ChristnNitemare Good morning! pic.twitter.com/hvOyEUN05f
BillKristol “I have never obstructed justice…I am not a crook.”
— Richard M. Nixon, Nov. 17, 1973
“I have no idea what a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…hN
matttburke Budget? What Budget? pic.twitter.com/Q7jfmbKPn8
nazzer Someone’s been cybering twitter.com/kkomaitis/stat…
@RDNS_TAI My pleasure. I appreciated how you directly addressed some of the myths.
@VTeagueAus Apart from the OAIC nudge I just tweeted about, there’s this. I didn’t check education and such. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@nphair Lol! Not me.
On a related note, may I recommend “Morrison’s economic lies” by @RDNS_TAI. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/topic/… #Budget2022
Putting it another way, and factoring in the need for recruitment and training, the government could clear the OAIC..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Jt
Specifically, for OAIC and its FoI and privacy work, the message is clear: The government has no intention of impro..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…tL
So, as usual, a few percentage points here and there is just faffing about at the edges. Same as with giving pensio..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ej
A 6% increase in resources means that it would take at least 16 years to clear the backlog. That assumes no increas..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…qF
Now, some basic maths. If you want to NOT have a 12-month backlog, you need to do a full year’s worth of work on to..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Wt
But look at this. Performance targets are not being met, even these rather generous KPIs of resolving 80% of matter..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ov
The extra funding means they get a whole 9 new staff members to handle all of these functions. #Budget2022 pic.twitter.com/hXAVo8mvem
So, looking at this question of whether the extra finding for the Office of the Information Commissioner might sort..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…aX
BernardZuel Daughter watching Fierravanti-Wells on Morrison: “I’m getting the impression she’s met him.”
Earlier I said the place for the initial detail is “Budget Paper No. 2”. If you want to drill down further you need..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…L2
Attn: @dobes @jpwarren @NewtonMark @rohan_p and all the usual suspects. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
My attention has been drawn to the middle of the five icons. Is it just me, or…? #Budget2022 pic.twitter.com/5ek7IkOHFL
@artywah If anywhere it’ll be in the ATO statement here. treasury.gov.au/publication/po…
@coldsnacks @GrogsGamut Welcome to how the Budget works and how to analyse it properly. :) Also, pass it this way.
@coldsnacks @GrogsGamut Yep. Or rather, the Budget is based on the assumption that this is what will happen. That s..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…7x
Well spotted, Hugh. Though I’d phrase it as “The Budget hopes for” rather than as “Treasury forecasts”. #Budget2022 twitter.com/hughriminton/s…
PhilipRucker Breaking —> White House logs from Jan. 6 turned over to House show gap in Trump calls of seven hours and 37 minutes.twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kE4
It’s… it’s what now? twitter.com/tom_tanuki/sta…
@michaelneale @skwashd @NewtonMark Ah. Here we are again. It’s probably best if I don’t comment.
@SuperCroup Good luck, Adrian. *waves*
@jpwarren This is the PDF you’re after. Looking through it now. ag.gov.au/system/files/2…
JoshButler The important context here is that the senator “has recently been relegated to an unwinnable spot on the Liberal pa..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…hR
JoshButler Liberal senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells just launched an incredible attack on PM Scott Morrison and Alex Hawke i..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…bz
@GrogsGamut Thanks, Greg. Same story though, eh. Sigh.
CORRECTION: A “data flub” — that’s a technical term — in the graph I posted. Here’s the correct version#Budget20222twitter.com/GrogsGamut/sta…iq
Big shoutout to the cybersecurity company who managed to send out a press release commenting on the $9.9 billion fo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…gO
stephendziedzic Breaking - @latingle is reporting that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address federal parliament at 5.3..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Fu
@danilic And this is just the *additional* funding for REDSPICE, above what’s already there.
“Federal budget 2022: six graphs that reveal the sugar-hit election strategy” by @GrogsGamut..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…YW
Goodness me! (HT TechAU.) #Budget2022 pic.twitter.com/QQ97yUAG1Q
@VS_ I did stumble across that game earlier. Looks like a… a classic?
