Ilandar
@Ilandar@lemmy.today
- Submitted 5 days ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 11 comments
- Comment on Nats "preparing One Nation merger" - The Klaxon 1 week ago:
Though we already knew the colour lol
Nats + One Nation would equal some kind of poo brown, no?
- Comment on Nats "preparing One Nation merger" - The Klaxon 1 week ago:
The major party system is broken, therefore we will merge with another minor party to create a new major party. Yes, we are real people who are paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to come up with these genius ideas. Vote for us, we’re sooooo smart!
- Politicians keep talking about immigration. Voters keep talking about their billspearlsandirritations.com ↗Submitted 1 week ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 7 comments
- ‘Politics can be brutal’: Sarah Hanson-Young speaks out about divisions within Greenswww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 0 comments
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- Comment on David Shoebridge says ‘we’re here to replace Labor’ in first remarks after being elected new Greens leader 2 weeks ago:
It gave me Ed Husic vibes, which is probably not a good thing in terms of the party’s public image.
- Comment on David Shoebridge says ‘we’re here to replace Labor’ in first remarks after being elected new Greens leader 2 weeks ago:
Voting results, according to the ABC:
The vote came down to Shoebridge and Faruqi in the end with 7 votes to 4. Hanson-Young was eliminated in the first round of voting, only receiving two votes.
Faruqi’s response:
Mehreen Faruqi has released a statement after her failed bid for the Greens leadership.
The senator, who put her hat in the ring on a joint ticket alongside Nick McKim, said she was disappointed the party room did not back her in the ballot.
“Of course, I am disappointed the party room chose another direction, and know many others will feel the same way,” she wrote.
Prior to today’s vote, Faruqi was co-deputy leader. She did not recontest that position today.
“I did not stand for deputy leader today because, on reflection, I believe I can best play my part in that action outside the constraints of the leadership team,” she said.
Faruqi says she was also frustrated that the leadership was not elected by Greens members.
“Without a member vote, we cannot call ourselves a grassroots party. I call on the new leadership team to set a timeline for a one member, one vote.”
- David Shoebridge says ‘we’re here to replace Labor’ in first remarks after being elected new Greens leaderwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 5 comments
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- Comment on Jane Hume says 'we're missing the point' on OpenAI Medicare breach 3 weeks ago:
She [Hume] questioned whether OpenAI was at fault, adding, “the idea that we would only check an inbox once a day when that inbox is specifically set up to identify cybersecurity breaches is mind-boggling”.
Government Services Minister Katy Gallagher said that inbox is typically used by researchers to alert the government agency to possible vulnerabilities in its systems, and is only checked once a day.
Not that it’s surprising, but it sounds like the Coalition is trying to rewrite the facts to create a false narrative that suits their own agenda. The government has been pretty clear that OpenAI did not take appropriate steps to report the incident. If the method OpenAI used is for reporting potential vulnerabilities, not breaches that they know have already happened, then it sounds like the issue was indeed not raised with the urgency and seriousness it required.
- Comment on An OpenAI agent hacked Medicare. Will anyone be held responsible? 3 weeks ago:
Very true. Unfortunately, the discourse is being shit up by some of the most ignorant and, frankly, stupid people in our society whose only real goal here is to make themselves feel smart on social media. Not everyone needs to be an expert on AI, I’m certainly not, but we should all at least be making an effort to read and learn about what is actually happening in reality before jumping in with some vitriolic one-liner or hot take designed to go viral and get attention. It has become a binary, us vs them political/ideological debate like any other and that is significantly impairing humanity’s broader understanding of the real problems and slowing our response to them.
- Comment on An OpenAI agent hacked Medicare. Will anyone be held responsible? 3 weeks ago:
I agree insofar as AI companies and individuals should be held responsible for the actions their agents take. But it’s dangerous to frame this as just another “bad guys with guns” type scenario where there is no problem if you’re a responsible user.
The people who have created this technology don’t understand everything about it or even how it works because they have prioritised rapid advancement over all else in an attempt to “win” the race. It is a fundamentally dangerous and unreliable technology that needs to be put on ice until we have developed a clear framework that addresses all the real and current harms and prepares us for a future where it is embedded in daily life.
It doesn’t matter if AI is actually conscious or turns into Skynet. None of that is required for significant harms or even existential-level risk. The mainstream conversation really needs to move on from these binary, hyperbolic positions and start focusing on what is actually happening right now.
- Comment on Barnaby Joyce reveals more details on One Nation's plan to cut migration 5 weeks ago:
Kinda funny that the two main groups the typical One Nation voter is scared of being “swamped” by - Indians and Chinese - are not included in the proposed visa ban.
