Paul Karp
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Journalist. NSW political correspondent for Australian Financial Review. He/him
The Albanese Government is asking the High Court to create a new defence to false imprisonment to escape $10s of millions it is liable to pay 356 people it was forced to release from immigration detention.
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High Court immigration test case could result in payouts of millions
More than 350 non-citizens released from immigration detention have claims worth hundreds of thousands of dollars each.
https://www.afr.com//politics/high-court-immigration-test-case-could-result-in-payouts-of-millions-20251110-p5n91o?btis
about 1 hour ago
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Sarah Henderson's intervention this week reminded me she's an ex ABC journo and also made a cameo on Frontline, grilling Mike Moore
2 days ago
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Greg Jericho
6 days ago
The LNP front bench not exactly paying Ley much attention. Cracker of a shot by
@mikepbowers.bsky.social
#PointLive
live.thepoint.com.au
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Sarah Basford Canales
6 days ago
Another two men from the NZYQ-affected cohort have been deported to Nauru in a process human rights advocates say is shrouded in secrecy, v
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Albanese government deports two more men to Nauru in secret, infuriating human rights advocates
Exclusive: Sources say a Sudanese national and another man chartered to former regional processing centre last week, joining one other person
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/04/secret-nauru-deal-nyyq-two-more-detainees-deported-albanese-government
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Dressing for Halloween as slutty AI is proving harder than first anticipated
9 days ago
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Jeremy Poxon
10 days ago
a crumb of media coverage, as a treat
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
add a skeleton here at some point
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Amy Remeikis
11 days ago
Government trying to give police powers to recommend welfare cancellations, senate rebels on enviro laws and David Pocock pulls one over the government in the name of transparency - it is all happening.
thepoint.com.au
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The Point
The point.com.au
https://thepoint.com.au/
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De Minaur's results are: beat most people below him, nobody above him, and be reliable grandslam quarter-final cannon fodder. So no, it is not enough.
12 days ago
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Adnan thought heâd served his time. But one night border force raided his home to deport him to Nauru -
@sbasfordcanales.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Adnan thought heâd served his time. But one night border force raided his home to deport him to Nauru
Australian authorities have been accused of copying the âworst tactics of ICEâ in their treatment of the NZYQ cohort
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/28/australian-border-force-nzyq-non-citizens-nauru
13 days ago
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More AI lies. There is simply no song! It doesn't exist!! Oh except that one.
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Amy Remeikis
14 days ago
Morning - I have had three coffees so far and a cookie - The Point Live is with you:
live.thepoint.com.au
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The Point Live: Albanese government vows to pass environment laws
The Albanese government has returned to parliament determined to do a deal to pass its environmental legislation and wants to do it with the Coalition, which is barely holding it together. All the da...
https://live.thepoint.com.au/
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Amy Remeikis
15 days ago
Crazy we are still looking at what the Coalition is doing when what matters is Laborâs choice
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Craven, ill-advised and now repeatedly wedged, it's too late for Ley
If there remains who believes Sussan Ley can pull the Liberal Party out of its dissent into the political abyss, please raise your hand.
https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2025/10/25/sussan-ley-ill-advised-liberal
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In iconic Manly, even community infrastructure like a lifesaving club faces a litany of NIMBY complaints. Noise, tree removal, a "masculine" aesthetic, loss of a "heritage" footpath.
