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Anti corruption @againstcorruption.bsky.social · 3m

Best offer yet - thank you.

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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 33m

So to summarise: the Tas government bought two ships, that are years late, to run between Devonport and Geelong, but there is no wharf at all for them at Devonport because people forgot to build one and they can't safely use the wharf at Geelong.

ABC News (Unofficial) @abc-news.bsky.social · 1h

Breaking: Spirit of Tasmania IV ship unable to berth at Point Henry in Geelong, report finds: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-15/spirit-of-tasmania-iv-unable-to-berth-at-geelong/105883912

Breaking: Spirit of Tasmania IV ship unable to berth at Point Henry in Geelong, report finds

The ABC understands that a recent safety assessment found the berth would need two additional bollards for the ship to berth there at a cost of $2 million.

www.abc.net.au

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Nobody Deserves Poverty @nobodyinpoverty.bsky.social · 2h

"Paid full award wages in the kitchen, restaurant, bar, housekeeping and reception"

yay!

Powerd Media @powerdmedia.bsky.social · 2h

A new disability employment opportunity for those living in the ACT is approaching, with a disability focused hotel soon to open its doors in Canberra, following the success of its sister hotel.

Read more: https://loom.ly/-B46PWQ

#Disability #Accessibility #Inclusion #Employment

Text reading: A new disability employment opportunity for those living in the ACT is approaching, with a disability focused hotel soon to open its doors in Canberra, following the success of its sister hotel. And a photo of a Hotel Etico staff member in the kitchen.

Text reading: “ It was very good. It's fun. We’re always working together. I have a support worker as well…when I do housekeeping, they always come with me. I love doing my job. It’s the best." Hotel Etico Australia trainee, JP. And a photo of Hotel Etico staff members preparing dishes in the kitchen.

Text reading: Hotel Etico Australia CEO and founder, Andrea Comastri, explains that the concept for the business originated in Italy a decade ago after a young man with Down syndrome asked a chef for a job, sharing his dream of wanting to work in a hotel. “ The chef gave him a chance and got together with other people to pursue this dream.” And a photo of a Hotel Etico staff member with a drink behind a bar.

Text on a dark blue background: According to Mr Comastri, participants in the program live on site for three days a week for a period of 12 months. "Paid full award wages in the kitchen, restaurant, bar, housekeeping and reception…but they also learn about living independently. The model is quite innovative."

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Anti corruption @againstcorruption.bsky.social · 2h

Sux though

Anti corruption @againstcorruption.bsky.social · 2h

At least you got the rental 😬

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 6h

A paper in Nature Communication reports on a new method to produce strong, biodegradable plastic from bamboo. The bioplastic resembles oil-based plastics in strength, shapeability, and thermal stability but can biodegrade in soil within 50 days. go.nature.com/4h1xv0X 🧪

This is figure 5, which shows processability and formability of BM-plastics for diverse products.

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Anti corruption @againstcorruption.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah very true. Just seems a bit wrong to me

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Anti corruption @againstcorruption.bsky.social · 4h

Mouth fell on the floor when I read this

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Anti corruption @againstcorruption.bsky.social · 7h

That about sums it up.

Always about porn for these guys

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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 7h

So glad to see the future of relationships is wanking alone to prompts from a chatbot that will raise your electricity and water prices send all your private responses to Sam Altman for unsafekeeping

The Verge @theverge.com · 14h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Anti corruption @againstcorruption.bsky.social · 7h

I’ve also found Councils to be incredibly corrupt

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fladdle.bsky.social @fladdle.bsky.social · 20h

“Sean Dooley, senior adviser at BirdLife Australia, said fake spiderwebs were a bigger problem here than in North America because Halloween coincides with nesting season in Australia.” 🪶

Those sticky Halloween cobwebs are killing our native wildlife

Plastics now comprise about 30 per cent of the material found in birds’ nests, as experts warn fake Halloween cobwebs sold at supermarkets are fuelling the problem.

www.smh.com.au

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 21h

It's still going. The republished Deloitte report into the Targeted Compliance Framework is STILL full of slop references. How long is it going to take the Albanese Government to do something about this?

✍️ @paulkarp.bsky.social

More errors, ‘irrelevant citations’ in Deloitte’s revised AI report

Paul Karp
NSW political correspondent
Oct 14, 2025 – 5.31pm

The corrected version of a Deloitte report to the Albanese government reissued by the big consulting firm after it was found to include AI-generated mistakes contains new citation errors and other flaws in referencing the academic work it relies on.
Two academics have questioned the relevance of citations of their work in the new report, raising concerns that Deloitte merely substituted out false references to works that don’t exist in favour of real works with no or very limited relevance to welfare compliance, which was the subject of the report.

The republished report also incorrectly cites work by Australian National University’s John Braithwaite by giving the wrong publication year and repeatedly omitting his co-author.

Officials from the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, while unhappy about the use of AI and errors in the original report, told a Senate estimates hearing last week the recommendations in the Deloitte report had not changed and would be taken up by the department.
Details of errors will further embarrass Deloitte and the department as both parties claimed to have checked the references of the rewritten report. The academics say the new problems call into question the quality of the research used to back up Deloitte’s effort to recommend how to fix IT systems for welfare compliance.

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 1d

‘96% of healthcare professionals said the model helps to reduce children’s anxiety, and 46% reported a lesser need to use sedation after the children played with the set.‘

‘Lego doesn’t sell the sets and instead has donated more than 10,000 of the kits to hospitals around the world.’

Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 1d

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/l...

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment

Lego's MRI scanner play sets, which launched in 2023, are significantly reducing anxiety and the use of sedation in children, according to new research.

www.cnbc.com

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Anti corruption @againstcorruption.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely!

And I agree with the there but for the grace of god go I. It can happen to anyone in a heartbeat

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Anti corruption @againstcorruption.bsky.social · 1d

And why would you need advice for that? Your civic duty really… so sad

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Anti corruption @againstcorruption.bsky.social · 1d

Wow! I wonder if articles will become few and far between now. As you say, the universities themselves are all gung-ho for AI

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Anti corruption @againstcorruption.bsky.social · 1d

I was thinking he was wearing the birds that he was voting for for Australia’s favourite bird. I may have confused everyone!!!!

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Anti corruption @againstcorruption.bsky.social · 1d

Ok so I clearly can’t read. Thought that said ‘birds’ not ‘bands’. Thank you for letting my previous comment slide by 🤭😹😻

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Anti corruption @againstcorruption.bsky.social · 1d

What about damage to the environment/sea floor?

Anti corruption @againstcorruption.bsky.social · 1d

We need the Effin’ bird guy to make a shirt

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Anti corruption @againstcorruption.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely!! It’s quite unbelievable that helping the community is not front and centre

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Anti corruption @againstcorruption.bsky.social · 1d

I couldn’t read the article - I shouldn’t have stereotyped!

We could send them an email with ideas??

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Anti corruption @againstcorruption.bsky.social · 1d

He could give it to me

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Filleastuta @filleastuta.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sorry what?

The Age (unofficial) @theage.nzcow.com · 1d

📢 You can go for decades working hard to accumulate wealth, only to finally get there, and not really know what to do with all the money. Here are some tips.

I’m 55 with no kids. How should I spend all my money before I die?

www.theage.com.au

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