Is their job basically just to whine and film themselves whining for views on social media?

I've seen a lot online with lots of issues (for example, the Sydney Swans debacle, NDIS scandles, violence against women issues mental health issues etc), there seems to be a lot of people making videos voicing their opinion. I click on their profile and 90% of the time it has "advocate for x" topic.

But what do they actually do? Is their entire objective just to virtue signal and whinge and hopefully make money of get attention? (Looking at you Mitch Brown)

I know its EXTREMELY important for these topics to be discussed, but i feel like this energy should be put towards more productive means. If a lad or lady is running a woman's shelter and is making videos about what they see to raise awareness of the true experiences, or if they have actual qualifications not from the University of My Opinion is Always Right, then sure, their opinion should be shared.

But making videos (and most likely, making money) of whining about serious topics and not actually doing anything productive seems really jarring

An Australian university has offered students classes with an AI chatbot and minimal human interaction in two subjects, as institutions give the technology more teaching responsibilities.

Macquarie University’s Virtual Peer is part of each week’s learning in two mandatory psychology units, programmed to ask students questions and guide them through scenario-based exercises.

Previously the online versions of the subjects included optional weekly tutorials with paid academics via Zoom. Material is now taught only by Virtual Peer and other online activities and videos.

One student, who asked to remain anonymous, said they felt “short-changed” after issues with their degree structure forced them to enrol in the online option.

“Instead of a group discussion or a tutor teaching you, it’s a class activity done with a robot,” the student said. “I feel like I’m teaching this robot how to take jobs away from my teachers.”

Virtual Peer was also used for learning activities in other subjects but was not available in all classes, Macquarie said.

SINGAPORE: Singapore's Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on Tuesday (Sep 1) floated the idea of a Pacific power grid linked to Australia, saying it could strengthen energy security while allowing countries to benefit from economies of scale in electricity generation.

Speaking on the sidelines of the Pacific Islands Forum in Palau, Dr Balakrishnan drew parallels with Southeast Asia's efforts to develop an Asssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Power Grid. Regional energy leaders say the initiative is increasingly viewed as an economic and energy security necessity.

“Imagine a day that you have a Pacific grid which is connected to Australia,” said Dr Balakrishnan. 

“Even for us in Southeast Asia, we are trying to work on an ASEAN power grid. Because of the east-west spread of our regions, the total number of daylight hours would be more than 12 hours, and you would also get economies of scale, and you will get security - collective energy security - across this region.”

Unlike Singapore, which uses gas-powered turbines to generate electricity, Dr Balakrishnan noted that Pacific Island countries rely on diesel for electricity generation. This means energy costs in the Pacific are higher than in Singapore, where about 95 per cent of electricity is generated from imported natural gas, according to the Energy Market Authority. 

But unlike Singapore, the “small and dispersed” nature of Pacific Island states also means gas is a less viable solution, he said. As such, an interconnected grid could allow electricity to be generated cost-effectively and shared across a wider area. 

“The other big difference between you and Singapore is that you are 'BOS' - big ocean states - and therefore you are not short of sunshine or places to generate renewable energy,” Dr Balakrishnan said.

He described Australia as a renewable energy “superpower” and a potential partner for such a grid.

Dr Balakrishnan also brought up how recent disruptions to global energy supplies are a reminder that the energy transition is not only about climate change, but about energy security, economic resilience, and giving small states “strategic autonomy” and “greater control over their future”.

“This is a collective existential challenge for all of us,” he said, adding that the technology needed for the transition already largely exists and the challenge lies in “getting the economics and politics right”.

Is it religion of peace?

Genetal population is extremely negative: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/04/australians-accepting-of-migrants-but-negative-towards-islam-poll-finds

51% of Australians had unfavourable sentiments towards Islam, and only 10% looked upon the religion positively, making Australia more negative than 17 of the other 22 countries surveyed.

In fact, 37% of people said they were “very unfavourable”– the most negative response available. This was far higher than the milder option of “fairly unfavourable” (14%), and made it the single most common response to the religion. 23% of people were neutral.

The poll found only 10% looked upon Islam positively, making Australia more negative than 17 of the other 22 countries surveyed. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP In comparison, 45% of Australians were positive towards Christianity, and 21% were negative.

