Osmond Chiu (赵明佑)
@redrabbleroz.bsky.social
Policy & Research, @cpsu.org.au | Research Fellow, @percapitaaustralia.bsky.social | On the left-wing of the possible | Views are my own🌹✊
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The public service is not bloated, and cuts will hurt Australians.
Two charts on The Point from @grogsgamut.bsky.social show the context and costs of slashing APS budgets:
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Two charts on The Point from @grogsgamut.bsky.social show the context and costs of slashing APS budgets:
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
The public service is not bloated, and cuts will hurt Australians
Two charts that show the context and costs of slashing APS budgets.
thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The public service is not bloated, and cuts will hurt Australians.
Two charts on The Point from @grogsgamut.bsky.social show the context and costs of slashing APS budgets:
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Two charts on The Point from @grogsgamut.bsky.social show the context and costs of slashing APS budgets:
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
The Australian Election Study is out today with plenty of very interesting results in its 2025 & trends reports australianelectionstudy.org #auspol
Australian Election Study | The Australian Election Study website
australianelectionstudy.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The Australian Election Study is out today with plenty of very interesting results in its 2025 & trends reports australianelectionstudy.org #auspol
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Wonderful piece from @ericblanc.bsky.social on Milwaukee’s strong socialist history.
Socialists in City Hall? A New Look at Sewer Socialism in Wisconsin
It’s been done before—we can do it again in New York and beyond
www.laborpolitics.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Wonderful piece from @ericblanc.bsky.social on Milwaukee’s strong socialist history.
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"If the data is accurate...it would call into question the business model of OpenAI and nearly every other general-purpose LLM vendor" www.ft.com/content/fce7...
How high are OpenAI’s compute costs? Possibly a lot higher than we thought
Inference inferred, revenue reconstructed, cash burn quantified
www.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"If the data is accurate...it would call into question the business model of OpenAI and nearly every other general-purpose LLM vendor" www.ft.com/content/fce7...
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For people who leave their nerdy public sector reform long-reads to the weeekend… 👇👀
Are legacy mentalities from comms, political strategy and trad policy dragging government down?
Are legacy mentalities from comms, political strategy and trad policy dragging government down?
Are a small number of legacy disciplines dragging the whole of government down? A provocation:
medium.com/@jamestplunk...
Government seems increasingly unable to cope with the pace and complexity of today's world. Why? 1/n
medium.com/@jamestplunk...
Government seems increasingly unable to cope with the pace and complexity of today's world. Why? 1/n
The disciplines theory of government
Are legacy disciplines dragging the whole operation down?
medium.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
For people who leave their nerdy public sector reform long-reads to the weeekend… 👇👀
Are legacy mentalities from comms, political strategy and trad policy dragging government down?
Are legacy mentalities from comms, political strategy and trad policy dragging government down?
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Pretty embarrassing the Victorian Liberals had to go to the NT to find a keynote party speaker from a culturally diverse background for their “multicultural” fundraiser. All it says is they have no one prominent at the state or federal level
www.trybooking.com/events/landi...
#springst #auspol
www.trybooking.com/events/landi...
#springst #auspol
Delivering A Fresh Start for Victoria
The Victorian Liberal Party’s Communities Engagement Committee, together with Victorian Liberal Leader Jess Wilson, Senator Paul Scarr Shadow...
www.trybooking.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Pretty embarrassing the Victorian Liberals had to go to the NT to find a keynote party speaker from a culturally diverse background for their “multicultural” fundraiser. All it says is they have no one prominent at the state or federal level
www.trybooking.com/events/landi...
#springst #auspol
www.trybooking.com/events/landi...
#springst #auspol
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For all the understandable criticism of COPs & the need for more ambitious emissions reductions, the fact projected global warming has gone from towards 4°C or more to about 2.3–2.5°C now really should be mentioned more often to highlight that global progress is being made & can be built upon
“Widespread international support for the Australia-Pacific bid to host next year’s climate negotiations did not translate into a clear win,” writes Ryan Neelam in The Interpreter.
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/climate-change-compromise-progress-heart-amazon
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/climate-change-compromise-progress-heart-amazon
Climate change: Compromise and progress in the heart of the Amazon
Though outcomes might be less than hoped, important deals are being done at COP30.
www.lowyinstitute.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
For all the understandable criticism of COPs & the need for more ambitious emissions reductions, the fact projected global warming has gone from towards 4°C or more to about 2.3–2.5°C now really should be mentioned more often to highlight that global progress is being made & can be built upon
For all the understandable criticism of COPs & the need for more ambitious emissions reductions, the fact projected global warming has gone from towards 4°C or more to about 2.3–2.5°C now really should be mentioned more often to highlight that global progress is being made & can be built upon
“Widespread international support for the Australia-Pacific bid to host next year’s climate negotiations did not translate into a clear win,” writes Ryan Neelam in The Interpreter.