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The âmasculineâ development testing Manlyâs laid-back vibe
Plans to refurbish the surf lifesaving club on Sydneyâs iconic Manly Beach have divided the community.
https://www.afr.com//politics/the-masculine-development-testing-manly-s-laid-back-vibe-20251021-p5n467?btis
16 days ago
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Donât do a Deloitte: the AI stuff-up that ricocheted around the world - on the pod with Lisa Murray and Edmund Tadros
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Donât do a Deloitte: the AI stuff-up that ricocheted around the world
This week on The Fin podcast, Edmund Tadros and Paul Karp on Deloitteâs stuff-up, why it became a global story and what it means for the way we use AI.
https://www.afr.com//companies/professional-services/don-t-do-a-deloitte-the-ai-stuff-up-that-ricocheted-around-the-world-20251022-p5n4ii?btis
18 days ago
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Amy Remeikis
18 days ago
Excited to be able to talk about this publicly now - The Point is now up and running and from Monday, you'll find my parliament blog on it đ
thepoint.com.au
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The Point
The point.com.au
https://thepoint.com.au/
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Bowen lashes Queensland government plan to keep coal firing for longer
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Bowen lashes Queensland government plan to keep coal firing for longer
The energy minister says a strategy that could mean fossil fuel generation runs for decades could create investment uncertainty for new renewable power.
https://www.afr.com//policy/energy-and-climate/bowen-lashes-queensland-government-plan-to-keep-coal-firing-for-longer-20251022-p5n4cj?btis
18 days ago
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marque lawyers
19 days ago
The take-out from the wall of media reporting on Albo's meeting with Trump is wow Albo you diplomatic genius, the psychopathic god-king was in a good mood and found you unthreatening
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Sadly the answer many economists would give to this is NO you're better off upsizing because the family home is mostly exempt from the pension asset test, so you could get a part pension in a multi-million $$ house.
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CAMERON WILSON
21 days ago
Scoop: The federal government was warned last month that 1 in 3 parents plan to help their kids get around the social media ban. The risk of "non-compliance snowballing and becoming normalised" could "undermine" the ban, the report says, based on polling done in Feb/March
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Kym Chapple
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Fake academic reference reveals AI use in claim for $1.6m from NDIS
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Fake academic reference reveals AI use in claim for $1.6m from NDIS
The report asked for increased funding for a client but was created with the help of artificial intelligence and cited academic references that did not exist.
https://www.afr.com//politics/fake-academic-reference-reveals-ai-use-in-claim-for-1-6m-from-ndis-20251015-p5n2mq?btis
26 days ago
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More errors, âirrelevant citationsâ in Deloitteâs revised AI report
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More errors, âirrelevant citationsâ in Deloitteâs revised AI report
Academics question how AI-generated âgobbledegookâ can be justified after the fact by irrelevant citations, as the big four firm republishes its welfare report.
https://www.afr.com//politics/federal/more-errors-irrelevant-citations-in-deloitte-s-revised-ai-report-20251013-p5n227?btis
26 days ago
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Asher Wolf
27 days ago
For all the students at the social work uni intensive who told me they now use AI at work to write up case reports: NDIS participantâs bid for more support failed in part because two physiotherapists used AI to write letters used to back her claim to top up her package
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Bid to boost $200k NDIS package rejected after AI use found
The National Disability Insurance Agency warned about cut-and-paste medical reports. Throw artificial intelligence in and the results are even worse.
https://www.afr.com/politics/bid-to-boost-200k-ndis-package-rejected-after-ai-use-found-20250917-p5mvo7
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Nothing sadder than a "the truth is out there, we just didn't discover it" waa waa story.
28 days ago
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Jed Brown
3 months ago
It is not "attribution and sourcing" to generate post-hoc citations that have not been read and did not inform the student's writing. Those should be regarded as fraudulent: artifacts testifying to human actions and thought that did not occur.
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One day I'm going to throw my phone in the harbour and it's gonna look like a bold statement rejecting the distractions of modern life...the truth will be I'm waving away flies and accidentally let it go.
29 days ago
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Bill Browne
about 1 month ago
The Australian Public Service Commissioner confirms what many suspected: Public servants are avoiding putting things in writing to escape public scrutiny. But what is the Govt doing about it? Trying to change FOI law to make secrecy even easier.
