@damianmelbau.bsky.social
Lover of family and privacy, enjoyer of beers and reds, hater of bullies and illogical haters, tragically EFC. Work in information security, CISSP, CCSP, CISM, MCyberSec.
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Critics are wary of the extensive lobbying behind the creation of a national AI plan that aims to speed up investment in energy-intensive data centres, but rejects the need for a central regulatory authority.
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Labor’s new AI plan puts faith in self-regulation
In a bid to support Australian innovation in the AI revolution, the Albanese government has stripped back layers of regulation, which critics say hands big tech too much power.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Critics are wary of the extensive lobbying behind the creation of a national AI plan that aims to speed up investment in energy-intensive data centres, but rejects the need for a central regulatory authority.
satpa.pe/BAyKeSr
satpa.pe/BAyKeSr
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Multiple sources confirm the Albanese government has pushed lobbyists and industry groups to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requirements. Read more: satpa.pe/h3OmIrz
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Multiple sources confirm the Albanese government has pushed lobbyists and industry groups to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requirements. Read more: satpa.pe/h3OmIrz
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Air pollution from cars kills more people each year than the road toll.
Australia needs legislated clean air standards. The govt wouldn’t agree to include them in the environmental laws passed last week. I’ll keep trying - they’ll save lives.
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
Australia needs legislated clean air standards. The govt wouldn’t agree to include them in the environmental laws passed last week. I’ll keep trying - they’ll save lives.
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
Two cars, similar size, but one emits 17 times more of a deadly pollutant
New rules around NOx, the most deadly form of vehicle pollution, come into force today, as testing reveals which popular models are pumping out more than others.
www.abc.net.au
November 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Air pollution from cars kills more people each year than the road toll.
Australia needs legislated clean air standards. The govt wouldn’t agree to include them in the environmental laws passed last week. I’ll keep trying - they’ll save lives.
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
Australia needs legislated clean air standards. The govt wouldn’t agree to include them in the environmental laws passed last week. I’ll keep trying - they’ll save lives.
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
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Coal train blockade by Kappen met Kolen in solidarity with @risingtideaus.bsky.social ✊
November 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Coal train blockade by Kappen met Kolen in solidarity with @risingtideaus.bsky.social ✊
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What Australian outlets edited out of the opening of Kerry O'Brien's Walkley Awards speech on press freedom:
(The full speech is here: www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...)
(The full speech is here: www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...)
November 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
What Australian outlets edited out of the opening of Kerry O'Brien's Walkley Awards speech on press freedom:
(The full speech is here: www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...)
(The full speech is here: www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...)
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Critics have likened the New York Times approach to capitulation.
Others have chalked it up to bad journalism.
Others have chalked it up to bad journalism.
How did the @nytimes.com editors let this sentence appear?
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Critics have likened the New York Times approach to capitulation.
Others have chalked it up to bad journalism.
Others have chalked it up to bad journalism.
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Australia, this is what our “greatest ally” is doing to innocents. We cannot stand by, support or condone such behaviour.
We must dump AUKUS.
We must dump AUKUS.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Australia, this is what our “greatest ally” is doing to innocents. We cannot stand by, support or condone such behaviour.
We must dump AUKUS.
We must dump AUKUS.
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If a Liberal State Government was wrecking the Victorian #StateLibrary & trashing the services it exists to provide, ALP members might be protesting. As it is, pretty much crickets. If you don't save the State Library you're going to lose more seats to indies, Teals & Greens. Interested now? #vicpol
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
If a Liberal State Government was wrecking the Victorian #StateLibrary & trashing the services it exists to provide, ALP members might be protesting. As it is, pretty much crickets. If you don't save the State Library you're going to lose more seats to indies, Teals & Greens. Interested now? #vicpol
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✨50% OFF BLACK FRIDAY SALE ✨
My calculator PCalc and my TTRPG dice app Dice by PCalc, are 50% off until Monday!
PCalc for iOS / watchOS / visionOS:
pcalc.com/store/pcalc
PCalc for macOS:
pcalc.com/store/pcalcmac
Dice for iOS / watchOS
pcalc.com/store/dice
Dice for macOS:
pcalc.com/store/dicemac
My calculator PCalc and my TTRPG dice app Dice by PCalc, are 50% off until Monday!
PCalc for iOS / watchOS / visionOS:
pcalc.com/store/pcalc
PCalc for macOS:
pcalc.com/store/pcalcmac
Dice for iOS / watchOS
pcalc.com/store/dice
Dice for macOS:
pcalc.com/store/dicemac
November 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
✨50% OFF BLACK FRIDAY SALE ✨
My calculator PCalc and my TTRPG dice app Dice by PCalc, are 50% off until Monday!
