AusPol July - Due to penalty cuts and tax hikes all wit is suspended

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Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

https://twitter.com/gelles/status/1013961258981355520

auspol/uspol/churchpol surprise crossover!

# ¿ Jul 3, 2018 06:43

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# ¿ May 16, 2024 07:22

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

Sky news did and got into a bunch of poo poo.

# ¿ Jul 5, 2018 07:10

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

Sooo the guy who shot his kids dead in Sydney looks to be a 68 year old guy who married a 36 year old woman and the kids were 15 and 13. :yikes:

# ¿ Jul 6, 2018 04:08

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

The ABC has been told the Australian National University (ANU) system was first compromised last year.

In a statement, the ANU said it had been working with intelligence agencies for several months to minimise the impact of the threat.

"The university has been working in partnership with Australian government agencies for several months to minimise the impact of this threat, and we continue to seek and take advice from Australian government agencies," ANU said.

Cyber Security Minister Angus Taylor said the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) would continue to assist the ANU in shutting the hackers out.

"The Australian Cyber Security Centre works closely with any affected organisations to reduce the likelihood of threat actors being successful and to help them recover when they are compromised," he said in a statement.

The IT breach has been described by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute's executive director Peter Jennings as "amazingly serious" and an "unacceptable situation".

"It [ANU] probably should have actually been doing a better job at looking after its computer security and I find it astounding to hear that the hackers are still having access inside the ANU system," he said.

"That strikes me as unbelievable."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-06/chinese-hackers-infilitrate-anu-it-systems/9951210

# ¿ Jul 6, 2018 11:53

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

or pull the plastic bag over your head

# ¿ Jul 7, 2018 12:22

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

what money

quote:

Australia has fallen well behind the rest of the developed world when it comes to research funding, the peak lobbying body for universities has warned.

Ahead of a parliamentary inquiry into research funding, Universities Australia has complained that government and business have ignored the �backbone� of the economy by allowing overall funding for research and development to fall to below 2% of the total economy.

Figures from the OECD released by Universities Australia show that gross expenditure on research and development as a percentage of GDP fell dramatically from 2.11% in 2013-14 to 1.88% in 2015-16.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jul/10/australias-spending-on-research-plummets-far-below-oecd-average

Also a comeback story!

quote:

A disease that once sent kings mad in medieval times is now rife again in epidemic proportions, and is killing Queensland babies.

In the last six years, six babies have died in the state from syphilis � a sexually transmitted disease that was nearly eradicated in the early 2000s.
In 2008, two cases were diagnosed in Queensland, and in the decade since, more than 1,100 other cases have been recorded in the north of the state, with about 200 new presentations each year.

The numbers continue to grow, despite penicillin being a cheap and effective cure.
Cairns sexual health clinician Dr Darren Russell works in the epicentre of the outbreak and said it was "out of control".

"So from almost eradicating it, it's turned into one of the biggest epidemics in recent history," he said.
"Here we are with a good test, a good treatment and we still can't get on top of it.
"I'm appalled it's still happening."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-11/syphillis-killing-queensland-babies-in-epidemic/9971048

# ¿ Jul 11, 2018 02:12

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

U-huh. And what should you do if you feel that the justice system no longer serves the people or justice?

(lmao I went looking for this quote and forgot it was from a transformers cartoon :downs:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnZM0AYdxhg&t=2s

# ¿ Jul 11, 2018 06:30

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

save us guardian! :smith:

# ¿ Jul 26, 2018 00:59

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

rip the age you were good once

# ¿ Jul 26, 2018 02:04

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

quote:

Former prime minister and treasurer Paul Keating has slammed the planned takeover of Fairfax by Nine, saying the "pus" from the "carbuncle" that is Nine's news culture will infect Fairfax and undermine quality journalism.

In a scathing response to the announcement, Mr Keating said that, with a majority stake in the combined entity, "Channel Nine will run the editorial policy".

"The problem with this is that in terms of news management, Channel Nine, for over half a century, has never other than displayed the opportunism and ethics of an alley cat.

"There has been no commanding ethical or moral basis for the conduct of its news and information policy.

# ¿ Jul 26, 2018 09:47

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# ¿ May 16, 2024 07:22

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

Didnt need to see this today

# ¿ Aug 1, 2018 00:05

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