Judaism had a favourability rating of 18%, and unfavourability of 20%. The largest segment was “neither favourable nor unfavourable” and “don’t know” – which added to 58%.

The Commissioner’s question also portends a fundamental risk that the Commission will miss what is obvious to most Australians – rising antisemitism in Australia is largely driven by revulsion at the actions of Israel and a pernicious perception that the Jewish community is somehow responsible for the actions of Israel.

It is this reality that poses the most difficult question of Virginia Bell; how do we deal with the fact that most Australians are now perhaps revolted by Israel’s racist and supremacist conduct (some tragically and outrageously to the point of engaging in violent extremism), but most Australian Jews are (so we are told) enthusiastic supporters of Israel and Zionism?

Those of you who have seen the topic for this evening’s lecture may have died of fright. It’s meant to be a genuine rib-tickler: “The Evolution of Chinese Economic Strategy Under Xi Jinping”, subtitle, “On Becoming a Techno-Industrial Superpower by 2035: The Ideology of AI and Xi’s New Quality Productive Forces”.

Now, I can see that’s resonating already with this crowd. There is a certain shimmer of excitement, at least on the part of one or two people that I can see here, if not the rest.

More in piece…

Bashir and Hadley have had a tense exchange about Hadley’s ambitions to take over Jones’ 2GB breakfast slot in 2019.

Hadley said he signed a “secret contract” in December 2018 that would mean he would take over the breakfast slot from July 1, 2019. He said 2GB doubled his salary.

He rejected a suggestion by Bashir that he saw the breakfast slot as the pinnacle of radio positions, saying his increase in value from $2 million to $4 million was the pinnacle.

“The money made me do it,” he said.

In short:

Antonio Rotondo has been found guilty of stalking, distributing intimate images and distributing child exploitation material.

Using a website, he digitally altered publicly available photographs of several women and girls to remove their clothing or replace it with lingerie.

What's next? 

Rotondo was remanded in custody ahead of his sentencing hearing tomorrow.

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A man who created and distributed sexualised deepfake images of current and former Brisbane high school students and staff has been found guilty of more than a dozen charges.

Last week Antonio Rotondo pleaded not guilty to 17 offences at the beginning of his Brisbane
District Court trial.

This included 11 counts of stalking, five counts of distributing intimate images and one count of distributing child exploitation material.

After deliberating for several hours, a jury returned a guilty verdict on all charges.

Opinion piece by David Shoebridge - Greens Senator for NSW

Context:

The 1 per cent own a quarter of the entire wealth in Australia. In hard numbers, 20 people hold the same amount of wealth as 3 million other Australians combined. This handful of ultra-wealthy individuals has accumulated such concentrated power they are distorting our politics and economy to their own ends.

They hand private planes to politicians like beers at a barbecue. They meet the prime minister at exclusive, lavish fundraisers, hand over a million dollar donation and then make it back in the next day’s trading.

This is the political struggle of the moment: galvanising the 99 per cent into a people-powered political movement to resist and take back power from the 1 per cent.

More in article.

Every time there’s an incident or problem the government officials say “this is a mental health issue” or that they will work on fixing and improving the system.

But if anyone is genuinely suffering and wants help to just get the initial diagnosis it’s $1000. Often a lot of people who are suffering aren’t rich too.

So they are just meant to suffer in silence or resolve things themselves (yes in a dark way).

Is this our previous and beloved healthcare system in play?

Bulk bulling for GP’s works well and is fine.

But why the fuck are specialists who are much better suited for specific tasks so damn expensive?

This is insanity and no wonder our self-delete rate is so high.

People that want help, try reaching out for it and get slapped with a $1000 fee.

Some of those that work forces…

Video footage has emerged capturing a New South Wales police officer boasting about “punching” a protester in the head “when he was down”, before the protester was charged with assaulting police.

Police body-worn camera footage, which was leaked to a social media account and widely shared over the weekend, reveals a male police officer telling his colleagues during the 9 February protest at Sydney town hall against a visit by the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog: “I fucking pumped that cunt.”

A female officer can be heard replying, “So funny,” before the male officer says: “Then I punched him in the head when he was down.”