But yes, Cyber Troll Pty Ltd. $20 million please.
@michaelneale @skwashd @NewtonMark Ah yes, I also see you understand how to list things on the receipt. I had lessons in that.
“Australian Budget 2022 delivers AU$9.9 billion for spicy cyber” by @campbell_kwan zdnet.com/article/austra… #Budget2022
Arts was one of the areas I’d skipped over because I knew others would look. Nick has looked. #Budget2022 twitter.com/NickFeik/statu…
@skwashd @NewtonMark I see this isn’t your first Budget.
@CosmicRami There may be more detail over here, if not more money. budget.gov.au/2022-23/conten…
Next year I’ll have to..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Sd
@jpwarren Hah! Let’s look over here in the A-G’s Portfolio Budget Statements 2022–23..ag.gov.au/about-us/publi…Gt
An interesting observation. #Budget2022 twitter.com/TonyHWindsor/s…
@justinrhendry Clearly Justin was in the lockup, so he’s got a bunch of stories. itnews.com.au/tag/budget2022 #Budget2022
“All the tech in the 2022 federal budget” by @justinrhendry itnews.com.au/news/all-the-t… #Budget2022
@jetztgibtshaue No, it’s a bottle, and can store beer for a day or two.
@AnthonyLee900 Lol the convention of all-caps is very old, mate. Older than you. Even older than me.
GROWLERS! (That’s a thingy what holds 1.89 to 2 litres of beer. The first figure is 64 fluid ounces for The America..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Nd
“Australia’s 2022 federal budget: what we found in the fine print” from the Graun. theguardian.com/australia-news… #Budget2022
OK, I’m tweeting this one solely for the headline.
“The Tinkerbell budget: Clap if you believe it makes sense” by..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…MI
@NewtonMark Shoosh, Mark, and just buy the managing director a new laptop. And a big-screen TV for… for, um, videoconferencing.
@DarrenODonovan I really wish I’d been in the meeting where they came up with the name.
@jpwarren Lol no, but it’s an interesting line item nonetheless.
@SummersAnne That’s doesn’t cover many barristers though. ;) Still, good to see recognition that the OSI needs more support.
@SoniaCuff Not a recent photo. ;)
@CosmicRami Go direct to the source, Rami. “Budget Paper No. 2” is the thing. budget.gov.au/2022-23/conten…
So that’s my initial skim through “Budget Paper No. 2” budget.gov.au/2022-23/conten… Obviously I left out a LOT of things..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…EJ
And… Parliament House will get “enhancements to the CCTV network, upgraded screening equipment and an expanded Pa..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Iw
Lots of priority infrastructure projects listed starting on page 135. You can go through them yourselves. #Budget2022
“$1.3 billion over 6 years from 2021-22 to improve regional telecommunications” #Budget2022 pic.twitter.com/dRqlzOHCBW
“Civil Aviation Safety Authority – Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems,” which is to say, drones#Budget202222
“Addittwitter.com/i/web/status/1…wr2W
“Support for the Australian Space Industry,” which I’ll go though another time. #Budget2022
Reminder: These numbe..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xL
We have a Critical Minerals Strategy, apparently. #Budget2022 pic.twitter.com/EPAvyMLQDd
Various extra stuff for counterterrorism and investigating organised crime etc, which I’ll look at in more detail l..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xK
Another $50 million for the Safer Communities Fund, the one that Peter Dutton enjoyed so much. #Budget2022 pic.twitter.com/5WJ7cisGsR
An extra $136.7 million in 2022-23 for Operation Sovereign Borders. #Budget2022 pic.twitter.com/d9IbTNCbyx
“Rugby World Cup 2027 (men’s) and Rugby World Cup 2029 (women’s),” TBA. #Budget2022 pic.twitter.com/AS8Y5lngC2
“Prioritising Mental Health,” it says here. $99 million in the coming financial year, or around $3.30 per Australia..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…XM
“The Government will provide $69.0 million over 2 years from 2021-22 for the Japanese Encephalitis Virus National P..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…WH
There’s a bunch of detail on education, health, aged care, stuff like that which I’ll skip over because others will..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…0F
R E D S P I C E ! #Budget2022
That’s “$9.9 billion over 10 years to 2030-31 to the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) to deliver a Resilience,..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…mB
