Word-whore. I write 'em. I talk 'em. Information, politics, media, and the cybers. I drink. I use bad words. All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris! Vive les poissons rouges sauvages!
The spring series concludes — or does it? — with special guest Yun Jiang, the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) Inaugural China Matters Fellow. Guess what we’re talking about! (It’s not all about lobsters.)
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Big week! Fallout from the Optus failure. Response to the robodebt royal commission. The ASD’s cyber threat report. The cyber coordinator gets recalled. A public service integrity action plan. And more.
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My week of Monday 6 to Sunday 12 November 2023 was remarkably productive, though some of it took quite a long time. Two podcasts, and a bunch of research. Plus I fed two cats, one of whom is pictured here. I’m so exhausted from that.
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The spring series continues with another special guest, my good friend Snarky Platypus, in a wide-ranging and sometimes disturbing conversation.
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Victor Dominello is heading a new task force to sort out Services Australia’s digital customer services. There’s plenty of other news in that vicinity too, as well as stories about AI, and new guidelines for censoring computer games.
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We look back at Optus’ catastrophic week: What do we know about what happened, what’s happening with compensation, and what can we learn from it? I was on this week’s Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News.
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