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/climate-change-compromise-progress-heart-amazon
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/climate-change-compromise-progress-heart-amazon
Climate change: Compromise and progress in the heart of the Amazon
Though outcomes might be less than hoped, important deals are being done at COP30.
www.lowyinstitute.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
For all the understandable criticism of COPs & the need for more ambitious emissions reductions, the fact projected global warming has gone from towards 4°C or more to about 2.3–2.5°C now really should be mentioned more often to highlight that global progress is being made & can be built upon
Pretty embarrassing the Victorian Liberals had to go to the NT to find a keynote party speaker from a culturally diverse background for their “multicultural” fundraiser. All it says is they have no one prominent at the state or federal level
www.trybooking.com/events/landi...
#springst #auspol
www.trybooking.com/events/landi...
#springst #auspol
Delivering A Fresh Start for Victoria
The Victorian Liberal Party’s Communities Engagement Committee, together with Victorian Liberal Leader Jess Wilson, Senator Paul Scarr Shadow...
www.trybooking.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Pretty embarrassing the Victorian Liberals had to go to the NT to find a keynote party speaker from a culturally diverse background for their “multicultural” fundraiser. All it says is they have no one prominent at the state or federal level
www.trybooking.com/events/landi...
#springst #auspol
www.trybooking.com/events/landi...
#springst #auspol
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"CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research" my column on the CSIRO research cuts #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research
The announcement this week that CSIRO are to cut 350 research jobs is another damning indictment on Australia’s ongoing failure to prioritise research and development.
thepoint.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
"CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research" my column on the CSIRO research cuts #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
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Our national science agency is under attack with more than 800 research & science support roles already gone & more than 300 more jobs to be cut.
These cuts now surpass those delivered by the Abbott Government.
Can you join me and take action?
www.proudtobepublic.org.au/csiro
These cuts now surpass those delivered by the Abbott Government.
Can you join me and take action?
www.proudtobepublic.org.au/csiro
CSIRO — Proud to be public
www.proudtobepublic.org.au
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Our national science agency is under attack with more than 800 research & science support roles already gone & more than 300 more jobs to be cut.
These cuts now surpass those delivered by the Abbott Government.
Can you join me and take action?
www.proudtobepublic.org.au/csiro
These cuts now surpass those delivered by the Abbott Government.
Can you join me and take action?
www.proudtobepublic.org.au/csiro
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That's more than 1,100 jobs lost at the CSIRO over the last two years.
"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."
This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."
This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
CSIRO to slash hundreds of jobs in cost-saving drive
The staff association at the nation’s leading scientific research organisation says the latest round of cuts marks “a sad day for publicly funded science”.
www.smh.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 AM
That's more than 1,100 jobs lost at the CSIRO over the last two years.
"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."
This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."
This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
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“They (Labor) are now responsible for cuts to public science that exceed the Abbott government – cuts current Labor MPs rightly slammed at the time.” #auspol
November 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM
“They (Labor) are now responsible for cuts to public science that exceed the Abbott government – cuts current Labor MPs rightly slammed at the time.” #auspol
“They (Labor) are now responsible for cuts to public science that exceed the Abbott government – cuts current Labor MPs rightly slammed at the time.” #auspol
November 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM
“They (Labor) are now responsible for cuts to public science that exceed the Abbott government – cuts current Labor MPs rightly slammed at the time.” #auspol
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We’ve tested tens of thousands of climate messages at @populares.co
Nobody cares about "net zero" jargon.
People care about jobs, industry and energy independence.
If you’re not talking about that, you’re losing.
My @thenewdaily.bsky.social op-ed 👇 www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
Nobody cares about "net zero" jargon.
People care about jobs, industry and energy independence.
If you’re not talking about that, you’re losing.
My @thenewdaily.bsky.social op-ed 👇 www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
Forget net zero, we need to talk about Australia's next jobs boom
If the past decade of climate politics in Australia was a fight over whether to act, the next one will be a fight over who benefits.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
November 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
We’ve tested tens of thousands of climate messages at @populares.co
Nobody cares about "net zero" jargon.
People care about jobs, industry and energy independence.
If you’re not talking about that, you’re losing.
My @thenewdaily.bsky.social op-ed 👇 www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
Nobody cares about "net zero" jargon.
People care about jobs, industry and energy independence.
