I said it a year ago and I'll say it again because it's even truer now: The real division today is no longer left/right, liberal/conservative, or Democrat/Republican. It is between those who will accept a technocratic biosecurity surveillance regime and those who will resist.
Scott Morrison opposed the robodebt royal commission but when he appeared in person he said he was “happy” to assist.
Morrison was asked on Wednesday what he knew about the legal problems with the disastrous robodebt scheme he implemented as social services minister in 2015, agreed to expand as treasurer and defended as prime minister in 2019.
He was expansive in his answers and keen to respond. Often he was told to wait for the question to be asked. Observers lost count of how many times he was then told to answer them – rather than bless the room with what commissioner Catherine Holmes called “unnecessary detail”.
He didn’t ask more questions about it because he had “faith” in his department and it was “unthinkable” they wouldn’t share the 2014 legal advice they had which warned the scheme might be unlawful.
Scott Morrison leaned on his faith in his department to explain the ‘critical failure’ of robodebt
Gabor Maté: Who’s Crazy, You or Your Nation?Scheerpost
Why the laws of physics don’t actually exist New Scientist
Do as I say not as I do lessons by
in the Age of Tackintegrity … ;-)
Anger is often seen as a negative or illegitimate emotion, especially among liberals with fancy educations. But it’s important to understand that it’s derived from an Old Norse word, “angr,” which means “grief.” You should feel anger about injustice and the grief it propagates. pic.twitter.com/Rvpigm7pwn
— 🦀 Jon Schwarz 🦀 (@schwarz) December 8, 2022
The "robodebt" tale is uncovering a deeper sin within the APS. That is that while it claims one should be frank and fearless, when it comes to the crunch nobody is. This is why nobody trusts the government nor the APS.
The APS is not fearless, independent and non partisan anymore
What US Leadership Can Do for Nature Project Syndicate
Nature-based solutions can generate 20 million new jobs with right policies: UN report Anadolu Agency
engadget – China, India and Russia all voted against the measure. “The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution today asking countries not to conduct direct-ascent anti-satellite tests (ASAT) that create space junk. The US spearheaded the measure after the International Space Station (ISS) had a close call last year with more than 1,500 pieces of debris from a Russian ASAT. The measure doesn’t ban the development or testing of ASAT systems, but it discourages conducting them in a way that creates space debris.
Although since it came from the UN General Assembly and not the Security Council, it isn’t legally binding. In addition to creating navigational hazards for astronauts, space junk also reflects sunlight to Earth’s surface, interfering with ground-based telescopes. Moreover, researchers expect orbital debris to increase by magnitudes over the next decade as internet-broadcasting mini-satellites, like SpaceX’s Starlink, grow in popularity.”
