Dunny
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I'm happy to have egg on my face if we take him & he's a star, but I could never see what draft experts were talking about when describing Finn O'Sullivan until i finally got round to watching his U17 year games.
Tbh that bothers me, he looks like a totally different player
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"To achieve one Brownlow Medal is enormous... to get two, you are in the 'all-time greats' status"
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The magnificent Russell Broadbent MP on Albanese’s Misinformation & Disinformation (MAD) Bill,
"These are truly unprecedented times. In my 25 years in the parliament, I've never seen legislation like it.
This is not the country I grew up in, and it's heading in a direction that makes me fear for future generations.
Today I urge Australians to stand up and speak out on this bill while they still can."
No wonder the kicked him out of the Liberal Party
Here’s his full speech …….
Mr BROADBENT (Monash) (16:29): Today is a dark day and one that does not bode well for the nation. The government's so-called combatting misinformation bill marks the beginning of the end for free speech and democracy in Australia.
Make no mistake, this bill is another alarming example of overreach and a step towards government tyranny over what we can and cannot discuss.
It gives the government unfettered power and control over Australians and their right to exchange ideas, thoughts and opinions.
Do you realise what we're risking here?
Free speech is the bedrock of democracy, and, as Benjamin Franklin said, there is no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.
The bill compels digital platform providers like X and Facebook to censor content that may contribute to serious harm.
But who makes that decision?
Who's the arbiter of truth?
One of the bill's definitions of content that may cause serious harm is content that may cause serious harm to 'public health in Australia, including the efficacy of preventative health measures'.
Where have I heard those words before?
Why don't they just say misinformation is whatever discussion or debate goes against the narrative of the government of the day?
It appears that anyone with a view that's contrary to the government's narrative is going to be in the firing line, just like during the pandemic, when our government, the government I was a part of, censored 4,000 social media posts as misinformation, many of which proved to be absolutely true.
I'm not alone in my concerns. In giving feedback on the original exposure draft, the Law Council rightly outlined concerns that digital platform services lack the expertise and resources to identify and distinguish misinformation.
The Human Rights Commission, who were missing in action during the pandemic, said the bill didn't strike the right balance between censorship of objectively untrue content and protection of freedom of expression.
It seems this final bill hasn't adequately addressed either of these legitimate issues, so why is it being rushed through?
I agree with Dr Phillip Altman, a pharmacologist with 40 years experience as a clinical trial and drug regulatory affairs consultant, who believes the biggest pedlars of misinformation during the pandemic were the government and unelected health bureaucrats.
That's because they: falsely claimed that the experimental gene based mRNA injections were safe and effective when this was not supported by the available evidence, even from the pharmaceutical companies themselves; falsely claimed the senseless vaccine mandates would help to stop transmission when they were never tested for that;
falsely claimed that COVID injections would keep you from getting COVID, getting seriously ill or going to hospital;
falsely claimed that masks prevented transmission or infection; falsely claimed it was a pandemic of the unvaccinated;
falsely claimed that early treatments were unsuitable; and falsely claimed that there was no clinical evidence to support ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of COVID-19.
Worst of all was the vilification and censorship of doctors, academics and scientists who raised the alarm about the safety of the vaccines.
But here's the rub: professional news services—mainstream media—are excluded from this bill. So they can lie or cause harm without fear of repercussions.
Does anyone see a big red flag here?
Based on what I've observed over the last nearly five years, it's the deliberate suppression of information by the media that is most sinister.
This includes their failure to disclose the vested interests of so-called health experts, expert committees and institutions providing public advice; their failure to report on the doctors and health practitioners being deregistered and suspended for daring to disagree with the government's narrative; their failure to put pressure on the government to reveal the contractual arrangements with vaccine manufacturers; their failure to ask about the estimated 30,000 excess deaths since the rollout of the jabs; their failure to hold the TGA accountable for failing to investigate the more than 140,000 reports of adverse reactions to the jabs; their failure to highlight the minimal to near zero risk of COVID-19 in the young versus the risk to the elderly; and, most heinously, their failure to cover stories of the vaccine injured, including the thousands of injured Australians who aren't even eligible for compensation because of the illogically narrow eligibility criteria.
We're constantly assured that the science is settled and bombarded with propaganda to follow the science, but surely this dogma has no place in science.
Surely our doctors, academics and scientists must be free to ask questions about assertions and debate issues.
These are truly unprecedented times. In my 25 years in the parliament, I've never seen legislation like it. This is not the country I grew up in, and it's heading in a direction that makes me fear for future generations.
Today I urge Australians to stand up and speak out on this bill while they still can.
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The more I watch this - the less I like it
The delayal is like 1 second maximum.
That should not be a paid a FK
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Technically correct. There's no reason once the ball-up is called to hand it to a teammate, rather than the umpire. It is a form of time wasting.
