation is tipped to make its biggest gains, are the communities which rely most heavily on the ABC. They do not rely on the ABC for gotcha journalism, but for local news, emergency broadcasts, flood and fire warnings, the stuff that actually keeps people safe. Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young did not hold back on the point, branding Hanson a coward for banning scrutiny while chasing votes. She suggested regional voters tell Pauline to “get stuffed” at the ballot box. Banning the national broadcaster while campaigning in its heartland is not a communications strategy. It is contempt pure and simple. None of this is new, of course. It is the same playbook Donald Trump has perfected: when the coverage is unflattering, the problem is not the story, it is the storyteller. Declare the press the enemy, cozy up to the outlets that ask nothing, and rebrand accountability as bias and ‘fake news’. It works right up until someone points out that Rupert Murdoch’s empire, hardly a hotbed of left-wing spin, somehow escapes the blacklist too. Journalists in this country have brought down Premiers and Prime Ministers. That is not persecution, that is the job. You can absolutely ask for fair reporting. You can push back, correct the record, even be furious about a bad headline. What you do not get to do, in a functioning democracy, is decide unilaterally who is allowed to hold you to account and who is not, especially while insisting, with a straight face, that you are the one fighting for the little guy against a rigged system. Share this democracyOne NationPauline Hanson by Rita Nasr 6 hours ago ## Stay Smart! 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Sounds like another Gina plan. Universities aren't important as she would hire overseas people to fill those roles she needs in mining offering scraps of the current wages her companies pay to those she hires. Having control of them and never having a pathway to citizenship #auspol

Pearls and Irritations@johnmenadue.com

One Nation’s migration cap would include student visas, while Malcolm Roberts has threatened to deport 100,000 students. The result would be to smash a $55 billion export industry and put tens of thousands of jobs at risk, Abul Rizvi writes. #auspol #Migration #Education

pearlsandirritations.comOne Nation’s student visa plan would kill a $55 billion export industryOne Nation’s proposed visa cap and threat to deport students would devastate international education, put tens of thousands of jobs at risk and leave universities facing financial crisis.