OK, kids, while I realise it’s the night when too much Budget is barely enough, I am nevertheless going away to wat..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5U
bkjabour So Scott Morrison reopened Christmas Island detention centre just to close it again within a few months, $180m for..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…q8
GordyPls $8000 over five years to combat climate change by pointing a portable aircon unit at the sun. #budget2019
@damonism Or just replacing all the ancient laptops they’ve been using.
BrendanTN_ Great thread here on 2019 budget and foreign aid & geoeconomics. twitter.com/stephendziedzi…
LeenaVanD Let’s spin the wheel and see what is getting less funding than ants twitter.com/ginarush/statu…
@Info_Aus @twitACTION @jpwarren Noted for tomorrow when my brain works, thank you.
@trentyarwood @noreasonspec @GordyPls @zdnetaustralia I’m just reading what it says in the reporting.
@noreasonspec @trentyarwood @GordyPls @zdnetaustralia No that’s additional funding on top of whatever was in the pr..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…HB
@noreasonspec @trentyarwood @GordyPls @zdnetaustralia And $200 million of it is for MyHealthRecord, so there’s that.
@KimmerLions YOU SWINE!
@KimmerLions Or you could be sensible and go to the pub.
Sigh. @abcnews’ first question isn’t about policies or economics, but how the Budget will affect the Coalition’s re..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…IV
@snurb_dot_info @jeamland @glengyron @NewtonMark @Pollytics Maybe I have been misinformed.
rgmerk Here’s my take on the terror livestreaming bill. TL;DR content moderation ain’t easy, there’s lots of potential for..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ze
@GordyPls @noreasonspec @zdnetaustralia True fact.
zdnetaustralia Australian Budget 2019: Billions for health innovation and research zd.net/2JXK7KC
snurb_dot_info Well this is interesting (and timely, on #budget night): German news is openly predicting the bursting of the Austr..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kX
mattjhatton “Six years since we came to government…”
Four score and three prime ministers ago….
@thelaughingsub @dobes @zdnetaustralia Hurrah! Beautiful work. You must be exhausted.
Pollytics Sounds like eleventy.
“302” $billion. Not 301, not 303, but 302 by 2030.
We should extend out the forward estimat..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…hs
@dobes @thelaughingsub @zdnetaustralia Yeah I was wondering about the sheer volume of work that would have involved..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…7d
@miranda_maybe @staticsan @SnarkyPlatypus @wonk_arama He’s completely correct. And a Budget “delivers” nothing. It’s a plan, an aspiration.
@dobes @thelaughingsub @zdnetaustralia Wow. I’ll stand well clear then!
That’s a solid effort by @thelaughingsub for @zdnetaustralia. Cheers, Ma’am.
zdnetaustralia Australian Budget 2019: Electoral Commission gets AU$11m for polling place tech and IT upgrades zd.net/2JU701A
zdnetaustralia Australian Budget 2019: GovPass gains another AU$67m zd.net/2UwKLmJ
zdnetaustralia Australian Budget 2019: Women’s safety technology trials zd.net/2UsCm3t
zdnetaustralia Australian Budget 2019: NBN regional subsidy charge reduced zd.net/2JY19IH
The #censusfail dividend! Attn: @jpwarren. twitter.com/zdnetaustralia…
zdnetaustralia Australian Budget 2019: AU$9b for tech and science zd.net/2Uqs83A
@SnarkyPlatypus Here’s the text. I’m sure you’ll find something. jaf.ministers.treasury.gov.au/speech/002-201…
@SnarkyPlatypus Here are the exact words. jaf.ministers.treasury.gov.au/speech/002-201… pic.twitter.com/ct29B408TJ
@SnarkyPlatypus This is the best bit of his speech. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@thelaughingsub @jpwarren “Academic Centres of Cyber Security Excellence will gain AU$479,000 in 2018-19 and AU$488,000 in 2019-20.”
GreenJ Big budget for marginal electorate infrastructure 🐷
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT BUDGET NEWS. twitter.com/workmanalice/s…
HEY EVERYONE! While budget.gov.au is still not updating properly, you can go direct to..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4t
HAHAHAHA! @JoshFrydenberg just said that small business owners in Australia pay their employees first, and themselv..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…jg
I’m going to tweet @thelaughingsub’s tech-related stories now being released from the Budget lockup. The first one..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…GC
TheAusInstitute “surplus” *drink* “surplus” *drink*
“surplus” *drink* “surplus” *drink*
“surplus” *drink* “surplus” *drink*..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…sG
@SnarkyPlatypus And I’m doing this without alcohol.
