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theideasabsurd.bsky.social @theideasabsurd.bsky.social · 30m

I’ll just put this over here on my “disappointment” pile…along with NACC, transparency, climate change, AUKUS, gas industry…quite a pile now I come to think of it.

theideasabsurd.bsky.social @theideasabsurd.bsky.social · 20h

I don’t know what that was but “contempt of parliament” springs to mind!

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theideasabsurd.bsky.social @theideasabsurd.bsky.social · 1d

Symptomatic of the unaccountable shit show that is the current APS. At least she has a whole “team” dedicated to not providing answers!

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theideasabsurd.bsky.social @theideasabsurd.bsky.social · 2d

…because world peace is just going swimmingly thanks to our gas

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theideasabsurd.bsky.social @theideasabsurd.bsky.social · 3d

Government summons Optus, Telstra to Canberra over triple-zero failings
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

Bet they’re shitting themselves…just look at that stern face!

Government summons Optus, Telstra to Canberra over triple-zero failings

From 1 November, Telcos will be forced to provide real-time updates on network failures.

www.sbs.com.au

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theideasabsurd.bsky.social @theideasabsurd.bsky.social · 4d

Honestly they should have just given him an Ignobel…he wouldn’t have known the difference and Sweden wouldn’t be slightly nervous about being nuked right now.

theideasabsurd.bsky.social @theideasabsurd.bsky.social · 4d

Nothing was learned from Robodebt because those responsible suffered no consequences…

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theideasabsurd.bsky.social @theideasabsurd.bsky.social · 4d

Not for wont of effort on the part of the ABC though

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theideasabsurd.bsky.social @theideasabsurd.bsky.social · 5d

As an Australian, yes I can admit this.

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theideasabsurd.bsky.social @theideasabsurd.bsky.social · 6d

You might think that law talking types would grasp the concept of “perception of bias” but here we are.

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theideasabsurd.bsky.social @theideasabsurd.bsky.social · 7d

At least everything being a bin fire has made me try calligraphy again

Part 1 (yes it has 10 parts!) of Coleridge poem the Rime of the Ancient Mariner

theideasabsurd.bsky.social @theideasabsurd.bsky.social · 11d

Can’t help think none of this is a good example for kids getting bullied at school. “Remember kids your lunch money won’t be enough…you’ll need to promise the next years lunch money too”

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theideasabsurd.bsky.social @theideasabsurd.bsky.social · 12d

Paedoscience was right there too…

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theideasabsurd.bsky.social @theideasabsurd.bsky.social · 13d

Only for those whose mums took tylenol!

theideasabsurd.bsky.social @theideasabsurd.bsky.social · 17d

To be fair…that’s not just the medical system

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theideasabsurd.bsky.social @theideasabsurd.bsky.social · 18d

I don’t think we should discount that he really does want them to give it back to the Soviet Union though

theideasabsurd.bsky.social @theideasabsurd.bsky.social · 21d

They’re too busy managing their multiple properties to have time to be conflicted with shares. It’s more about their future consultancies

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theideasabsurd.bsky.social @theideasabsurd.bsky.social · 24d

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

“Misconduct”??!!? LMFAO

‘Betrayed the trust of Australians’: ANZ bank pays record $240m fine for widespread misconduct

Company admits allegations in four investigations brought by financial regulator Asic

www.theguardian.com

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theideasabsurd.bsky.social @theideasabsurd.bsky.social · 28d

…URNS!

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theideasabsurd.bsky.social @theideasabsurd.bsky.social · 28d

They don’t deserve sharp…blunt objects!

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theideasabsurd.bsky.social @theideasabsurd.bsky.social · Sep 5

Sorry USA but looking from without it’s like if Rome was a democracy that voted for the Barbarians to come on in through them gates

theideasabsurd.bsky.social @theideasabsurd.bsky.social · Sep 3

Maybe if our government wasn’t wholly a owned subsidiary of the Resources sector we could maybe have nice things like this…

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theideasabsurd.bsky.social @theideasabsurd.bsky.social · Sep 1

…and why the fuck is the ABC giving this air time?

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theideasabsurd.bsky.social @theideasabsurd.bsky.social · Aug 30

I’d be leaving the country

theideasabsurd.bsky.social @theideasabsurd.bsky.social · Aug 28

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Look at this smug turd. If the clowns in government had asked for a stake in return for the billions they threw at this lot during Covid some of those dividends would be going back to taxpayers

Qantas pays out bumper dividends and plans to buy 20 new aircraft after posting $2.4bn profit

Earnings hold steady at Qantas domestic as Jetstar and Frequent Flyer program contribute to $300m increase in profit

www.theguardian.com

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