The Robodebt royal commission began before the NACC existed. If you were starting from scratch now, you wouldn't call a RC, you'd refer it to the NACC. Justice Catherine Holmes' work is exemplary. The NACC has effectively peer-reviewed it & said, this is the report we'd produce. #auspol
📢 See you soon for our event today! Wednesday, 5th June at 7pm AEST!
All members, supporters and interested parties are welcome to attend our⚡ lightning talks ⚡, our presenters are speaking on topics they find important or relevant. This is a fantastic opportunity to view these insights and ignite engaging discussions within our community. 💡
With a broad range of expertise across our branches, Fusion's strength lies in combining our diverse backgrounds. ❤️
We have released sneak peaks on our socials about some of the presentation topics as listed below.
Andrea: Cellular Agriculture 🧫🌱
Owen: How Bad Software Threatens Our Society ⚙️💻
Sundance: Transport Cycling and Social Harms of Helmet Laws 🚴♂️
Angus: Cannabis Driving Law Reform 🚗🌿
Mark: Challenges for the Energy Transition 🔌
Miles: Fusion is a Metamodern Political Movement 🚀
Tyrone: Argument for Lifting the Nuclear Energy Ban ⚛️
"The federal government is fighting for the right to destroy documents when it loses office, after a judge warned the practice of shredding paperwork to keep it from incoming opponents is possibly criminal and must stop." #auspol
Health insurance giant Medibank is facing a fine in the trillions of dollars, after the Australian Information Commissioner filed proceedings in the Federal Court over its 2022 cyber attack. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-05/medibank-taken-to-federal-court-over-cyber-attack/103936664
The commissioner now alleges that Medibank seriously interfered with the privacy of 9.7 million Australians by "failing to take reasonable steps to protect their personal information". #auslaw#auspol#privacy
"Get a warm inner glow by donating to the 3CR Radiothon."
Back the #yeahNahPasaran , #anarchistWorldThisWeek and many more diverse, indigenous, queer, marginalised teams to keep all these important Australian voices on the air.
Israel makes the Jews of the world less safe. Jews, and the world in general will be safer when Israel no longer exists.
"... in a rare moment of intelligible thought, Frydenberg states “there are sections of the community which see people of the Jewish faith as being synonymous with Israel”. But no sooner does he say this than he returns to the very conflation of Jews and Israel which causes this form of antisemitism to flourish.
"Electrons on the grid in a 10-year period." Shadow energy minister Ted O'Brien pledges nuclear reactors for Australia & is asked if the Coalition will release it's coal to nuclear energy details before the mid-winter parliamentary break. #auspol
"I've seen some chutzpah in my time in this place but that takes the yellowcake." Energy Minister Chris Bowen highlighting that Peter Dutton and Ted O'Brien are criticising the CSIRO over nuclear energy but still haven't released the details on their coal to nuclear plan. #auspol
Not being responsible for negotiating a contract and publicly defending an obscene waste of public money during a cost of living crisis are very different things
Tony Burke on RN Breakfast discussing a 3.75% minimum wage increase then defending Bill Shorten's speechwriter getting paid $600,000 as "it's a matter of the independence of the public service". Read the room, mate