AND HERE’S THE CYBER STUFF IT IS CALLED REDSPICE! #Budget2022
Reminder: $9.9 billion over 10 years is vapourware,..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Oi
The $4.3 billion for “Large Vessel Infrastructure and Submarine Basing” announced with such fanfare the other day “..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…LX
There’s some stuff in there to cover the costs so fat this financial year of flood response from Defence and also s..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…k8
Defence loses another $6.7 million to the investigation of war crimes. #Budget2022 pic.twitter.com/uCpDZibc8T
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner gets around $8 million a year extra for the next two years. Is th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ce
Here is a title which I shall just leave here. #Budget2022 pic.twitter.com/do1L4PnYhX
I’ll skip the rest of the tax stuff because I don’t understand it. #Budget2022
Small businesses (see conditions) can deduct 120% of the cost of digital transformation, if I may paraphrase. That’..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…qv
“Modernisation of pay as you go (PAYG) instalment systems”? Direct link from accounting software to ATO to adjust P..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…bN
Here’s another great sentence. “This measure is estimated to result in an unquantifiable impact on receipts over th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…fG
Here’s the detail on the 50% temporary reduction in fuel excise, which starts one minute past midnight tonight and..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…75
Here’s a new euphemism for a cut. “The Government will re-profile existing funding…” OK, it’s under $8 million in..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…nv
I’ll mostly post about Budget items I’m familiar with, the stuff I generally write about, but if something piques m..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5f
It’s important to remember what strange technical terms like “NSW” and “QLD” mean lol. #Budget2022 pic.twitter.com/OjSOlFm7H8
“Budget Paper No. 2” is where most of the detail\ lives. It’s a series of diffs, basically, presented as changes si..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Og
I did tweet this earlier. I daresay I’ll find some more details (hah!) as I go through the papers. #Budget2022 twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
Should you be keen, here’s the text of the speech. ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/josh… #Budget2022
And here we go. There’s the bullet points on the front page. budget.gov.au #Budget2022 pic.twitter.com/vDChWjewIr
@andrea_weymouth Short answer: Pine Gap is a communications relay station for all manner of satellites, ranging fro..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…6Y
@andrea_weymouth That’s about a whole different thing, which I am happy to chat about but not tonight because… BUDGET TIME!
Pro Tip: You don’t have to listen to Josh Frydenberg drone his way through the speech. You can just grab the text o..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…LE
@jpwarren Sorry, what was I even thinking? IT’S ALL THERE IN THE BALANCE.
@joannejacobs Chips are food, Joanne.
TEN MINUTES TO GO!
@Samara2k But past that, there’s some good stuff on Netflix and elsewhere.
@Samara2k I spend a lot of time with TimeGhost’s material including the current WW2 in real time…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…bs
@Samara2k @lawfarepodcast @RidT So I hear, but I have so much other stuff I’µ meant to be reading and yet I end up..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…rI
START OF BUDGET NIGHT THREAD. I’m not sure how much I’ll dig into this stuff tonight, but I will at least download..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ZM
HartWexford It is normal. 100% of known worlds are exactly like this one. That’s as normal as it gets. twitter.com/debs_kropotkin…
@garystark You can always phone a friend. :)
@Samara2k @lawfarepodcast @RidT I really need to read Greenberg’s book too, yes.
Iancoll94354676 Why is this so funny ? pic.twitter.com/N1DSk8lMXK
@lawfarepodcast @RidT It riffs off his essay “Why You Haven’t Heard About the Secret Cyberwar in Ukraine” (18 Mar)..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…yo
Listening to a @lawfarepodcast, “Thomas Rid (@RidT) on Ukraine and Cyberwar”. Recommended. lawfareblog.com/lawfare-podcas…
One hour to go!
