This is everything.

Dog park set for $100k upgrade Plans include play equipment, upgraded fencing and gates, more seating, and a water fountain

City of Wangaratta is spending $100k on upgrading a dog park, when the town doesn’t have a dedicated 24/7 homelessness shelter and the food banks are repeatedly shut because of lack of funds and supplies www.wangarattachronicle.com.au/news/dog-par...

Thank you. Astute.

Governments reveal their policy priorities by where they spend money. Ignore their rhetoric.

Inquiry into the NACC's performance of its functions Committee: Parliamentary Joint Committee on the National Anti-Corruption Commission Date referred: 25 March 2026 Submissions close: 29 May 2026 Reporting date: 26 October 2026 Pursuant to the committe...

As someone who has lodged complaints with the NACC, I know how it feels to report serious corruption concerns and be met with total silence for months and even years. This inquiry is a chance for the public to finally get a voice. Details here www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...

BREAKING Just launched a formal inquiry into the NACC's performance. Australians have been watching the NACC operate in the shadows for years and it's time to drag this body into the light. I know you will have thoughts to submit before 26 May 👇

It stops political parties trying to prevent people voting eg by mandating voter ID, holding elections at times that make it difficult for working people, removing postal voting, understaffing polling stations so queues are massive. Also, no need for spending $$$$s campaigning to get people to vote.

Oh @economist.com

Do not use 1800 RESPECT.

FOI reveals that “once a week, every week”, 1800 RESPECT is being subpoenaed, handing over confidential client notes and audio recordings of victim counselling sessions, to accused rapists and their legal teams.

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"At least once a week, every week, 1800 RESPECT – run by Telstra Health – is being subpoenaed, and not only is the $147 million government-funded service handing over confidential client notes, but 1800 RESPECT is also handing over complete audio recordings of victim counselling sessions"

Just so you know...

Give him time, he'll manage it

Well this is just great

Isn't part of the problem that Tone never stopped intervening

More than a decade ago I worked social media for the NDIS. I realised Serco was going to be a service provider. I gave some feed back criticising the decision. Contract not renewed. And now here we are. Serco is now providing outsourced phone case management to the NDIS

Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X By Reuters January 2, 20267:40 PM GMT+1Updated 1 hour ago Illustration shows xAI and Grok logos xAI and Grok logos are seen in this illustration taken, February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab Jan 2 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this. Screenshots shared by users on X showed Grok's public media tab filled with images that users said had been altered when they uploaded photos and prompted the bot to alter them. "There are isolated cases where users prompted for and received AI images depicting minors in minimal clothing," Grok said in a post on X. "xAI has safeguards, but improvements are ongoing to block such requests entirely." "As noted, we've identified lapses in safeguards and are urgently fixing them — CSAM is illegal and prohibited," Grok said, referring to Child Sexual Abuse Material. Grok gave no further details. When contacted by Reuters for comment by email, xAI replied with the message "Legacy Media Lies". In a separate reply to a user on X on Thursday, Grok said most cases could be prevented through advanced filters and monitoring although it said "no system is 100% foolproof," adding that xAI was prioritising improvements and reviewing details shared by users.

This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc)

#1: Reuters

Exposing the DISTURBING ISRAELI Lobby inside Australia | Ex-Foreign Minister Bob Carr Former Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr reveals the deep influence of the Israeli lobby in Australia, its impact on democracy, and what it means for Gaza.

“The Israeli Jewish lobby in Australia is a foreign influence operation,” Carr states bluntly. “It’s designed to put the interests of Israel above the interests of Australia and its foreign policy.”

white establishment media continues its shameful record of yielding to orchestrated pro-Israel campaigns instead of promoting healing and humanising.

Laura Tingle says you have to look at Netanyahu’s reaction with a grain of salt after he blamed Albanese for the Bondi attack. Says he’s the only leader trying to link it with Australia’s support for a Palestinian state while still can’t explain how Oct7 occurred on his watch💥 #Abc

This is something that's been bothering me. Travel expenses are a great favourite of bored Oppositions and a holiday-adjacent Press Gallery, but have negligible impact on actual people's lives. But easy to cover.

Stuff that actually requires expert advice and detailed consideration however...

The ALP designed the NACC with the assistance of the LNP to ensure everyone remained very, very safe and comfortable

Elon reposting Brendan Carr as a first reaction.

But no, X is not taxed for being successful.

And yes, X is fined for breaking simple DSA requirements regarding deceptive design, ad transparency, and data access for researchers

"analysis"

That gave me a laugh thank you. 100% accurate.

... lack of staff etc etc etc. $$$s or lack of indicate policy preferences. Is this just a tick-the-box exercise now? Yes, we have one of those. Tick.

DrMR - was event recorded & have u a link? Keen to watch it

@crimeanalyst.bsky.social

Hannah Clarke murders: Queensland police made potentially critical mistakes, new evidence reveals Exclusive: Detectives investigated ‘veracity and motive’ of Brisbane woman’s allegations of domestic violence and coercive control – even after the horrifying attack that killed her and her children

🤯😡Body-worn camera footage released to Guardian Australia by the coroner shows two male police officers who served Baxter with the order telling him how to challenge it in court.🤯😡

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