Gorn.
@bpurdon This is my second time here, I think. It seems to be Cisco’s pick. They’re paying for this trip.
Meanwhile Nikolic wastes the nation’s time by reading the same talking points that we’ve heard countless times before. ADD VALUE, FUCKHEAD.
“Hetty Johnson from Bravehearts has called this legislation a ‘no-brainer’,†a topic on which she is a leading expert in my opinion.
Who’s this arsehat? Oh. Andrew Nikolic MP. That explains the absence of joined-up thinking.
@jplonie Ahem.
In which a Liberal MP complains that Labor is making partisan complaints. Mr Irony has left the building.
Mark Dreyfus MP is an exciting* speaker.
@SnarkyPlatypus Yeah well this hotel has rather a lot of stars. This is typical pricing.
@SnarkyPlatypus I’m sure I don’t know what you mean.
@OaaSvc That too.
Someone has added a message to the menu in my hotel room. pic.twitter.com/ZF7wcw1oOM
Here’s the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2014 as first introduced. http://t.co/1zYfYCWlHk
Here are all your choices for watching the Australian Parliament live. aph.gov.au/live
I tend to watch in Parlview. Slightly delated but have full video controls. http://t.co/9cJTewlwEA
@swearyanthony You can still debate the core bill, and then the amendments will come.
@swearyanthony Yep, resumed second reading debate, according to Live Minutes. http://t.co/gizGXCbsOO
Apparently parliament has resumed debate on the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2014.
Margie Abbott says Tony losing PM job “could be an ‘energising new chapter’ in their lives.†http://t.co/rb52l4dSO8 Yeah, I can decode that.
Typo rate in tweets increasing. My decision to skip tonight’s dinner is probably a sensible one.
If only the government had some sort of person who managed to flow of business into parliament.
So I gather that the data retention legislation amendments failed to make it into parliament again today. bit disorganised, this mob.
Things rearranged.
Rearranging things.
RT @mattmoran10news: “@australian:The sole remaining PUP senator says party meetings are more efficient than ever. http://t.co/w4S1oYm57W h…
RT @cmrnmnning: @stilgherrian eat a raw onion. [I may be of questionable mental stability, but I’m not an idiot.]
I’ve taken a break from the Cisco Live welcoming festivities to attempt to freshen up. But really, I’m just exhaust#CLMelLMel
OH: “Telstra has managed to make robots boring.” #CLMel
We are now IN Cisco Live. #CLMel instagram.com/p/0UYTyWiFvk/
So, we’re here now. #CLMel instagram.com/p/0UXyPkiFvH/
So that’s some food and drink courtesy of Etihad Stadium. Now, off to pre-dinner drinks. May God have mercy etc…
Dumplings.
jdub My saddle’s waitin’
Come and jump on it
pic.twitter.com/0L8wlyK0fY
Etihad Stadium bossfellas explain the vision. #CLMel instagram.com/p/0UPNOUiFmK/
Etihad Stadium as seen by @gusworldau #CLMel instagram.com/p/0UOr7KiFlt/
Intriguing with the idea of a stadium having a “content strategy” for all these screens. #CLMel
The long road to ruin #CLMel instagram.com/p/0UNO2fCFkQ/
World’s biggest clandestine hydro growing facility. #CLMel instagram.com/p/0UMjJkiFjZ/
Screens. #CLMel instagram.com/p/0UMO4RCFjC/
paulwallbank Coach @stilgherrian apologizes for the unfortunate Eddie McGuire incident. @ Etihad Stadium instagram.com/p/0ULnvMREEf/
joannejacobs It’s @stilgherrian living the dream of press center announcements for #clmel pic.twitter.com/wyQI52rYxJ
Facing the media at Etihad Stadium. (Watch out for the reverse angle shot.) #CLMel instagram.com/p/0ULerACFiQ/
Using nail clippers, the turf is prepared for the season’s first AFL game on Thursday. #CLMel instagram.com/p/0ULU_GiFiE/
@smartbrain Um, Melbourne’s Etihad Stadium. Sorry.
We really should be running out… #CLMel instagram.com/p/0UKgKfCFhO/
The overwhelming stench of chlorine instagram.com/p/0UKLoziFg_/ #CLMel
The glamour of an elite sporting team’s briefing room. #CLMel instagram.com/p/0UJ8pACFgt/
All the facilities… #CLMel instagram.com/p/0UJnceiFgQ/
Being shown one of the elite changing rooms at Etihad Stadium. #CLMel instagram.com/p/0UJZGqiFv_/
Etihad Stadium #CLMel instagram.com/p/0UI0sriFvJ/
Aliens VI instagram.com/p/0UHlq8iFtM/
En route to Etihad Stadium, to be given a tour thereof. #CLMel
@NicholasFryer “Legal budgetâ€? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
RT @TatteredRemnant: @stilgherrian I can see you pic.twitter.com/pxBgshlBFp [Cool. I’m standing at the window with no pants on.]
