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- 'No doubt the media are going to make fun of that': Bruce Lehrmann finds new ways to suffer in courtwww.crikey.com.au ↗Submitted 23 hours ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 10 comments
- Comment on ‘Thriving Kids’ could help secure the future of the NDIS. But what will the program mean for children and families? 2 days ago:
The original 2011 estimates for the scheme were that the NDIS would cover 411,000 participants and cost $13.6 billion per year. Today there are more than 740,000 participants, and it’s forecast to cost $64 billion by 2029.
The government has set a target to reduce annual growth of the scheme from 22% a year to 8% by next year. However Butler described this as only an interim measure, noting growth needed to be further restricted.
It’s hard not to be cynical about statements like this. The critically needed support they started providing is far more needed than anticipated, therefore they must scale it back?
Children aged under 15 years are over-represented in the scheme, making up just under half of NDIS participants. Half of new entrants are under nine. Across the country, one in ten six-year-olds is on the NDIS.
Butler emphasised families were not to blame. Rather, the issue is the lack of alternative support systems. The NDIS Review highlighted this gap and recommended the development of foundational supports: services for people with disability that sit outside the NDIS.
I’m struggling to see how this helps the budget that they seem to be worried about, rather than just shifting costs around.
- ‘Thriving Kids’ could help secure the future of the NDIS. But what will the program mean for children and families?theconversation.com ↗Submitted 2 days ago to news@aussie.zone | 4 comments
- Comment on Anon crunches some numbers 2 weeks ago:
Source on that mutation? 50 000 years ago humans were already spread across Africa, Asia and Australia. That makes the idea of a critical mutation after that sound implausible
- Comment on "ok, imagine a gun." 2 weeks ago:
In Australia: yes and it’s commonplace. But like 70% of our media is American so unsurprising.
- Comment on Lifehack 2 weeks ago:
This post is not about keeping shoes on
- Comment on Australia Completely Loses The Plot, Plans To Ban Kids From Watching YouTube 2 weeks ago:
What are you talking about, all of those are banned.
- Comment on Australia’s incoming passenger card bound for the bin as Sydney airport trials digital declarations 2 weeks ago:
The article implies, but doesn’t state, that this is intended to be the only way to declare. I very much hope that’s not the case, there’s already far too much pressure to own a Google or Apple smartphone.
- Australia’s incoming passenger card bound for the bin as Sydney airport trials digital declarationswww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to news@aussie.zone | 1 comment
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
This reads like a showcase of why the chief minister and the CLP are unfit for government.
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro led the charge by saying she expected the “usual offender apologists to criticise our efforts”.
By the end of the week, the government had rolled out its planned changes, including bringing back spit hoods in youth detention settings and removing the principle of detention as a last resort.
Both are measures the royal commission into youth detention in the Northern Territory, sparked by a 2016 Four Corners investigation, explicitly recommended against.
So-called “offender apologists” were offered limited airtime within parliament house.
Ms Finocchiaro told a group of NT paediatricians who had written to her expressing “deep concern” over this week’s changes that they were wasting their time.
The chief also sledged Opposition Leader Selena Uibo in parliament, saying while her party did not win the election, “she wins the award for being the biggest gutter trash politician in the chamber”.
And an all-out “personal” attack on NT Coroner Elisabeth Armitage by Prevention of Domestic Violence Minister Robyn Cahill drew the ire of the sector.
Earlier this week, the ABC revealed more than 400 youths had been taken into custody at police watch houses during the first six months of the government’s time in power.
They’re totally unhinged.
- Comment on Nintendo touts high employee retention rate after loss of Microsoft jobs rocks Xbox Game Studios 4 weeks ago:
Lots of software has credits, historically they were often hidden in Easter eggs. Small software still often credits their creators e.g. in the Help>about menu item.
But games are different, they are primarily an artistic pursuit.