EXACTLY. twitter.com/TheNTNews/stat…
@demis Right. And THEN set her on fire. Gotcha.
@firstdogonmoon Hurrah! And did you enjoy it?
It’s not up yet, but here’s what the cover looks like apparently. pic.twitter.com/lzm5MowhHZ
The Budget will appear here any moment now. budget.gov.au Budget Paper No. 2 is the one with the numbers..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…D8
Dear Everyone Not In Australia, right now the Treasurer is delivering the Budget, an idiotic annual ritual but one..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Oh
Already this is terrible.
cjjosh I’ve prepared my drinking/bingo card for the budget tonight
#Budget2019 pic.twitter.com/lKflD1wBT2
@rohan_p @dobes @rothschildmd Indeed you are.
POLITICAL STEAKS! pic.twitter.com/wVrTN4I6ZQ
Dear @abcnews please do not let @mjrowland68 make a promo like that ever again.
@BXGD I’m fairly sure there were other factors, but that’s an interesting factor.
@rohan_p @dobes @rothschildmd I hate you.
@DrMiaow @SnarkyPlatypus @franksting @RachaelHasIdeas LIKE AN ENORMOUS PIMPLE. PIMPLE BRITANNIA.
Yet another twist in the story of the Glenbrook Big Rock. It’ll be interesting to hear the story of this art, thoug..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…S6
@jetztgibtshaue Gelignite is a sometimes solution.
@SnarkyPlatypus @franksting @RachaelHasIdeas So this is going to stagger on for weeks. Brilliant.
@franksting @RachaelHasIdeas Well that’s a bit silly.
@BXGD Knitting?
Why is it taking so long for the Tories to dump Theresa May? Does Australia need to give them lessons on how to knife a lame PM?
thisislucio Leave campaigner(s) have tried to disrupt trains again, this time with a home made track-circuit clip (to make the..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2p
JimMFelton People glued their naked bums to the glass and had to be peeled off by the police and it was still wasn’t the stupi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…La
@JustJimWillDo Healthy Boy is an excellent brand.
Attn: @dobes @rohan_p. twitter.com/travis_view/st…
@kcarruthers Yes, you’re right. Businesses never do dumb things.
Well this is really going to give people the shits. twitter.com/trentyarwood/s…
AboutTheHouse One of the maple trees in @Aust_Parliament is known as the Budget Tree, as the Treasurer typically stands under it..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…f0
@jeamland @glengyron @NewtonMark @Pollytics I was meaning to say hello to @snurb_dot_info about this, but then I fo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…KB
I see that Khun Thaksin still isn’t in jail. twitter.com/smartbrain/sta…
quaedvliegs Discussing meth trafficking with colleagues from ASEAN. Here’s a reason why the meth trade is prolific:
1 gm in M..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Iq
@DanielOCnr @alexkidman Huawei’s cameras have been top shelf for a few years now. A shame the brand is suffering he..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…yE
Well @alexkidman’s low-light camera tests of the Galaxy S10+, iPhone XS Max, Huawei P30 Pro, Huawei Mate 20 Pro, an..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…dg
@joelcacooney @schmangee We need some sort of vaccine.
@dmeeze @jpwarren @jturner_au @zdnetaustralia You’re thinking of CERT Australia (CERT-AU, originally under AGD), no..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…LP
@jpwarren @dobes @ashabeeeee So, you’re blocking the idea?
@franksting @jpwarren @ashabeeeee I don’t think the Ideas Boom is still a thing.
@dobes @jpwarren @ashabeeeee We are all familiar with it. It contains cranks. youtube.com/watch?v=ZLTlOt…
@franksting @ashabeeeee The government seems to have trouble keeping an eye on most things, so I think we’re safe here.
“After hearing bold claims from Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, the Australian House Infrastructure, Transpo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3O
@glengyron @NewtonMark @Pollytics This reminds me, @jeamland and I need to figure out what we’re doing with hingeometer.com.
At @sportsbetcomau, “Color of Tie: Settled on the predominant color of the first tie worn by Josh Frydenberg during..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Bk
MargotSaville @BeverleyHead Sportsbet paying out $4.85 on a coalition victory - I’m just following the $$ 😀
smh In an embarrassing bungle, a libertarian New Zealand MP opposed to the anti-gun laws missed the vote because he was..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…rs
glengyron What, was there a black person in there or something? twitter.com/jennineak/stat…
@dobes @NewtonMark “Pushing the houses out of sync would be a courageous move, Prime MInister.”