- Comment on 'Proud to be a houso': Anthony Albanese condemns Hanson's remarks on late mother 5 weeks ago:
Does it matter? Of all the people in the world to complain about, the one you choose is a dead old poor woman who was largely irrelevant. You have very strange priorities.
- Comment on Labor plans crackdown on social media algorithms as Taylor says he’s ‘deeply sceptical’ 1 month ago:
This is the equivalent of those people that turn up in threads discussing generative artificial intelligence and try to correct everyone’s use of “AI” as shorthand for that specific technology. It’s pedantic grandstanding with no real purpose - everyone actually involved in the discussion understands what they’re talking about.
- Comment on One Nation secures historic victory in Secret Harbour by-election 1 month ago:
Just fuck my shit up fam.
- Comment on Australia should look 'very seriously' at UK-style ban on strangulation porn: minister 1 month ago:
Unless it encourages the US to follow suit, there is essentially no point. The kids aren’t watching ‘Made In Australia’ porn lol
- Comment on Zomi Frankcom: Penny Wong condemns ‘insulting’ decision to clear IDF over Gaza strikes that killed Australian aid worker 1 month ago:
Seems like performative outrage. I don’t think Wong is actually stupid enough to expect a different outcome after the years she and her government have spent coddling and defending Israel.
- Comment on The System does not work. 2 months ago:
Also curious to know why multigenerational households are something we’re supposed to be afraid of. This is normal practically everywhere else in the world.
Exactly my thoughts every time I read these fearmongering/shaming headlines about people living with their parents. The Anglosphere always pretends this is a global norm that everyone around the world aspires to.
- Comment on Why Australia Doesn’t Have Novelty Candidates like Count Binface 2 months ago:
Sorry Antony, but you’re wrong. Bob Katter is clearly a satirical character invented by a comedian.
- Comment on Jailed whistleblower David McBride walks free after becoming eligible for parole 2 months ago:
Was that really two years ago? Time flies…
- Comment on Deliberately misleading party name approved for Victorian election 2 months ago:
The sad thing is we all know this will actually work, too. So many voters are woefully uneducated about what they’re voting for, even if it’s a mainstream party.
- Comment on PM 'unequivocally' apologises for 'shag, marry, date' podcast comments 3 months ago:
Seems like as classy an answer as one can give. Let the moral outrage commence!
- Comment on Angus Taylor was installed to save the Coalition. But as One Nation rises, is he leading them to disaster? 3 months ago:
It really is looking likely we will be at a third Liberal leader before the next election, as many predicted way back. The saddest thing is that it wasn’t even a bold prediction, it was so incredibly obvious Taylor would topple Ley and then completely fail at the job himself.
- Comment on Pauline gets desperate and starts posting endorsement by foreign celebs 3 months ago:
Neighbours is huge in the UK, so I just assumed that’s why she’s remained somewhat relevant there. Definitely a complete nonentity in Australia.
- Comment on Pauline gets desperate and starts posting endorsement by foreign celebs 3 months ago:
Not really sure I’d consider Valance a celebrity, she is only really relevant in the UK because of Neighbours and her political activism there.
- Comment on One Nation senator Tyron Whitten could be in breach of constitution and ineligible to sit in parliament, expert says 4 months ago:
At least it’s not the dual-citizen eligibility crisis again lol
- Comment on Polling suggests one nation preferred over labor, negative perceptions and low awareness of budget blamed. 4 months ago:
I suppose I’m guilty of a lack of awareness regarding my own habits. I listen to longer form, discussion style podcasts about complex issues and I follow the ABC’s coverage of Australian politics reasonably closely. Maybe this is having a bigger impact on my understanding of current affairs than I thought, which is why the (I assume) majority who don’t have these habits are now in a completely different world to me.
- Comment on Polling suggests one nation preferred over labor, negative perceptions and low awareness of budget blamed. 4 months ago:
By reporting that Hanson is a popular candidate, they make her seem like a viable option, thus self-fulfilling their prophecy. Watch the same outlets guilt the public for voting her in when she wins seats based on their own bullshit reporting.
I don’t necessarily agree that it’s a case of “the news media” trying to "sway elections’, I think there’s a lot more nuance here than you’re suggesting. But I definitely agree that this constant fearmongering about One Nation in order to gain clicks is massively contributing to the mainstreaming of the party. I also agree that if One Nation finds success on election night, the panel of ABC journalists who have spent all their time discussing One Nation over the last few years will be predictably shocked and have absolutely zero self-awareness about the role of the national broadcaster here.