Recoome posted:

this loving country sucks

Abongination posted:

Was the car fire a failed IED? People in the area claimed to hear a loud pop.

When it failed it seems he grabbed the knife and went old school, could have been a lot worse.

Also, it would be nice if these headlines glamorised the whole thing less.

Recoome posted:

a white person spat on my girlfriend in the middle of Queens St Mall in Brisbane when she was wearing her star of david, but I guess that won't make the headlines

quote:

Meanwhile, Opposition Leader Matthew Guy said there should be no "moral squeamishness" when it came to dealing with extremism.
"There should be no moral squeamishness, we need to eradicate this kind of behaviour, because enough is enough," Mr Guy said.
It is understood the Andrews government’s counter terrorism subcommittee of cabinet will meet at 9am.
The Premier has also suspended all election campaigning until at least Sunday afternoon.

Moon Atari posted:

quote:

Guy reacted angrily when a journalist asked if he was politicising the issue, saying: “I find it confronting that you would ask me whether or not I would use any person’s death to a political advantage.”

Recoome posted:

this loving country sucks

Whitlam posted:

Ah gently caress, they've named the guy who died. Sisto from Pellegrini's.

Solemn Sloth posted:

Noted islamicist ideology “believing invisible people are chasing you down the street with spears”

Recoome posted:

a white person spat on my girlfriend in the middle of Queens St Mall in Brisbane when she was wearing her star of david, but I guess that won't make the headlines

You Am I posted:

I'm sorry to see that dude

Sadly I feel the poo poo that's happening in the US is starting to make its way down here. I guess we're kinda lucky that guns are hard to get here compared to the US

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN posted:

The perpetrator of Friday's Bourke Street terrorist attack complained of being chased by "unseen people with spears" in the weeks leading up to the deadly knife rampage in Melbourne's CBD.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/na...110-p50f7y.html

Abongination posted:

Was the car fire a failed IED? People in the area claimed to hear a loud pop.

Doctor Spaceman posted:

https://twitter.com/CMMortlock/status/1061097578903687169

snoremac posted:

fuckin worthless myGov website won't send a code to my fuckin email to recover my password

norp posted:

I had that problem, turns out they permanently lock your account if you don't log in for 18months

norp posted:

I had that problem, turns out they permanently lock your account if you don't log in for 18months

Also they permanently lock out your account after 5 failed attempts to log in.

Recoome posted:

Having to deal with MyGov when I was an undergrad was always the loving pits

Good idea but holy hell did they stink it up

quote:

The director of privacy at the agency behind My Health Record has quit amid claims the organisation and Health Minister Greg Hunt's office have not been taking the concerns of internal privacy experts seriously enough.

The resignation of the Australian Digital Health Agency’s director of privacy, Nicole Hunt, last month comes at a crucial time for the agency, which has faced criticism over its security and privacy policies, as it prepares to automatically enrol all Australians into having the online digital health file unless they opt out by November 15.

Ms Hunt has worked in roles across federal and state governments, including at the NBN, NSW Police, and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. The ADHA refused to confirm the resignation despite Ms Hunt's LinkedIn profile showing she now works in privacy at ANZ Bank.

Ms Hunt declined to comment for this story.

It is further understood that from December only one existing, dedicated privacy staff member will remain at the organisation, with one leaving the business to move overseas and another going on 12 months leave. At its peak, the privacy team consisted of four people.

“The agency as a practice does not comment publicly on staffing matters,” an ADHA spokesperson said. “The agency has an experienced and well-resourced privacy team."

Asked if ADHA would replace Ms Hunt, the spokesperson said it had restructured its privacy team to report to another director.
Tim Kelsey (centre), head the Australian Digital Health Agency, which is rolling out My Health Record.

Tim Kelsey (centre), head the Australian Digital Health Agency, which is rolling out My Health Record.Credit:ADHA

“The agency … has recently announced an internal restructure ... to ensure the agency is the right size and shape beyond the opt-out program," they said.

"These changes have not significantly changed the staffing profile or resourcing of our privacy team, but has brought the policy and privacy functions under one director position."

ADHA declined to state which director the privacy team would now report to, saying: "The agency has nothing further to add."

Two sources close to Ms Hunt confirmed that she had left the business out of frustration that privacy and security concerns her team had raised with senior management were often ignored.

“ADHA's privacy staff are very disillusioned that their advice and that of external privacy experts has not been listened to,” one source said, adding that there was a pattern of “not listening” at senior levels at ADHA and within Health Minister Greg Hunt's office, and that concerns were treated simply as management or public relations issues.

Said a second source: “I don’t think you are on the wrong track with the 'not listening'. They are hearing, they are listening to something, but they are reconfiguring it into another conversation; and it is not the conversation the Australian public want to have."

Anna Johnston, director of privacy consultancy Salinger Privacy and a former NSW deputy privacy commissioner, said the resignation and claims of not listening were not a good look, nor was consolidating the role of privacy director with another director with other responsibilities.

“No longer having a director leading a separate privacy team outside of the broader policy area suggests to me that ADHA does not properly value the critical judgment and expertise that an independent chief privacy officer can bring to an organisation,” Ms Johnston said.

Following publication of the news of Ms Hunt's resignation on Friday, Labor's shadow health spokeswoman Catherine King said it was "extremely concerning" and showed "why we need a Privacy Commissioner review of the My Health Record".

About 17 million Australians will be automatically enrolled in the My Health record if they do not opt-out by next Thursday, despite lingering significant privacy concerns.

On Tuesday, Health Minister Hunt unveiled long-awaited changes to the government's My Health Record legislation to address privacy concerns, protect young people and domestic violence victims.

Separate legislation that would enshrine a patient's right to permanently delete their record, and ensure that police may only access a person's medical history with a court order, is yet to pass Parliament but politicians will not get a chance to debate the bill before the opt-out deadline.

A Senate inquiry into the rollout of the e-health system last month recommended that the opt-out period be extended by 12 months, but the extension was refused.

Recoome posted:

In my time, I've had the great fortune to speak several people claiming to be Jesus, a relative to the Queen, and someone who had been killed by the Government.

Psychosis and psychotic episodes are no laughing matter, but I mean if people aren't trying to actively kill themselves or other people, then they still aren't likely to get help if they can't afford it.

norp posted:

I had that problem, turns out they permanently lock your account if you don't log in for 18months

Also they permanently lock out your account after 5 failed attempts to log in.