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Australia Institute Live â Daily Updates
Stay updated with the latest from The Australia Institute.
https://live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/10/australia-institute-live-abc-reveals-financial-cost-of-unlawfully-terminating-antoinette-lattouf-as-estimates-continues-all-the-days-events-as-it-happens/5311/
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Greg Jericho
about 1 month ago
It's Senate Estimates week, so
@amyremeikis.bsky.social
has got the live blog fired up
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Parliament Live: Senate estimates gets underway. All the day's events, as it happens.
The government is pushing forward with its FOI changes, despite pushback, while Anthony Albanese says today "is not a day for demonstrations" with the parliament to commemorate the second anniversary ...
https://live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/10/parliament-live-senate-estimates-gets-underway-all-the-days-events-as-it-happens/
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Tom Studans
about 1 month ago
#BREAKING
đš Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report into mutual obligations issues. Fake quotes from Federal Court case that ended Robodebt deleted from new report in Friday DEWR dump. đ° AFR âïž
@paulkarp.bsky.social
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@edmundtadros.bsky.social
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@chrisrudge.bsky.social
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Tim Lyons
about 1 month ago
This whole thing is going to be a debacle. "every face scanning tool they tested could be tricked with repeated attempts."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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VPNs, 'old man' masks, and AI: The tech war quietly raging behind the social media ban
From December 10, social media platforms will be forced to block under 16s in Australia from holding accounts, but experts warn age checks can be easily bypassed in several ways, including a $22 "old ...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-02/social-media-ban-vpns-masks-age-checks-disguises/105836134
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Three words you don't want on your professional obituary: "after bacon comments".
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Sky News axes young commentatorâs new show after bacon comments
Conservative commentator Freya Leach had only been at the helm of her own show on Sky News Australia for six weeks when the incident occurred.
https://www.afr.com//companies/media-and-marketing/sky-news-axes-young-commentator-s-new-show-after-bacon-comments-20250929-p5myp7?btis
about 1 month ago
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Just discovered I am one of 390 people Silky Nutmeg Ganash follows on Twitter. Just imagining her waking up to a timeline full of Albo and Chris Minns like we do Trump.
about 2 months ago
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Simon Rosenberg
about 2 months ago
John Lyons' contacts "were openly saying Australia will never see the
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submarines. Pretending a meeting with a mercurial embossed carbuncle of a President will change reality is about as useful as a screen door on a submarine."
@amyremeikis.bsky.social
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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It's well beyond time our politicians kicked their US habit
So Anthony Albanese has secured his one on one meeting with Donald Trump and we are all supposed to pretend this is a good outcome.
https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2025/09/24/trump-albanese-us-meeting?ahe=d8d1feb61e0de61297860433632ff1eeebbf800d1d67c1f39f6e3f3f6659cea6&acid=2561072&utm_campaign=Morning%20News%20-%2020250925&utm_medium=tnd_email&utm_source=tnd_email&lr_hash=a40eb5b89bd77a4935fd97d6b0356eb9
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Crikey
about 2 months ago
Donald Trump has let fly with an absurd and rambling speech at the UN General Assembly, and it looks like Anthony Albanese has finally secured that meeting (lucky him).
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Donald Trump unleashes unhinged rant on the United Nations
The US president has let fly with an absurd and rambling speech at the UN General Assembly, and it looks like Albanese has finally secured that meeting (lucky him).
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/24/donald-trump-un-speech-albanese-meeting-andrew-hastie/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1758661354-2
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Amy Remeikis
about 2 months ago
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Coalition dearly loves a 'cruel hoax' â now it has become one
Pretending the Coalition matters, or its criticisms are worth anything, allows Labor to get away even less. That is the cruellest hoax.
https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2025/09/20/coalition-cruel-hoax
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Julia Carrie Wong
about 2 months ago
this exists it is called thinking
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Dominic Kelly
about 2 months ago
Like, what the hell does âspeak upâ mean if not putting your name to your comments? Farcical reporting.
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Dominic Kelly
about 2 months ago
Not a single one of them prepared to be named. Total cowards, both the MPs and the Guardian.
