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12 March 202312 March 2023

Weekly Wrap 667: Full Moon with alcohol and productivity

My week of Monday 6 to Sunday 12 March 2023 began in Melbourne and involved a bit of drinking, but it was also reasonably productive. All things considered. Flying back into Sydney as dusk continues to be beautiful.

12 March 202320 April 2023

The 9pm Poorly Governed Semantic Argument with Justin Warren

Is a cow a thing? Is the ocean a thing? We ponder these and other important questions with Justin Warren, “consultant, freedom of information tragic, hexagon enthusiast, and creator of the CyberRating� labelling scheme”. He’s also chair of Electronic Frontiers Australia, but I’m sure they’ll disown him.

10 March 202312 March 2023

Digital developments from Canberra 28

Nuclear submarines are the big story this week, but there’s plenty more — including the sudden resignation of our FOI commissioner, predictive policing, and various reports on our surveillance regime.

06 March 202307 March 2023

Weekly Wrap 666: Visiting Melbourne after a three-year gap and other reminders of the past

I’ve had a devil of a week. See what I did there? My week of Monday 27 February to Sunday 5 March 2023 was packed with interest, including a wonderful podcast, an outstanding airshow, and an encounter with the so-called “cookers”, or anti-everything protesters. So much so that this Weekly Wrap is a day late. Are we all coping?

04 March 2023

Digital developments from Canberra 27

Some big ones this week, including announcements about a new national cybersecurity strategy, federal-state coordination on digital IDs, various legislation given the go-ahead by Senate committees, and what’s probably the final week of public hearings in the Robodebt Royal Commission.

01 March 202312 December 2023

The 9pm Death by Woke Mind Virus Superbugs with Dr Trent Yarwood

Dr Trent Yarwood pictured with a variety of potential sources of infection, unless they’ve been washed recently. (Photo: Brisbane Times. Digital processing: Stilgherrian)

In the news this week we’ve been reminded that so-called “superbugs” are going to kill millions of us, so I thought we should talk once more with infectious disease physician Dr Trent Yarwood.