PCalc for iOS / watchOS / visionOS:
pcalc.com/store/pcalc
PCalc for macOS:
pcalc.com/store/pcalcmac
Dice for iOS / watchOS
pcalc.com/store/dice
Dice for macOS:
pcalc.com/store/dicemac
My calculator PCalc and my TTRPG dice app Dice by PCalc, are 50% off until Monday!
PCalc for iOS / watchOS / visionOS:
pcalc.com/store/pcalc
PCalc for macOS:
pcalc.com/store/pcalcmac
Dice for iOS / watchOS
pcalc.com/store/dice
Dice for macOS:
pcalc.com/store/dicemac
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The Northern Territory has enacted widespread cuts to free legal representation, leaving children as young as 10 to represent themselves in court, reports Russell Marks. satpa.pe/prYHzFX
NT cuts legal aid for anyone out of custody
The Northern Territory has made widespread cuts to free legal representation, leaving children as young as 10 to represent themselves in court.
satpa.pe
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
The Northern Territory has enacted widespread cuts to free legal representation, leaving children as young as 10 to represent themselves in court, reports Russell Marks. satpa.pe/prYHzFX
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can i say there's no real difference between the two majors now without a bunch of #auspol dipshits yelling at me?
it's extremely telling how - here and in the UK - when the more "right" of the two majors collapse, the "left" immediately mutates to take its place, almost like they share an agenda
it's extremely telling how - here and in the UK - when the more "right" of the two majors collapse, the "left" immediately mutates to take its place, almost like they share an agenda
Sadly, they cut a deal with the Libs to indeed rush this through
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
can i say there's no real difference between the two majors now without a bunch of #auspol dipshits yelling at me?
it's extremely telling how - here and in the UK - when the more "right" of the two majors collapse, the "left" immediately mutates to take its place, almost like they share an agenda
it's extremely telling how - here and in the UK - when the more "right" of the two majors collapse, the "left" immediately mutates to take its place, almost like they share an agenda
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Hopefully #OfirBirenbaum is totally bankrupted over this. Why are we allowing #Zionist terrorists to run around harassing honest Aust businesses? He needs to be evicted from Aust & sent back to #Israel never to be allowed to return
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#AUSPOL #NSWpol #Zionism #NSW
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#AUSPOL #NSWpol #Zionism #NSW
Sydney restaurant Cairo Takeaway countersues pro-Israel activist, claiming he trespassed to ‘ambush’ staff
Newtown eatery is countersuing Ofir Birenbaum, who launched defamation action against the popular restaurant
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Hopefully #OfirBirenbaum is totally bankrupted over this. Why are we allowing #Zionist terrorists to run around harassing honest Aust businesses? He needs to be evicted from Aust & sent back to #Israel never to be allowed to return
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#AUSPOL #NSWpol #Zionism #NSW
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#AUSPOL #NSWpol #Zionism #NSW
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My daughter and I visited the house we lived in when she was a baby, and she was shocked a 29-year-old Navy guy could afford a nice house in a safe neighborhood.
That wasn’t crazy in 1996 — but today, a nice house is out of reach for so many young people. That has to change.
That wasn’t crazy in 1996 — but today, a nice house is out of reach for so many young people. That has to change.
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
My daughter and I visited the house we lived in when she was a baby, and she was shocked a 29-year-old Navy guy could afford a nice house in a safe neighborhood.
That wasn’t crazy in 1996 — but today, a nice house is out of reach for so many young people. That has to change.
That wasn’t crazy in 1996 — but today, a nice house is out of reach for so many young people. That has to change.
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Nepo baby goes wah wah after squandering his inheritance with poor governance
November 26, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Nepo baby goes wah wah after squandering his inheritance with poor governance
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Labor & LNP have had a unity ticket on housing and tax policy that's created the #HousingCrisis.
The Albanese govt must bring in necessary reforms, and stop tinkering around the edges.
Doing nothing is not just reinforcing the status quo.
It means things will get even worse. #inequality #auspol
The Albanese govt must bring in necessary reforms, and stop tinkering around the edges.
Doing nothing is not just reinforcing the status quo.
It means things will get even worse. #inequality #auspol
Did you know the definition of ‘housing stress’ is when 30% of your household income is taken up by your rent or mortgage?
This isn’t normal.
This isn’t normal.
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Labor & LNP have had a unity ticket on housing and tax policy that's created the #HousingCrisis.
The Albanese govt must bring in necessary reforms, and stop tinkering around the edges.
Doing nothing is not just reinforcing the status quo.
It means things will get even worse. #inequality #auspol
The Albanese govt must bring in necessary reforms, and stop tinkering around the edges.
Doing nothing is not just reinforcing the status quo.
