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Jenny Forster
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Optimistic feminist, tree hugging leftie- wondering when the counterculture wagon left town…
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Great. A Labor govt (thus no saviour in sight) trapped by fossil fuels on one hand & AI data centres on other. Cry the beloved country.
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Good morning!!

Here's my latest for @crikey.com.au -> one of the reasons the CCA weakened its climate target suggestions is the possibility of uncontrolled data centre growth.

I found the lobbyists already working to sell them as 'climate solutions' in Aus ---->>>>>
How data centre lobbying is shaping Canberra's climate policy, right down to our timid emissions target
Hidden in the fine print on the Climate Change Authority's decision to pull back its emissions target? The role of artificial intelligence and data centres.
www.crikey.com.au
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the only clash this guy has seen is in the pattern between his shirts and ties
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Even the external barrister hired to do the internal review of a NSW GIPA (FoI) decision was told it didn't exist. But it did. It had been emailed to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research, Prof. Kathryn McGrath, as requested. She said she discussed it with the VC. The VC signed the contract!
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University of Technology Sydney ordered a spreadsheet from KPMG targeting individual academics by research income, which might contravene the bargaining agreement. They repeatedly denied it even existed for several info requests. But that wasn't true. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati...
Exclusive: University sought secret KPMG staff spreadsheet
The University of Technology Sydney denied the existence of a KPMG spreadsheet ranking the research performance of academics, in breach of its EBA, until it was forced to release it.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Well deserved Rick. My outrage at Robodebt was only assuaged by your relevant ‘highlight’
posts & comments. Best page turner ever.
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the army connections continue
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It's almost uncouth at this point, but the Walkley Book Award longlist has been announced and Mean Streak is on there with seven other incredible titles. Pity the judges whittling that down to a shortlist of three. www.walkleys.com/2025-walkley...
2025 Walkley Book Award longlist finalists announced - The Walkley Foundation
The Walkley Foundation is delighted to announce the finalists for the 69th annual Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism.
www.walkleys.com
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I am convinced that no one else in the world can sit like a Frenchman. It is a way of being, mastered and deployed with the confidence of a people who have been sitting for thousands of years. I think it might have something to do with all the statues.
rick-morton.ghost.io/a-new-three-...
A New Three Laws of Motion
I night not tell you if I win the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-Fiction, but there will be signs. Ha ha, I'm fully kidding. I did win it. The news was everywhere anyway. I was a push notifi...
rick-morton.ghost.io
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De Brouwer made the exact same argument two years ago after the Robodebt Royal Commission report was delivered. This is how I treated it in Mean Streak: "Grow up."
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Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.
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“And while I would love to continue splitting hairs about whether a country starving kids is better or worse if the kids are already sick let’s just table that discussion for when I see you in hell.” 🔥
In which John Oliver methodically unpacks how thin it is to claim you’re all about “the truth” when you’re only running essays don’t get properly fact-checked — and don’t hold up to even basic reporting scrutiny www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...
Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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My mum and her friend both texted to assure they knew it wasn’t me that robbed the Louvre because I don’t know how to use an angle grinder.
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CPP’s Raelene Sharpe says despite having spent hundreds of thousands on chasing Whistleblower Richard Boyle for 6 years & failing to have him convicted & jailed by the court, that it was still in the public interest to pursue him. Was it? 🤔 Yeah, right. #Estimates
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Lorraine Finlay defends decision to attend the Antisemitism Summit despite controversial guest speakers inc a fmr head of the US Neo Nazi movement
Finlay “if we are actually serious about combating extremism & hatred…”
Shoebridge “You don’t put them on a stage”🔥 #Estimates
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Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay says she was happy to listen to Nova Peris speak on racism at the recent Gold Coast Antisemitism Summit, despite that Peris shared a social media post describing Muslims as “Satan worshipping cockroaches that need to be eradicated” #Estimates
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After asking Dept of Climate Change & Energy on cost of the 2035 target, Sarah Henderson doesn’t want to hear the answer & desperately tries to stop Kath Rowley from embarrassing her on the cost of ‘not’ having a target
Kath Rowley “If I could just finish my answer?”🙄 #Estimates
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Home Affairs Sec Stephanie Foster exposed as overly determined Not to Answer & take things ‘on notice’

Shoebridge “You’re taking on notice your failure to answer on notice, Q’s I asked u on notice, about Q’s that u responded on notice, to answers u haven’t given on notice”🤯ffs #Estimates