@dobes Wow. Just wow. I also have a view on mocking someone for wearing traditional Pacific headgear when visiting..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ZW
thegrugq Russia is adapting. Now they can abandon 25 technicals for the cost of one abandoned T-72 pic.twitter.com/CLLmfvWKLu
BBCRosAtkins Rising Covid cases in the UK raise many questions about what ‘living with Covid’ means in reality. Here’s 5 mins on..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…EH
@bastardsheep Apart from you, you mean?
… my own urine. twitter.com/moodybeth12/st…
@CosmicRami HMAS Canberra. Take it for a spin but don’t break it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Canb…
@mangetout May I suggest Catherine Ryan’s artwork “Cyber Pig”? pic.twitter.com/m5uwFHoy8t
@VS_ Bzzzt! Dubai. cyberknight.tech
@VS_ I hate to break it to you… wizardcyber.com
@VS_ You’ll have to narrow it down a bit. :)
@VS_ If hackers can be in their parents’ basement then our bold Aussie cyber heroes can be in a shed. It’s balance!
Amused that “one official who was not authorised to comment publicly” gets anonymity to parrot what it clearly the..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…So
“Almost $9 billion cybersecurity and intelligence package to be unveiled in federal budget,” apparently. abc.net.au/news/2022-03-2…
NGruen1 How are you supposed to know that if you lay waste to generations of work building trading institutions that your t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ZL
Zelenskyy has his own White House phone. twitter.com/electrospaces/…
@oberonsghost The magical thinking will be very strong this year.
Not only is it Budget Night, Tuesday 29 March is also National Smoke and Mirrors Day. They write themselves, folks! daysoftheyear.com/days/smoke-and…
I just found this tweet from last year and I reckon it’s still valid today. #Budget2022 twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@NewtonMark @drspacejunk I don’t see a veil though. :(
@jeamland @NewtonMark Wow this is pretty special.
karaschlegl It does feel like we are quickly shifting into having only two seasons; “wet” or “on fire”.
baxters RIP boiling water… you will be mist.
“Vivaldi Spring but You Have Hay Fever” in 28 seconds. youtube.com/watch?v=UefVmq…
Ah! Action has been taken. As you were. twitter.com/AusElectoralCo…
oberonsghost This explains so many things. pic.twitter.com/l85C0BFiao
@DamienCWalker Sweet. :) Thank you.
philosofacespin for no particular reason pic.twitter.com/FK14B7tJB2
@NewtonMark Lol no there isn’t much chance of that.
@okayocelot Hmmm… Now that you mention it. How curious.
So, um, RØDE has just released their NTH-100 over-ear headphones. RRP is AUD 249.00, I think, and the specs look ve..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vM
Is this @CptHollingworth’s new podcast? twitter.com/podcastideasbo…
Acyn Doocy: When you said that chemical weapon use by Russia would trigger a response in kind
Biden: It will trigger a s..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…XL
Hello @dobes and please have some @davpope joy for the morning. pic.twitter.com/2hkxVn8Wyy
BrentTerhune people breaking down the slap like, ‘back and to the left. back and to the left.’ pic.twitter.com/cARlY5qHgk
LilNasX it literally does. you would not be laughing if will smith slapped peppa pig then chopped her into tiny bits, added..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2A
Oh yeah. Further alleged plans may be found in the Weekly Wrap and this thread here what I have attached. twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
This sort of fits in here too. twitter.com/tomgara/status…
“No, This School District Is Not Putting Litter Boxes In Bathrooms For Students Who Identify As Cats, The Superinte..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ej
Tue plan: 0900 client meeting; a vast* amount of administrivia at a gentle pace; nap; 1930 AEDT Budget Night and al..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…WN
lowcostcosplayy A L I E N pic.twitter.com/1O358zwztc
You’ll be surprised to hear that in the Blue Mountains the Great Sog continues again today. There is considerable d..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2e
Tuesday. Count your blessings, just in case one of them has been stolen. Count them again, just to be sure. Tuesday.