@christopherneal I understand. I have different goals for an event like this, though.
@christopherneal Thanks. I generally get some value out of Cisco Live. And if not, well, the hospitality is fabulous.
A long drop instagram.com/p/0T_h8WiFg1/
Tue plan, background: This Melbourne trip is to cover the Cisco Live event through to Thursday. http://t.co/zpUBIYDk7T Mute #CLMel to avoid.
Checked in instagram.com/p/0T9thKCFt1/
Approaching the Melbourne CBD, though the (unneeded) limousine window sunshade instagram.com/p/0T73EUiFqz/
Oh stop your whinging, @paulwallbank.
Touchdown Melbourne. instagram.com/p/0T3bjaiFiz/
Transmitters off. See you in Melbourne.
Careful, @paulwallbank, or I’ll jinx the weather as well.
@Garth_P_Newton @paulwallbank I’ve only ever missed one flight, from memory, though I’ve come close on quite a few occasions.
Garth_P_Newton It was Woody Allen, @stilgherrian, who said “People who have never missed a plane, are spending too much time in airports.” @paulwallbank
VH-VUE as VA834 SYD-MEL, the view from 28A. instagram.com/p/0Tr0K2CFhf/
Loitering at the airport with @paulwallbank. There is no need for you to be concerned.
@BrigadierSlog @Asher_Wolf That’s impressive, but I have no suggestions. I’m not across education and training possibilities at all.
Waiting patiently instagram.com/p/0Ti7cACFjs/
In a queue.
SwiftOnSecurity Fun fact: The G in GNU stands for “GamerGate.”
En route to Sydney Airport (SYD). instagram.com/p/0TfsoqiFuf/
“Race ya to Central?” instagram.com/p/0Tdth1iFrF/
Why does the data retention legislation have to be passed by the end of next week? Is that when Crusader Rabbit’s probationary period ends?
@NewtonMark I’m sure that a@TimdeSousasa points out this has all be worked out with all due rigour.
Folks, “journalism†is a process, an activity, not a distribution technology or category of persons. We did all this in 2011, 2010, 2009…
@jturner_ibrs @NewtonMark @deptofaustralia “Micro-blogging†@twittertter’s original conceptualisation. Didn’t predict conversationality.
RT @joshgnosis: If it is not too onerous to add a warrant scheme for journo data, it shouldn’t be too onerous for everyone else to be cover…
@noreasonspec Yes. Section 126G of the Evidence Act 1995, amendments done in 2011. http://t.co/n3EWVn2Jcw
RT @NewtonMark: This Brandis bullshit has been hashed out time and time again since at least 2007. He isn’t confused about it, he’s using t…
Malcolm Turnbull is supposedly introducing the data retention legislation today, All these amendments and more. http://t.co/i0c1DBO4a9
Does Brandis want a government register of journalists? MEAA membership? Liberals for compulsory union membership? This is all very funny.
Brandis’ continued emphasis on “professional†journalism (paid? MEAA member?) shows he’s still stuck on “mainstream†media categorisation.
Brandis seems to want to rehash the “Are bloggers journalists?†idiocy of 2007. People can do both, or just one, or neither.
The issue is not whether the individual is a “blogger†or not, it’s whether acts of journalism are being committed.
Here’s section 126G of the Evidence Act 1995 defining “journalistâ€. http://t.co/n3EWVn2Jcw Is Brandis proposing differently now?
Back in 2011, Brandis spoke out against the journalist shield laws moving beyond professional journalists. http://t.co/nWyC7pjwqs
So Brandis thinks that requiring a warrant to access data makes you “immune from criminal prosecution� He grasp of the law is a bit thin.
Crossing the Nepean instagram.com/p/0TYdsICFiE/
I have reason to believe that Australia’s favourite Attorney-General will be o@amworldtodaypmpm after 0800.
MsLods On Radio National Dreyfus repeats the line that data retention is to deal with *serious* crime. No such limitation in the Bill.
Writing. STFU.
@jeamland Many dull people have indeed made Prince-related jokes pertaining to #purpletrain, and God will judge them for it.
Tue plan: 0706 train to Sydney; write for @zdnetaustralia; 1100 VA834 SYD-MEL; 1500 Etihad Stadium tour; 1730 drinks; 1900 dinner.
Dawn approaches, Wentworth Falls station instagram.com/p/0TQlPqCFi4/
Mobile.
RT @stamja: @stilgherrian You will have a nice day, all day, like it or not. [How dare you. I don’t know what even.]
Tue plan, background: The Melbourne trip is to cover the Cisco Live event through to Thursday. http://t.co/zpUBIYDk7T Mute #CLMel to avoid.
Tue plan, draft: 0706 train to Sydney; write for @zdnetaustralia; 1100 VA834 SYD-MEL; 1500 Etihad Stadium tour; 1730 drinks; 1900 dinner.
Tuesday. You will be presented with two choices, both bad. Whichever you choose it will, naturally, be the worse choice on offer. Tuesday.