@sydmorningherald.bsky.social has been doing a great job of reporting this ICAC NSW case, but I'm looking for different things. What really struck me was Helmy's evidence about the preconditions at Transport for NSW that enabled someone to get away with a 12-year bribery scheme. #ausnews #NSW

Stats courtesy of OAIC, data.gov, and @australiainstitute.org.au ☺️

Senator Roberts telling @senatorwong.bsky.social she's "far superior" to other Senators, mid gender-politics rant, was not on my estimates bingo card. #auspol #ausnews #senateestimates

Two from me this morning on #senateestimates yesterday. 1. National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) CEO Phillip Reed has defended Paul Brereton against accusations the commissioner is managing conflicts of interest inappropriately. www.themandarin.com.au/300647-nacc-... #ausnews #auspol

It's 2025, and people are still using the term "Isis brides". Just Don't.

At the end of an extremely busy couple of months, thanking everyone for their patience with me triaging their messages. I'll be catching up over the next week. Contact me on signal at apsanonymous.2600.

I can say without a shadow of a doubt this is the most I've ever used the word "penis" in a story. www.themandarin.com.au/297888-icac-... #icacnsw #auspol #ausnews

I am so sorry. #auspol #ausnews

Whack.

Also noting there are 33 recommendations, not 32 as has been widely reported. A lot of them are interrelated, and rely on government ceding power to community.

Under the hood of the headline findings, there's some really significant recommendations for government in this report. If the government accepts even half of them, NTs public sector will have to get very busy very fast. #ausnews #auspol www.themandarin.com.au/295252-nt-po...

When I started this yarn, I knew the gap was probably widening on Indigenous incarceration. I was absolutely not ready for how grim things are. These figures are from BEFORE the removal of remand as a last resort for young offenders in three jurisdictions. #auspol #ausnews

I got yelled at on this website today and somehow did not write a story for a magazine about how I'm reorienting my entire political orientation to piss off the people who got mad at me, in fact I learned I was being a bit of a butthead and, despite disagreeing, listened to their concerns, AMA

Emerging briefly from my government report dungeon to say thanks to Dean Lee for the interview about his decade at Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance. Oh, and a happy UN Public Service Day to those who celebrate. www.themandarin.com.au/294286-dean-...

Thanks for all your messages and emails over the last week folks - I'll be following you all up today/tomorrow.

If you don't know why already, I probably can't help you.

Breaking News: Charles Strouse, the Broadway composer behind hits like “Annie” and “Bye Bye Birdie,” has died at 96.

The cybernetics school is a very curious beast, formerly led by the now VC Bell. A protected species?

What a wild ride #ausnews #auspol #NT

Fairly obvious take that has been notably absent in the conversation about NSW public servants being sent back to the office. Thanks to Penrith Mayor Todd Carney for the chat!

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MEDIA RELEASE: The Government’s proposed review of the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 is a clear attempt to undermine the Tribunal’s independence and diminish Māori rangatiratanga Read more: www.psa.org.nz/news-media/p... #NZPol #Kikorangi

At a glance, about half my followers are academics, so this one's for you. Australia's higher ed agenda for the next three years. #auspol #ausnews #aps

“These guys read those cyberpunk novels & mistook a dystopia for a road map. They’re rich enough to bend reality to reflect their desires. But we’re not futurists, we’re entertainers!” See also @cstross.bsky.social’s talk from Next Frontiers Applied Fiction Day 2023 www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...

This isn't me, but I'm pretty sure I wrote this headline four or five times between 2010 and 2020

my 14yo made a power point of what she wants her future to look like and this is my favorite slide

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the Albanese Government’s second term will be primarily about productivity. Our ‘Orange Book 2025’ – published just before the election – sets out a productivity agenda for a fairer, more prosperous Australia. Here it is: buff.ly/65ikz38 #auspol #ausecon

Today from me - the National Mental Health Agreement that isn't. #ausnews

I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

I dub this look "squatters tuxedo"

If everyone could slow down a bit with their radical public employment overhauls, that would be great. I can only write so many stories a day 🥲

The best evidence I've seen for the existence of a deep state is that some days It feels like half the people I see in parliament house are wearing greek linen.

For overseas folks who may not get the gag: here in Australia we once had an actual, declared war on Emus. Army, machine guns, the lot. We lost. You really don't want to fuck with Australian wildlife.

"Or I'll start f--cking punching back. just try f--cking try me."* *=David Pocock did not, and would not say this.

I shouldn't have to write articles like this. I'm begging news reporters to actually read things instead of skimming them, and ask questions instead of making assumptions.

lol Creative Australia looking to hire an expert workplace relations consultant for its 'fair, safe and respectful' Creative Workplaces project. Person must have knowledge relating to 'discrimination, harassment and bullying'.

I can live with the blatant theft and even the idiotic takes on there being no difference between AI and human art. What really upsets me is the entire history of human creativity is getting turned into a bland paste, and people are just eating it up.

It’s difficult to find graphing paper here, but our data indicates that the US Tariff on our island is causing their stock market to be shaped just like our biggest cliff. Impeccable

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Tech journos are doing the most important policy reporting in the world at the moment.

Holy shit this piece is absolutely savage. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-new-gend...

1930 editorial cartoon on tariffs

I hope readers will forgive me for missing this on the day it happen. The release was within 24 hours of both the Federal Budget and QLD Olympic plan release. www.themandarin.com.au/290070-queen...

Corker by ANU staff. This frame was once explained to me as "too many women in poverty is a bigger problem than not enough in leadership". ANUs decisions are stripping jobs from some of the most educated and insightful women in the country. The gender of leadership doesn't change that.

Was bedeutet Trumps Zollpolitik für die Schweiz, die USA, Europa und die Globalisierung ? Meine Einschätzung im @blick.ch.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.

This sucks and I hate it

I can't see any way this could possibly go wrong. #ausnews #auspol

Sorry not sorry for this #ausnews

A few journos have asked me this week where I get all my numbers for "quick stories". I haven't had the heart to tell them most of these "quick stories" come from days of trawling through government spreadsheets.