A blunt tool. RBA’s incompetence is making the rich richer
Having created market expectations that it would raise rates, the Reserve Bank board delivered, demonstrating its incompetence.
Lawfare. Sydney University academics will finally have their day in court
Sydney academics John Keane and Nick Riemer have finally been able to file a defence against their accusers.
The Fake Medicare Hack, Netanyahu’s UN Walkout and Palantir’s Data Grab | Scam of the Week
An OpenAI bot accessed a Medicare portal in June, exposing health spending data with no private records taken, but the story surfaces this week just as Netanyahu’s UN speech triggers a 77-delegation walkout.
Palantir already holds data from 25 government agencies, while Cellebrite clones phones at airports. Murdoch executive Siobhan McKenna is appointed Australia’s new Consul-General in New York, and the Nine Network reveals a KKK Grand Wizard has endorsed Pauline Hanson.
#auspol
Chapters:
00:00 Opening
00:41 UN Walkout
02:46 Medicare Breach
05:21 Palantir & Cellebrite
07:15 Angus Taylor
08:13 Consul McKenna
09:45 Hanson & the KKK
11:19 Rowland’s Hilton Bill
11:47 Victorian Potholes
12:57 NDIS & Astroturfing
Own an AU domain? You may soon lose it. What’s the scam?
AuDA, the Byzantine body that manages Australian domains have come up with a novel idea to increase costs for website owners. What's the scam? The scam is a proposed rule change that threatens to remove the ownership rights for an estimated 2.7 million .com.au and...
Hospital cancels education event fearing pro-Palestine bias
Last week, Perth Children’s Hospital cancelled a scheduled ‘Grand Round’ because of “perceptions of pro-Palestinian bias”. What’s the scam?
Apple’s Missing CEO, Hanson’s ‘Primitive’ Remark and Hume’s Sunrise Gotcha | Scam of the Week
Apple Australia has gone silent for ten days on questions about Israeli-designed chips in its iPhone 17. The House of Reps voted down the Red Lines bill to restrict financing of the Gaza G-side, days before the US approved a record $4 billion bomb shipment to Israel. Pauline Hanson hit Seven Sunrise to call for social cohesion while hammering Aborigines and Senator Jane Hume called new home lending a “terrible failure” of Labor policy, moments before the show’s own data showed new dwelling finance at record highs.
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00:00 Opening
00:22 Apple’s Missing CEO
03:01 Red Lines Bill Defeated
06:05 War Memorial Row
07:41 ACMA Rebukes Four Corners
10:14 Exclusive Brethren Fallout
11:10 Hanson’s ‘Primitive’ Comments
12:56 Immigration Policy Fight
13:46 Barnaby Joyce Dodges Costings
15:31 Hume’s Sunrise Gotcha
17:37 Oil and Interest Rates
18:34 BHP’s Diesel Rebate
19:07 Palantir, Cellebrite and Sydney Uni
21:45 Sign-Off
Marles schtum, but US congressman suggests Perth is going nuclear
There is a real possibility nuclear weapons will be carried onboard US submarines to be based at HMAS Stirling.
A blunt tool. RBA’s incompetence is making the rich richer
Having created market expectations that it would raise rates, the Reserve Bank board delivered, demonstrating its incompetence.
Grifting icare, gouging workers. BHP’s big insurance scam unveiled
BHP and MinterEllison are covering up a coal industry insurance scam at the expense of mining workers and NSW businesses insured with icare. Michael West reports.
Lawfare. Sydney University academics will finally have their day in court
Sydney academics John Keane and Nick Riemer have finally been able to file a defence against their accusers.
The NACC still doesn’t know what a conflict-of-interest is
Conflict-of-interest issues continue to trouble the National Anti-Corruption Commission, while questions remain about who it recruits.
NDIS reforms. Rejected clients form queues elsewhere
Changes to the NDIS have unintended consequences, shifting patients and costs to other parts of the health system.
Australia’s Housing Casino: the house always wins
Andrew Brown analyses how successive Australian governments turned shelter into a casino. This is Part One of three-part series Australia’s Housing Casino.
The Fake Medicare Hack, Netanyahu’s UN Walkout and Palantir’s Data Grab | Scam of the Week
An OpenAI bot accessed a Medicare portal in June, exposing health spending data with no private records taken, but the story surfaces this week just as Netanyahu’s UN speech triggers a 77-delegation walkout.
Palantir already holds data from 25 government agencies, while Cellebrite clones phones at airports. Murdoch executive Siobhan McKenna is appointed Australia’s new Consul-General in New York, and the Nine Network reveals a KKK Grand Wizard has endorsed Pauline Hanson.
#auspol
Chapters:
00:00 Opening
00:41 UN Walkout
02:46 Medicare Breach
05:21 Palantir & Cellebrite
07:15 Angus Taylor
08:13 Consul McKenna
09:45 Hanson & the KKK
11:19 Rowland’s Hilton Bill
11:47 Victorian Potholes
12:57 NDIS & Astroturfing
Domestic violence crisis needs more than words and flowers
So far this year, 52 women and 21 children have died from domestic violence in Australia, an epidemic that cannot be stopped by words alone.
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