It means things will get even worse. #inequality #auspol
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There are some many better ways to save the budget $5bn. It's a long list, in fact. Changes to the PRRT; fuel excise rebate; negative gearing; CGT; tax-free pension threshold; superannuation contribution taxation rates; corporate tax rates; mining royalties...
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
There are some many better ways to save the budget $5bn. It's a long list, in fact. Changes to the PRRT; fuel excise rebate; negative gearing; CGT; tax-free pension threshold; superannuation contribution taxation rates; corporate tax rates; mining royalties...
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I'm really enjoying the Festival of Pococks Making Sense.
How ludicrous for Labor to cut $5 billion in public services during a cost of living crisis. Every six months the government pays around $5b in Fuel Tax Credits to mining corporations to burn fossil fuels. If Labor is going to cut spending, cut handouts to fossil fuel barons.
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I'm really enjoying the Festival of Pococks Making Sense.
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How ludicrous for Labor to cut $5 billion in public services during a cost of living crisis. Every six months the government pays around $5b in Fuel Tax Credits to mining corporations to burn fossil fuels. If Labor is going to cut spending, cut handouts to fossil fuel barons.
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
How ludicrous for Labor to cut $5 billion in public services during a cost of living crisis. Every six months the government pays around $5b in Fuel Tax Credits to mining corporations to burn fossil fuels. If Labor is going to cut spending, cut handouts to fossil fuel barons.
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The Albanese Government is about to rush through a bill which, Australia Institute research shows, would fast-track 94 new fossil fuel projects.
This will undermine environmental protections and lock in emissions for decades.
#auspol
This will undermine environmental protections and lock in emissions for decades.
#auspol
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The Albanese Government is about to rush through a bill which, Australia Institute research shows, would fast-track 94 new fossil fuel projects.
This will undermine environmental protections and lock in emissions for decades.
#auspol
This will undermine environmental protections and lock in emissions for decades.
#auspol
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Tycoons’ tools: media, PR, Atlas Network & co. They all ramp up when it looks like the populace is gaining strength. The combined mild resurgence of workers’ campaigning for a better go after 50 years of functionally fixed wages while bosses’ pay 🚀 (plus climate protests pre covid) set them off.
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Tycoons’ tools: media, PR, Atlas Network & co. They all ramp up when it looks like the populace is gaining strength. The combined mild resurgence of workers’ campaigning for a better go after 50 years of functionally fixed wages while bosses’ pay 🚀 (plus climate protests pre covid) set them off.
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THEY'RE FUCKING ADMITTING IT
Overtly calling for blood for oil
Overtly calling for blood for oil
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
THEY'RE FUCKING ADMITTING IT
Overtly calling for blood for oil
Overtly calling for blood for oil
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Why Trump is provoking a war with Venezuela: “for the American oil companies [it] will be a field day.”
God help all the people who will be killed. The end of the fossil-fuel era cannot come soon enough.
God help all the people who will be killed. The end of the fossil-fuel era cannot come soon enough.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Why Trump is provoking a war with Venezuela: “for the American oil companies [it] will be a field day.”
God help all the people who will be killed. The end of the fossil-fuel era cannot come soon enough.
God help all the people who will be killed. The end of the fossil-fuel era cannot come soon enough.
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FutureCoal's Michelle Manook is the public face of a sophisticated pivot in global fossil fuel lobbying. This new approach appropriates progressive rhetoric such as “equity and inclusion”, and subsumes them into the notion of “sustainable coal stewardship”. satpa.pe/GqIzQkF
How an Australian coal lobbyist honed fossil fuel messaging
An Australian lobbyist now leading the world’s key coal body addressed the National Press Club this week, demonstrating a sophisticated pivot in global fossil fuel messaging.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM
FutureCoal's Michelle Manook is the public face of a sophisticated pivot in global fossil fuel lobbying. This new approach appropriates progressive rhetoric such as “equity and inclusion”, and subsumes them into the notion of “sustainable coal stewardship”. satpa.pe/GqIzQkF
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$96 Million? Wtheactual? This needs investigation. Guaranteed there's something shonky. 🤬
November 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
$96 Million? Wtheactual? This needs investigation. Guaranteed there's something shonky. 🤬
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Yet another political crony-boy cannons into a funds-starved public cultural institution. Weapons lobbyist & previously-not-notably-arts-adjacent political pensioner Christopher Pyne appointed to our National Library Council.
What a brain-dead dumb, completely shite appointment. @tonyburkemp.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Yet another political crony-boy cannons into a funds-starved public cultural institution. Weapons lobbyist & previously-not-notably-arts-adjacent political pensioner Christopher Pyne appointed to our National Library Council.