If you’re not talking about that, you’re losing.
My @thenewdaily.bsky.social op-ed 👇 www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
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We’re at that point in #auspol where the same political debates w/ the same language is relitigated 15-20 yrs on w/out past references as everyone's forgotten about it. Not a surprise the same arguments about federation "not working" are made as it's mainly ideological www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Overgoverned, overtaxed and overcomplicated: How Australia was set up to fail
Our three levels of government will collect a record $1 trillion in taxes this year, but the federation is failing.
www.smh.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
We’re at that point in #auspol where the same political debates w/ the same language is relitigated 15-20 yrs on w/out past references as everyone's forgotten about it. Not a surprise the same arguments about federation "not working" are made as it's mainly ideological www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
We’re at that point in #auspol where the same political debates w/ the same language is relitigated 15-20 yrs on w/out past references as everyone's forgotten about it. Not a surprise the same arguments about federation "not working" are made as it's mainly ideological www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Overgoverned, overtaxed and overcomplicated: How Australia was set up to fail
Our three levels of government will collect a record $1 trillion in taxes this year, but the federation is failing.
www.smh.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
We’re at that point in #auspol where the same political debates w/ the same language is relitigated 15-20 yrs on w/out past references as everyone's forgotten about it. Not a surprise the same arguments about federation "not working" are made as it's mainly ideological www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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Deloitte caught in false claim it owned up to AI in tainted report.
It told finance it had explained the cause of errors to DEWR.
False - initially it used the same snow job it tried on the media "oh just some errors in citation".
www.afr.com//politics/de...
It told finance it had explained the cause of errors to DEWR.
False - initially it used the same snow job it tried on the media "oh just some errors in citation".
www.afr.com//politics/de...
Deloitte caught in false claim it owned up to AI in tainted report
The employment department rebuked Deloitte for claiming it had owned up to artificial intelligence use, prompting correction from consultancy to another department.
www.afr.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Deloitte caught in false claim it owned up to AI in tainted report.
It told finance it had explained the cause of errors to DEWR.
False - initially it used the same snow job it tried on the media "oh just some errors in citation".
www.afr.com//politics/de...
It told finance it had explained the cause of errors to DEWR.
False - initially it used the same snow job it tried on the media "oh just some errors in citation".
www.afr.com//politics/de...
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The rules for innovation in Australia are paywalled & crumbling.
Mandatory standards for EV charging or batteries cost hundreds to access. This is slowing the net-zero transition and killing innovation.
✍️ Flavio Menezes
inflectionpoints.work/articles/a-h...
Mandatory standards for EV charging or batteries cost hundreds to access. This is slowing the net-zero transition and killing innovation.
✍️ Flavio Menezes
inflectionpoints.work/articles/a-h...
A Higher Standard for Standards | Inflection Points
Standards are the invisible architecture of technological progress. In Australia, that architecture is paywalled and crumbling—and it's making it harder to build.
inflectionpoints.work
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The rules for innovation in Australia are paywalled & crumbling.
Mandatory standards for EV charging or batteries cost hundreds to access. This is slowing the net-zero transition and killing innovation.
✍️ Flavio Menezes
inflectionpoints.work/articles/a-h...
Mandatory standards for EV charging or batteries cost hundreds to access. This is slowing the net-zero transition and killing innovation.
✍️ Flavio Menezes
inflectionpoints.work/articles/a-h...
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Millennials even less likely to have voted for the Coalition (21%) than Zoomers (27%) at the last #ausvotes www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... #auspol
New figures show Coalition's 'existential' millennial problem getting worse
As Liberals prepare to fly to Canberra to hash out their net zero stance, results from the Australian Election Study suggest those under 45 have continued to drift away from the Coalition.
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Millennials even less likely to have voted for the Coalition (21%) than Zoomers (27%) at the last #ausvotes www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... #auspol
Millennials even less likely to have voted for the Coalition (21%) than Zoomers (27%) at the last #ausvotes www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... #auspol
New figures show Coalition's 'existential' millennial problem getting worse
As Liberals prepare to fly to Canberra to hash out their net zero stance, results from the Australian Election Study suggest those under 45 have continued to drift away from the Coalition.
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Millennials even less likely to have voted for the Coalition (21%) than Zoomers (27%) at the last #ausvotes www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... #auspol
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I’ve learnt that in some schools, the position of school captains have been renamed as joint prime ministers. Do they not understand about the damage to civics education they are doing??!!!
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I’ve learnt that in some schools, the position of school captains have been renamed as joint prime ministers. Do they not understand about the damage to civics education they are doing??!!!