NewtonMark “Morrison” absolutely has not. They are now the only dates available to him under law, and the fact that he “flagge..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…FU
@jturner_au @jpwarren @zdnetaustralia There’s quite a bit in the discussion paper about chain-of-command issues. In..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…31
@gnoll110 Easily. UK research shows that people massively over-estimate things like number of migrants, amount of overseas aid, etc.
@rgmerk @jpwarren @zdnetaustralia I think it’s a pegged exchange rate, but I’m not sure of the rate itself.
@jpwarren @zdnetaustralia Click through for the full story. zdnet.com/article/cyber-… These discussion papers are get..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…6L
From this week’s @ArmsControlWonk podcast: “The Venn diagram of people who believe in EMP and creeping Sharia law i..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…rC
“MacGov says Australian government is becoming stifled by cloud vendor lock-in” by @ashabeeeee zdnet.com/article/macgov…
@bigbadave @GreenJ @geofflemon @abcnews I never played cricket.
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Sharpened call for an Australian cyber civil defence organisation” zdnet.com/article/sharpe…
dobes Pleased to announce a new era in shitposting is coming to Japan pic.twitter.com/3cpg0ELDQb
“Huawei’s problem isn’t Chinese backdoors. It’s buggy software.” (28 Mar) wired.com/story/huawei-t…
@bigbadave @GreenJ @geofflemon @abcnews Mmmmm… scratchy!
Well this one’s a few Valiants short of a car park… twitter.com/chelsea1935/st…
@GreenJ @geofflemon @abcnews Does this mean that we’re allowed to tamper with our balls now?
@davispg Goddammit.
donniemnemonic Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sent beard shavings to Azealia Banks so she could make an amulet to protect him from ISIS
@JustJimWillDo @zdnetaustralia That sounds like actual work.
ashabeeeee @stilgherrian @whatisdelicious @zdnetaustralia Cyber. Cyber. Cyber. Cyber. Cyber. Cyber. Cyber. Cyber. Cyber. Cyber..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…9x
@ashabeeeee @whatisdelicious @zdnetaustralia Hurrah!
ashabeeeee ’15 percent of Uber rides in Western Sydney are to or from train stations’ - because everything is so so far away from one
@whatisdelicious @zdnetaustralia I just counted 29 cybers, but it’s not the record. When @ashabeeeee and I were com..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…p0
MarkRDuckett Baby has a very long tail .. pic.twitter.com/9GGlBuKYDK
Story filed for @zdnetaustralia. It contains an adequate number of cybers.
@dlmetcalf This is very New South Wales. :)
egadheg “It’s a phrase I didn’t ever expect to use…an ‘Australian terrorist’…”
Bill, there’s been quite a few.
sharnatweets I’m sorry, but Morrison 100% looks like he’s sitting on the loo in this photo. twitter.com/JoshButler/sta…
@R_Chirgwin @bigjsl So quick I didn’t see it. But yes, it’s a good band name.
ABCMediaComms And here again @chriskkenny and @australian: The word used was “conservators”, in a light-hearted chat about a murd..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ql
kevinneubauer @YO9IRF Seems to me like a perfectly good 100 amp fused connector. pic.twitter.com/F4YeLkniyS
YO9IRF Anyone know what connector is this ? pic.twitter.com/ufboqurUDH
@bigjsl I’ve been so looking forward to this.
Tue plan, such that it is: Write for @zdnetaustralia; fix a client’s email ; enjoy the thrills and spills of Budget Night.
Tue plan, such that it is: Write for @zdnetaustralia; fix a client’s email; enjoy the thrills and spills of Budget Night.
I know it’s late in the day for a weather forecast but I fell asleep again. Weird and annoying. pic.twitter.com/gYXtb1NuuB
Well this has cheered me up a bit. twitter.com/jacksonw____/s…
I probably shouldn’t have mentioned the secret cities because they’re meant to be a secret. Even in Adelaide most p..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…y4
I seem to be having an Annoying Side Effects morning, and what’s more I’ve just woken from a dream where I got caug..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…I2
Tuesday. It’s like all of the toys were suddenly broken on a rainy day. Tuesday.