The Guardian • Issue #2027 • October 10, 2022
Optus: data is gold
Millions of angry Optus customers are horrified and concerned that the security of their personal details was breached in a cyberattack on the company. Optus’...
Read moreLandmark UN decision highlights Australia’s climate injustice
In news that will surprise no one, a United Nations Committee has found the former Coalition government to have violated the human rights of Torres...
Read moreData harvesters
The Privacy Act makes it unlawful for many companies in Australia to buy or exchange consumers’ personal data for profiling or targeting purposes. It applies...
Read moreDumping on First Nations People
“That dump would poison the water and poison everything else, the food, the cattle, and everything else that’s gonna live off of the water.” Eileen...
Read moreMulti-employer bargaining win under threat from ALP sell-out
The Albanese Labor government has committed to introducing multi-employer bargaining following a deal with the Business Council of Australia (BCA) at the Jobs and Skills...
Read moreDINGO
Last week, “Dingo” reported on Solomon Islands PM Manasseh Sogavare’s address to the UN General Assembly, a voice of the Pacific Islands People in the...
Read moreCanberra branch celebrates formal launch
On Saturday, members and friends met to celebrate the official launch of the Canberra branch of the CPA. Having formed earlier this year, its first...
Read moreWEASEL WORDS
CONTROVERSIAL /ˌkɒn.trəˈvɜː.ʃəl/ You can probably guess the weaselly use of this word. Controversial and controversy are easy to use weaslishly because they’re so open-ended. Strictly...
Read moreThe ideology of a rogue state: a “rules-based international order”
In the last few years, those of us in Western capitalist countries have heard more and more of a so-called “rules-based international order.” To the...
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