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Ohio Todd
about 2 months ago
Oh goddamnit! Are we fuckkng living through history!?! This is bullshit
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Hastie threatens to quit frontbench, issues net zero ultimatum to Ley
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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Hastie threatens to quit frontbench, issues net zero ultimatum to Ley
Andrew Hastieâs opposition to net zero emissions is well known, but his provocative comments about quitting the frontbench are a fresh test of Opposition Leader Sussan Leyâs authority.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/hastie-threatens-to-quit-frontbench-issues-huge-ultimatum-to-ley-20250915-p5mv9l.html
about 2 months ago
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Claire Connelly
about 2 months ago
âKirk wanted the America he was killed in. He fought for it. Became rich in doing so. And up until his final breath was continuing his harmful grift that has seen trans-people demonised across world. So I do not mourn that.â
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Bill Browne
about 2 months ago
In AFR,
@paulkarp.bsky.social
tackles cash-for-access in NSW. It can be as little as $110 per head. Donation caps do not stop it -- access is simply too cheap. The new federal disclosure threshold of $5k would not reveal it -- most appear to be well below.
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Register reveals the price of a lunch with a Labor minister
Workers compensation and gig economy stakeholders paid NSW Labor to meet Treasurer Daniel Mookhey and Industrial Relations Minister Sophie Cotsis.
https://www.afr.com/politics/register-reveals-the-price-of-a-lunch-with-a-labor-minister-20250911-p5mu76
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dell cameron
about 2 months ago
The National Guard âinadvertentlyâ emailed reporters a memo that says Trump deployments are turning the public against the military and bringing veterans shame.
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National Guard documents show public âfear,â veteransâ âshameâ over D.C. presence
Internal documents reviewed by The Post reveal, with rare candor, how domestic missions rooted in politics risk damaging Americansâ trust in the military.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/10/national-guard-trump-dc/
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Asher Wolf
about 2 months ago
From cabinet secrecy to âfactors againstâ access, Australiaâs FOI amendment bill risks undoing gains won under earlier reforms
www.themandarin.com.au/299152-foi-a...
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FOI amendment bill not what John Faulkner, Allan Hawke wanted
From cabinet secrecy to âfactors againstâ access, the FOI amendment bill risks undoing gains won under earlier reforms.
https://www.themandarin.com.au/299152-foi-amendment-bill-not-what-john-faulkner-allan-hawke-wanted/
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Van Badham
2 months ago
Charlie Kirk did not deserve to be murdered, because noone deserves to murdered. Political violence is not something to be tolerated, not even against Charlie Kirk. And it is in holding and defending those beliefs that we make ourselves unlike Charlie Kirk.
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Belfast Telegraph
2 months ago
Read Lee's account in full
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Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican'
A Co Antrim man lifted by US immigration police on an American street â in an incident he compared to a kidnapping â and then sent to a detention centre has described being deported back to Northern I...
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/horrors-of-trump-detention-centre-lisburn-man-tells-his-story-after-arrest-for-looking-like-a-mexican/a1990029828.html
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Just going for the first swim of the season *checks notes* 8 days into spring.
2 months ago
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Deloitte friends, my DMs are open. Please tell me who wrote the robo AI report (other than obviously robo AI).
2 months ago
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#breaking
Robodebt wil cost more than $2.4 billion after Albanese Government settled second class action for $548.5 million. Live blog here and story coming
www.afr.com/politics/fed...
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Hume sets sights on âgender super gapâ in new bill
The Liberal senator will move to let couples combine or split their super balances; Bob Carr says he decided to skip military display weeks ago. Follow live.
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/australian-news-live-updates-rba-s-bullock-warns-too-strong-consumer-spending-could-delay-cuts-20250904-p5msag?isMobileApp&token=4cde6a6f1862453fe79fd03a0c0544ea3cff867b
2 months ago
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