That said, its A very technical interpretation. I would not be paying that.
But can't say it's a wrong decision
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Australia 🇦🇺 just passed its Digital Identity Bill into law.
I'm Australian, but live in Iceland 🇮🇸: a country that already has an all-encompassing digital ID system. If you're wondering how Australia's new system will play out, I'll tell you here.
And also, how Australians who don't want a digital ID can attempt to protect themselves... at least for a short while.
In Iceland, the digital ID system is linked to each person's kennitala, or social security number.
I sign into everything with my electronic ID (rafræn skilríki) via my phone. Any time I access my bank account, phone services, accounting, tax, insurance, credit score, manage my assets (car/house), power bill, medical record, when I vote, or even want to pull up a store receipt of something I've bought, it's all linked to my digital ID.
Everything in one place. Everything.
You cannot NOT have a digital ID to live in Iceland. It's impossible.
You can't get power turned on, get a phone number, buy or register a car, rent or buy a house, or even buy certain items without having a kennitala or digital ID. You need one.
This has its benefits (it makes life more streamlined when you're trying to do something in daily life), but it also means there is no privacy at all in Iceland.
Anyone can look up where I live. The license plate of my car. How much tax I paid last year. My phone number. You name it. It's public and available—and all you need is my kennitala to find it all out.
But the government has access to more.
The Icelandic government and tax office has access to my bank accounts and knows every transaction I make, what I spend, and what I earn. They don't need a warrant, or anything else to access it—it's theirs. They just need probable cause to look at it.
Australians, this is what's coming for you.
Over the coming years, the government will make it impossible to opt out of the digital ID system. You'll need one for everything.
And most importantly, they'll coerce Australians into adopting it by creating laws that link it to the most important thing you need to survive in today's modern world: your bank account.
They'll do it on the grounds of anti-money-laundering and financial safety. The gov't will enforce laws onto banks (among the many ID and verification laws already mandated on banks) that if you don't have the digital ID, you won't be able to open, keep, or use a bank account.
If your refuse, you'll effectively be locked out of society. Because in today's modern world, you need access to banking services to survive.
Banking will be first. Then everything else in society will be linked to your digital ID.
Nothing will ever again be private. Just like in Iceland today, the government will know everything. Always. Forever.
So, are there ways to opt-out or protect yourself?
Yes, and also no.
It all comes down to having other options.
If you're solely a citizen or resident of Australia and nowhere else, you will have no other options. You will be forced to stay in the ecosystem of Australia.
If you have a second passport however, you will have a second nation to fall back on to use its banking, economic, and social system if you don't want to be forced into adopting Australia's. You can still live in Australia, but potentially hold bank accounts in your other nation.
If you don't have a second passport, but know you're eligible for one via a parent, grandparent, or other means, I would seriously suggest taking action to claim it as soon as possible.
But what if you are stuck? Sure, you could leave Australia. But that's not for everyone.
One backup plan that may help you for a while, is becoming an eResident of another country.
eResidency (or digital residency) allows you to access the services of another nation (like banking, etc) without living there. The two major eResidency programs offered today exist in the Baltic EU nation of Estonia, and the island nation of Palau.
You never have to go to either country to claim eResidency. It's a background check, and a small payment, and you can be then sent a nationally-recognised ID card from that nation, that will allow you to among many other things, set up a bank account.
Simply search for "Palau digital residency" or "Estonia eResidency" online if you're interested in either.
It's not a perfect solution. It won't completely protect you if your decision will be to stay in Australia long-term. On a long enough timeline—like in Iceland—you will eventually have to get Australia's digital ID.
The government will make it impossible for you to live otherwise.
But having a backup plan—like a bank account, or money/assets in a location that is harder for the Australian government to access or block you from—might be something you are interested in.
And I'm all for having backup plans.
But again, the best backup plan will always be a citizenship/passport of at least one more nation, or at the very least, you having a permanent residency permit elsewhere. Somewhere that believed in citizens having freedom and privacy.
I hope this helps.
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@UptheBaggers Go back another 2 years and it will be the same. It’s been going on for years
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@MickCockering @stkildafc Only have to read your last name out loud to describe you.
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Game gets tough and the wimp Jacob Weitering subs himself off with a corky of all things.
He’ll fit in well at @stkildafc with his soft ass mindset and zero All-Australian blazers.
WIMP.
Cheers, Mick.
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@conf82 Open to considering Curnow in that elite group when he starts earning his kicks at goal rather than having them spoon fed to him as free kicks.
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Hawkins. Both Riewoldts. Jon Brown. Kennedy. Cameron. Pavlich. Richo. Walker. Plus the 3 he mentioned, if you’re taking Curnow ahead of any of them at their peak you’re losing lol
Absolute nonsense 😂
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