Waste tsunami. Water and the hidden cost of AI data centres
Australia’s AI processing centres are consuming millions of litres of drinking water and generating mountains of toxic waste.
Chairman Chronican does Israel gig. In breach of NAB’s human rights policy?
What do Israel publicist Erin Molan and chairman of National Australia Bank Philip Chronican have in common? They are both key speakers at the Jerusalem Post Sydney conference next month.
NSW Machine Guns, Digital Duty of Care, Trust Reform | Scam of the Week
Communications minister Anika Wells has introduced Labor’s Digital Duty of Care Bill, draft legislation amending the Online Safety Act, and it is off to committee. NSW premier Chris Minns has put armed police with automatic rifles on Sydney beaches under a social cohesion squad. Discretionary trust reform is also headed to committee, with the top 2% facing the 30% rate. Meta settled a $17 billion case over its algorithms.
Chapters:
00:00 Machine Guns on Beaches
00:40 Bondi and Gun Licences
01:43 Free Speech and Language
02:16 Trust Reform
03:20 Digital Duty of Care
04:26 Free Speech Hypocrisy
05:45 Palantir and Cellebrite
06:50 Regulating the Platforms
07:56 Algorithms and Addiction
08:57 Shifting Risk to Platforms
10:05 Anika Wells Slip-Up
10:50 Scam of the Week
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewestreport
Website: https://michaelwest.com.au
Yes, Minister! Can a Minister interfere with FOI disclosures?
The Department of Industry, Science and Resources seems unclear about the purpose of the Freedom of Information Act and its (four) Ministers’ right to veto the release of a document.
Social cohesion. Police practise their new machine guns at Sydney beach
The newly formed NSW Police Armed Response Command will soon be out on the streets, all in the name of social cohesion.
After five long years, Robert Pether is finally free
Caught up in fight about money he had no part in, Australian engineer Robert Pether was imprisoned, tortured and kept under virtual house arrest in Iraq. He is finally free.
Man faces prison for being annoying. Trial likely next year
Palestine activist Austin Mackell is back in Katoomba Court tomorrow fighting over subpoenas to get NSW Police body-cam and notes. He is likely to be tried in the District Court next year.
Waste tsunami. Water and the hidden cost of AI data centres
Australia’s AI processing centres are consuming millions of litres of drinking water and generating mountains of toxic waste.
Chairman Chronican does Israel gig. In breach of NAB’s human rights policy?
What do Israel publicist Erin Molan and chairman of National Australia Bank Philip Chronican have in common? They are both key speakers at the Jerusalem Post Sydney conference next month.
Passing the gas. Twelve years of tax data show Australia’s loss
The twelfth year of ATO corporate tax transparency data shows some progress, but the gifting of our vast offshore gas resources still leaves a foul stench.
Israelis mislead Royal Commission into Antisemitism
Wendy Bacon investigates the Israel lobbyists, PR people and astroturfers behind the Combat Antisemitism Movement targeting local councils and the Royal Commission.
NSW Machine Guns, Digital Duty of Care, Trust Reform | Scam of the Week
Communications minister Anika Wells has introduced Labor’s Digital Duty of Care Bill, draft legislation amending the Online Safety Act, and it is off to committee. NSW premier Chris Minns has put armed police with automatic rifles on Sydney beaches under a social cohesion squad. Discretionary trust reform is also headed to committee, with the top 2% facing the 30% rate. Meta settled a $17 billion case over its algorithms.
Chapters:
00:00 Machine Guns on Beaches
00:40 Bondi and Gun Licences
01:43 Free Speech and Language
02:16 Trust Reform
03:20 Digital Duty of Care
04:26 Free Speech Hypocrisy
05:45 Palantir and Cellebrite
06:50 Regulating the Platforms
07:56 Algorithms and Addiction
08:57 Shifting Risk to Platforms
10:05 Anika Wells Slip-Up
10:50 Scam of the Week
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewestreport
Website: https://michaelwest.com.au
Trump losing it, but MAGA is alive and well Downunder
Less than two weeks away from the US mid-term elections, Trump’s republican party is at risk of losing bigly, but here in Oz, MAGA caps are bcecoming fashionable.
Yes, Minister! Can a Minister interfere with FOI disclosures?
The Department of Industry, Science and Resources seems unclear about the purpose of the Freedom of Information Act and its (four) Ministers’ right to veto the release of a document.
The pro-Palestine movement is winning beyond the court of public opinion
From Sydney courtrooms to US Congress, the Israel lobby is losing ground, and the Pro-Palestine movement is winning.
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