I can see why RENT was groundbreaking at the time. But two things can be true: you can be groundbreaking for a time, and also left there.

I am reminded how much I dislike the musical RENT.

This is secondary to my questions around why Opera Australia is doing it.

people are going to post AI slop...sometimes they just do not realize it at the time and have the good graces to delete it

but if they are told and keep posting it your safest action is just to block them because they will continue to spread it

The absolute worst

Yep, and the original poster knows and doesn't care. There is no such thing as negative engagement.

What I think Hastie is realising is that he can have a far more lucrative and easier career which doesn't involve a pretty shitty commute between Perth and Canberra every week. I'm still 50/50 that the good burghers of Canning will have a by-election in the next 2 years.

I made the mistake of watching Insiders after the election- never again, a special treat for my husband- and Speers was basically fellating Wolahan because he could speak in full sentences and wasn't having a toddler tantrum over the result.

They were trying to do this to Keith Wolahan in the immediate aftermath of the election but then he fucked them by losing his seat, lol.

Australian Parliament Sports Club website has gone offline, lol. Probably a bit tricky when your website is selling 'access' and your President, the PM of Australia, is saying that no such thing is happening.

Frantically writing up a brief that somehow separates 'access' from 'lobbying'.

Once I had coffee with a bureaucrat from Create NSW to update her on the grant funding my organisation and I WAS NOT allowed to buy her coffee lest it be misconstrued even though she had no role in the decision making. 🫠

Remember it's only lobbying if it happens in a physical lobby like the Park Hyatt Canberra, Ovolo Canberra, things of that nature.

Yes to all that, but we'd also have to address a fundamental issue at the heart of all arts funding structures in this country: a deep, visceral fear of individual artists, which is why we prioritise funding for organisations.

The difference between David Pocock and the rest of the Cwth Parliament is that as a professional athlete he was required to appreciate interest conflicts and integrity risks (especially re. gambling).

In Australia the federal level is unique in not doing this: States and Councils must handle risk

what the actual fuck lmao

Obviously, the lobbying organisation provides funds to a parliamentary social club solely for the love of the game. Why, I'm sure it is as equally generous with the Waneroo Juniors. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Heather Mitchell is now on the line blowing smoke up my arse about buying tickets and solicit donations. Do not ask me for a donation while I'm on an endless hold. This is a bad idea!

Oh my god now they have trotted out an actor to do a recorded message thanking me for being on hold. Lawd.

Mitchell Butel, you are great, but I do not need this Kids Show energy when trying to fix a subscription to your company.

Oh my god the Artistic Director giving a speech as a replacement for hold music is a new marketing horror show from the arts.

I am genuinely concerned that she seems to think 4chan is basically another form of Flickr.

One old feller tried to convince me that South Dowling Street was a toll road that somehow wracked up $25 worth of tolls.

The other favourite is setting the meter to the Maxi taxi rate, which is illegal when picked up from a rank.

As a travel writer, I'm vaguely concerned at her inability to find the uber zone at Sydney airport, BUT I will say every time I have been ripped off by a taxi it was 1) at SYD and 2) took MONTHS to resolve. www.smh.com.au/traveller/tr...

Genuine question, but has Julie Inman Grant actually used the internet since 2016ish?