That’s true, but I think it’s also true that different generations have been exposed to a different “social deal” over time, which means the net distribution of lifetime socialised benefits/burdens is unequal (favouring older generations in aggregate)

However you look at it… it’s a constitutional crisis for the LNP!

LNP is also technically an affiliate of the Nationals party, and presumably Nat-affiliated MPs (like Littleproud himself) will continue to sit in the Nat party room

Oh to be clear I am 99% convinced the weird South Africa stuff came from Musk trying to tamper with Grok’s responses.

I’m just not sure if Grok can accurately relay what the specific instruction was, or the reasons why the instruction caused it to reply to *every* tweet that way

I think it is genuinely a response that Grok gave... but my understanding is that Grok integrates a lot of twitter content into its responses, so these could be either (a) a true indication of its instructions, or (b) a synthesis of speculation from all the twitter chatter

Thanks Scott... this is the first place I have seen the full list!

Awesome. I think I’ll refresh this regularly for the rest of the week!

One bit of feedback is that it would be helpful to bold (or otherwise highlight) seat names. It would be easier to skim once the post gets really long

Yes, I’ve been wondering lately if you can apply this to transmission lines and grid-scale generation/storage.

As Matt says, for major cross-city rail, we mostly don’t let individual land-holders or councils block the work.

ping @tomecon.bsky.social

All up: this is a period of structural transition. We know there will be disruption, but if its managed well, it can generate massive shared prosperity 4/4

The global emergence of new green industries is a process that is going to take 2 decades to play out. Policies like the hydrogen production tax incentive provide short-term support to get the first electrolysers built in Australia 3/4

Australia is in a really strong position to develop energy-intensive green industries like ammonia or green metals over the long-term. But in the short term, the global emergence of these industries is happening in a lumpy and unpredictable fashion – policymakers need to set the direction 2/4

this is the best take I’ve seen today

jeez, that's scary stuff. I stayed at Dimboola just 10 days ago; left my car charging over night at Old Weir Lane just over the river

I don't know if that is sufficient for most people either – but I reckon there will be at least 72 car-free families in Coburg for whom it is sufficient (and attractive).

And ultimately, if a developer wants to take that bet, why should the council stop them?

to be fair, i am ~50% faster at writing (pretty basic) r code with chatgpt

couldn't you say the same thing about any industrial venture? why should govt run the world's largest ammonia maker?

I am a big fan of this venture, and hope the govt co-invest to capture some of the upside; but I'm also happy with using global capital to funding new Aus industry

this is really well put – something I have been grappling with around how far to extend conditionality on green industry support (eg. govt subsidies come with strings attached re: creating local jobs)