Tokamak posted:

Don't worry, you'll know... you'll know.
Have you seen a nerd before? It's a group of nerds. Pudgy, awkward (both socially and from meeting strangers on the internet), a little unkempt, somewhat less fashion sense and talking about video games out loud. You'll be right, and maybe pm or post in the thread if you are lost

Anidav posted:

I handed out a resume to a cafe owner yesterday who declined my resume and told me minimum wage was too high and penalty rates are an out of date concept; therefore she will be unable to hire anyone until the government fixes those things. According to small cafe owner woman person.

TheMightyHandful posted:

George Brandis Censured

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When the votes were read out and it became clear that the Labor censure motion of George Brandis had succeeded, government senators yelled “shame! shame!” at Labor.

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The government of Indonesia had retained the law firm for help in trade talks, according to the February 2013 document. It reports that the N.S.A.’s Australian counterpart, the Australian Signals Directorate, notified the agency that it was conducting surveillance of the talks, including communications between Indonesian officials and the American law firm, and offered to share the information.

The Australians told officials at an N.S.A. liaison office in Canberra, Australia, that “information covered by attorney-client privilege may be included” in the intelligence gathering, according to the document, a monthly bulletin from the Canberra office. The law firm was not identified, but Mayer Brown, a Chicago-based firm with a global practice, was then advising the Indonesian government on trade issues.

On behalf of the Australians, the liaison officials asked the N.S.A. general counsel’s office for guidance about the spying. The bulletin notes only that the counsel’s office “provided clear guidance” and that the Australian agency “has been able to continue to cover the talks, providing highly useful intelligence for interested US customers.”

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The documents show that the N.S.A. and the Australians jointly run a large signals intelligence facility in Alice Springs, Australia, with half the personnel from the American agency. The N.S.A. and its Australian counterpart have also cooperated on efforts to defeat encryption. A 2003 memo describes how N.S.A. personnel sought to “mentor” the Australians while they tried to break the encryption used by the armed forces of nearby Papua New Guinea.

Most of the collaboration between the N.S.A. and the Australian eavesdropping service is focused on Asia, with China and Indonesia receiving special attention.

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The Americans and the Australians secretly share broad access to the Indonesian telecommunications system, the documents show. The N.S.A. has given the Australians access to bulk call data from Indosat, an Indonesian telecommunications provider, according to a 2012 agency document. That includes data on Indonesian government officials in various ministries, the document states.

The Australians have obtained nearly 1.8 million encrypted master keys, which are used to protect private communications, from the Telkomsel mobile telephone network in Indonesia, and developed a way to decrypt almost all of them, according to a 2013 N.S.A. document.

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Palmer’s beloved dinosaur Jeff has been destroyed by fire just after midnight. It would appear 95% of the T-Rex is gone and police suggested Jeff could not be saved. They will be investigating the fire.

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The inquiry heard that a student came to Paterson in the late 1980s to complain a teacher, Damian Vance, had touched him inappropriately and asked him to engage in mutual masturbation. Paterson told the boy to go to the library and “think about what he was alleging”, he told the inquiry.

“He was a drama boy,” Paterson said as explanation for why he did not immediately believe the boy.

markgreyam posted:

Where is this from? I need to find, and then get super angry, about this.

Lid posted:

Welp

SynthOrange posted:

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YOUUUUUUU AUSTRALIAAAAAAA

Senor Tron posted:

My immediate reaction to any poll showing the Libs closing is wtf Australia what is wrong with you.

My Imaginary GF posted:

Ba-wha? If you usurp power, you leave the one you usurp it from dead, you don't keep them in the loop.

How did that even work? Why? It makes no sense to keep your rival in a position of power.

Jumpingmanjim posted:

Lid posted:

The whole story is amazingly backwards

MC Eating Disorder posted:

gently caress YOU AND KILL YOURSELF

Lid posted:

She might be, but said view is "give blow jobs on request otherwise you lose your job".

Serrath posted:

Sorry, I meant for my question to be rhetorical. The system works this way because it's been engineered to work this way. To address the problems raised by this vascular surgeon, you'd need to change the culture and rules governing the profession. Until that happens, the system will remain exactly the same.

CrazyTolradi posted:

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...308-13ymlk.html


So Ratbag Craig, still keeping to your whole "alleged" view now or are you going to suddenly announce your shock and outrage at this and how it was hidden from you?

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Parliamentary clerk carrying baseball bat, balaclava when arrested, police say
By Graeme Powell
Updated 38 minutes ago

Police in Perth say the deputy clerk of the Legislative Council, Nigel Lake, was wearing latex gloves and carrying a baseball bat and a balaclava when he was arrested last month.

A police car patrolling the suburb of City Beach on the night of February 17 saw a man acting suspiciously on foot and stopped him.

It was alleged he was wearing a black hoodie, latex gloves, black pants and black shoes and was carrying a baseball bat and balaclava.

Lake, 49, was charged with possessing a controlled weapon and possessing a disguise intended for use in connection with committing an offence.

Police said further investigations led them to charge him with installing and using a tracking device.

Police would not reveal the identity of a potential target.

Lake was stopped near the home of his boss Nigel Pratt - the Clerk of the Legislative Council.