- Comment on Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance 4 weeks ago:
Part of the problem with Ring is it’s generally not self-surveillance. The cameras point onto the street and other people’s residences. You get surveiled because some other random person thought it was a good idea.
- Submitted 4 weeks ago to technology@beehaw.org | 7 comments
- Comment on Apple sues YouTuber who leaked iOS 26’s new “Liquid Glass” software redesign 4 weeks ago:
The cube feature and a bunch of wobbly window stuff are currently in Plasma 6
- Comment on 8BitDo Pro 3 Controller Announced with Swappable Buttons, Available for Preorder 5 weeks ago:
It’s not replaceable? That’s disappointing. I expected better or controller manufacturers since they’re not space constrained.
- Comment on What is this shit? I have to be signed in to watch any video now? 5 weeks ago:
This has been happening to me in embeds for ages, and I am logged in. It doesn’t even give any option to sign in or watch on YouTube, I just don’t get to watch embeds anymore.
- Comment on See the leaked teen social media ban tech trial report that has experts worried 5 weeks ago:
The leaked (((teen social media ban) tech trial) report)
- Submitted 1 month ago to news@aussie.zone | 16 comments
- Comment on Perspective 1 month ago:
They absolutely do, and you’re arguing for the opposite position of the person above you
- Comment on Anon describes experience 1 month ago:
Sidereal, tropical or anomalistic?
- Comment on Anon describes experience 1 month ago:
Have a look through the history section. The concept of periodicity substantially predates the quantisation of the atom. The modern table certainly considers atomic orbitals to be key, but the groups were absolutely created based on common properties.
- Comment on X Corp. and eSafety Commissioner decision by the Administrative Review Tribunal of Australia 1 month ago:
Introduction for some context
The applications before this tribunal have their origin in a social media post insulting Teddy Cook, a transgender man. The post, which among other things refers to Teddy Cook as a woman, has been blocked in Australia as a result of action by the online safety regulator. The person who posted the material and the platform on which it was posted have both challenged the decision of the regulator to issue a removal notice. The broad question to be answered is whether the post meets the statutory definition of cyber-abuse material targeted at an Australian adult. The more focussed question is whether I can be satisfied that the necessary intention to cause serious harm to the subject of the post has been established. Based on the evidence before me, I am not satisfied that it has. Consequently, the decision of the eSafety Commissioner to issue a removal notice is set aside
- Comment on Microsoft pushes staff to use internal AI tools more, and may consider this in reviews. 'Using AI is no longer optional.' 1 month ago:
Automation meets ersatz automation
- Comment on We're soon giving America another US$500m for submarines. But are we pushing on string? 1 month ago:
Australia will get submarines the same year it gets high speed rail.
- Comment on Jigsaw Trolley Problem 1 month ago:
Commenting before reading other comments
::: solution to grid puzzle The henchmen’s discussion implies that the letter row and number column both have at least two balls in them (required for “I don’t know, but I know you don’t know)”. B’s statement to A makes it clear to A that the letter must be either row C or D depending on the number he knows.
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- Comment on A cuppa Jill 1 month ago:
The modern English word “bear” originally came from a proto-Germanic word meaning one of “brown one” or possibly “wild animal”. There was an actual name for bears, but speaking it was taboo in case it caused a bear to appear, so the euphemism eventually replaced the real name.
When I learned this originally, I was taught that the true name was lost to time, but Wikipedia just says it was “arkto” so whatever.
- Comment on A cuppa Jill 1 month ago:
Just like bears
- Comment on Is Google about to destroy the web? Google says a new AI tool on its search engine will rejuvenate the internet. Others predict an apocalypse for websites. 2 months ago:
- Federal watchdog finds ‘no corruption’ in $2.4m settlement to Brittany Higgins after alleged rapewww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 2 months ago to news@aussie.zone | 0 comments
- Comment on Scott Morrison receives Australia's highest honour for leadership during [COVID] crisis 2 months ago:
Sounds like a good time to revive Housefyre