Does anyone really believe that the way to control smart glasses is through mockery? Can the average person on the street distinguish between them and sunglasses? They are not the heavy rimmed jobs that were around last year. I don't like them but for me the last thing we need now is more angst on the streets.

The law won't save us from Meta's 'pervert glasses'. The only solution is mockery

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/31/law-meta-pervert-glasses-mockery

Intentional + High impact (Remains to be seen) + Body Contact, but only head, no groin (allegedly)

Even if he argues down to careless, it feels like a $6250 fine since it was a late plea, and 2 match suspension.

https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/document/2026/02/13/31631886-f326-4fed-a5e3-b6bc4182b913/2026-AFL-Tribunal-Guidelines.pdf

Dave Hughes wants to be a rich as possible.

He wants his properties to be as expensive as possible too.

He doesn’t care or think about us regular Aussies.

He doesn’t care the median property to full time salary is 10X.

He doesn’t want us to buy a property whilst he owns over 5 of them.

It’s plain old greed and selfishness.

Dave Hughes is the embodiment of an older Australian.

‘Fuck you got mine’

This is from the new Raygun Netflix Doco and I randomly paused on this screen. She's talking about "post Paris" here specifically, but it gave me a chuckle.

This video was going to be a serious investigation into the community that call themselves ‘Sovereign Citizens’. But we weren’t clear enough with our producer so we ended up at Sovereign Hill instead.

Source: Aunty Donna (YouTube)

I’ve noticed there are quite a few cultural events in Australia celebrating different continental European and Asian cultures. Are there similar events celebrating English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish culture and heritage?
I’m interested in anything from traditional folk music, food, dance and customs to larger cultural festivals.

Australia’s government inquiry process is supposed to help parliament make better decisions, hearing from experts and constituents alike. But Guardian Australia can reveal that the system is being flooded with AI-generated material, which is inventing studies and attributing nonexistent research to real academics and authors.

In some cases, committee reports have cited submissions in which the majority of sources appear to be AI-generated “hallucinations”, when large language models (LLMs) invent content that looks real but doesn’t actually exist.

Sick of seeing this no brain pile on across most LNP profiles.

The headcount increase is real but roughly 11,800 of those roles are contractors and labour hire converted to APS jobs, so the work was already happening and already being paid for, often at a higher rate. Quoting a wage bill without netting off external labour spend gives you a scary number that overstates the real cost. The flat line under the Coalition was partly an accounting choice too, since the staffing cap pushed work to a shadow workforce that never appeared as headcount. Also the chart footnote says share of population, which isn't what's plotted.

I really like this chap, as a human being he seems to care and uses action above words and as a politician he is intelligent and well spoken and carries himself with a high degree of respectability.

So why are people squabbling over Lib, Lab, Dem and One Nation when we could be looking at an alternative like David?

Seems no one can agree on Lib, Lab, Dem or ON , so does anyone know why David Pocock shouldn't be a front-runner of PM?

So here we are…….
Suddenly it’s apparently ok to spruik racist bullshit in public because we have a racist political party apparently on the rise
I really wonder what is next for Australia?
ICE style raids?
Mass deportations?
Public linchings?
Concentration camps?
I are really that stupid as a country that we don’t recognise history repeating itself.
Australia is heading towards a one way trip down the shit chute

These fkn guys man. We really need to rebuild the public service, these guys DGAF.

"The CEO, Andrew Yates, resigned after downplaying a whistleblower's complaints about KPMG staff misusing its clients' confidential information to win new contracts.

The chair, Martin Sheppard, was pressured to step down as well.

Although, he probably didn't realise his day-long grilling by politicians was an exit interview until the committee held a press conference at the end of it, saying he needed to go."

Hey, if you disagree with AHPRA adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism, sign this petition. The Jewish Council of Australia has created a petition against Australian institutions adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism. As a nurse I was disgusted that AHPRA adopted the IHRA definition. This definition is being used to silence criticism of a particular government that is systematically targeting healthcare workers like myself. It’s too late to stop AHPRA from adopting this definition but not too late for other Australian institutions and governments. More information can be found on their website. You do not need to put down your full name so no need to worry about being Doxxed