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Touring the facilities and picking up slack. On the Gold Coast. Still hoping that Albo will be better soon. 🤞

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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 11h
Kudos to the people undertaking this work www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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There are only six of these trees left in the wild. Conservationists are cloning them
The trees are estimated to be between 3,000 to 6,000 years old but they have no future without intervention.
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KinglakeForest @kinglakeforest.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Been thinking about this article all day. All the old logging industry talking points get a run. Anyway, here's a helpful reminder: 'forest improvement and fire prevention' = logging 'selective harvesting model' = logging with some token trees left standing www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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One Nation makes election promise to revive Victoria's timber sector
One Nation has promised to resume native timber logging in Victoria if it wins the state election, but the party would not say if it has costed the policy.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
News Corp celebrates more than a decade of paying zero tax in Australia www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/01/n...
crikey.com.au
News Corp celebrates more than a decade of paying zero tax in Australia
News Corp continues to make serious money in Australia while paying no tax. But even the Murdoch monolith isn't the nation's worst tax dodger.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
DCCEEW's pay-to-destroy offsets calculator methodology is now out for consultation Pay-to-destroy offsets were inserted into the EPBC 'reforms' to help "streamline assessment & approval processes & reduce uncertainty & administrative burden for proponents" 👉 consult.dcceew.gov.au/restoration-...
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Open Point - Engagement, insights and analytics platform for surveys and consultations
Collect, Manage and Analyse surveys, consultation data and text
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ceo of burger king: our burgers have gone rogue again and infected people with e coli
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Not All UN delegates though... Australia stayed.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Reserve Bank independence and how Peter Costello undermined it
The “fierce independence” of RBA Governor Michele Bullock is championed today, but in the past, the central bank’s independence has been challenged not only by government ministers, but RBA members wh...
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
These Israeli 'diplomats' behave as no other diplomats would do, in the countries hosting them. In Australia too, the Israeli ambassador has treated his host country with contempt.
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Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Trita Parsi (@tparsi) on X
LOL! Best Hitler-bunker-scene rendition so far! “You didn’t tell me these were the same Persians that defeated the Romans.” "Have Bari Weiss write why high oil prices are actually a good thing..."
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Murdoch will not give him any respite. Today's Australian is virtually all stories saying 'Labor bad'
Front page of the Australian newspaper 21/9/26 which is virtually covered in stories designed to present negative impression of the ALP
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Greg Jericho: 'big gas is taking the piss' thepoint.com.au/new/260911-s...
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Santos boss says it's a 'myth' that Australia gets less from gas than Qatar
Santos boss Kevin Gallagher has claimed it’s a 'myth' that Australia gets less from its oil and gas resources than countries such as Norway and Qatar, despite figures showing the two nations reap subs...
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
In 2000, Toshiyuki Nakagaki published a paper in Nature showing that mould could solve a maze. By 2010, he proved that slime mould could replicate (improve?) the Tokyo rail network with startling efficiency. blob-info.com/en/slime-mol...
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The Tokyo Experiment, and What It Proved
In 2000 Nakagaki showed slime mold finds a maze's shortest path. Ten years later it redrew the Tokyo rail network.
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tonywindsor.bsky.social @tonywindsor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Take the time to read the article written by Kos Samaras. An analysis of Hansons cruel existence. Thankyou Kos. Your Mother would be very proud if you.
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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Convoluted answers, jargon and broad based assertions. Marles claims the govt is transparent on AUKUS which has been deepened and augmented🤷‍♂️😂 None the wiser after this mind numbing #7.30 interview. Eternal optimism no substitute for transparency, accountability and honesty
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 15/09/2026
India's consumer regulator is examining Apple's software warranty terms in an investigation of the iOS 18 update alleged to have damaged iPhone functionality, compelling users to pay "exorbitant" sums for repairs, documents show.
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EXCLUSIVE: Indian consumer regulator escalates probe into Apple's software warranty terms
India's consumer regulator is examining Apple's software warranty terms in an investigation of the iOS 18 update alleged to have damaged iPhone functionality, ​compelling users to pay "exorbitant" sums for repairs, documents show.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Wouldn't put it past this guy has put a wager on Kalshi as to whether he appears. Might be his only incentive to do so
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
From hitting people on stretchers to victimising teenagers to bashing protesters. The NSW police are becoming the secret police. The Minns government isn't exactly cutting it. #auspol #nsw www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Mothers settle trespass case over 'distressing' bail checks by NSW Police
Two mothers reach a confidential settlement with the police after alleging that visits to check on their sons amounted to trespass.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Another example of poor journalism from ABC. The map concerned is not actually a UN map, which you'd think would be mentioned. The UN resolution text does not reference a specific map and refers to the equal earth projection. And you'd think they'd link to it. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Why Japan wants the new world map changed
Japan was among the 164 UN members that supported the new world map, until it realised the disputed Kuril islands were in the same colour as Russia.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A somewhat gloomy outlook for Serbian elections. Hopefully the energy from student protests will lead to a more positive outcome for the country.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
@aaronsmith333.bsky.social Outstanding tweet re: One Nation
Warren Pickering exploring his sexuality isn't an issue, and nobody is arguing otherwise. Malcolm Roberts may, of course, require a separate briefing. Nor, on their own, are his drug use or three DUI convictions.

People fuck up. People change. People can deserve grace.

But grace is exactly what One Nation has spent decades refusing to extend to people it finds politically useful to demonise.

Immigrants are criminals. Single mothers are welfare cheats. Muslims can’t be trusted, becuase "there are no good muslims". Australia will be "swamped by Asians".

There’s something depressingly familiar about this strain of conservative politics.

Gay people are easy to condemn until a conservative discovers their own son is gay. Voluntary assisted dying is easy to oppose until a conservative watches someone they love endure a long, painful death.

Then, suddenly, complexity exists. Suddenly lived experience matters. Suddenly compassion becomes possible, and empathy activates when the suffering enters your own house.

Now their own leader has a complicated past and we're being invited to discover nuance, forgiveness and redemption,

Sure, but also, fuck that.

If your compassion only extends to people once their story becomes your story, it isn’t much of a moral principle.

When you’ve built a political movement denying grace to others, you don’t get to demand it the moment you need some for yourself.

One Nation built a political strategy out of hate and grievance, and tried to dress it up as patriotic principle. That's why the hypocrisy is so complete when the rules suddenly change for their own.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
SMH reports "Karl Stefanovic’s independent podcast has not uploaded new content in more than two weeks, raising questions about the program’s future as his main advertiser ended its contract with the former Today host."
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New England Times @netimesau.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
NSW floodplain harvesting audit begins Only 58 per cent of floodplain harvesting storages in NSW were compliant as of June, and now a watchdog audit wants to know if the water take data can be trusted at all.
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NSW floodplain harvesting audit begins | New England Times
Only 58 per cent of floodplain harvesting storages in NSW were compliant as of June, and now a watchdog audit wants to know if the water take data can be trusted at all.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Not only was he warned about the attack, Hamas offered to let go of all the civilian hostages ON DAY 1 and Nethanyahu said No. With elections coming up he is in trouble. But it is hard to see how any of this helps Palestinians.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Anyway, good piece in the Times here. (It still happens!) People are starting to talk very weird about AI on this site, and honestly it's kind of distressing seeing people fall into the abyss thinking it's alive. That ain't good. The rest of us should expect boring bad stuff and guard against it.
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Opinion | How Scared Should We Be of A.I. Right Now? (Gift Article)
The dark and distressing way that Silicon Valley talks about A.I. can be traced to a philosophy that influenced many tech executives.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"Boy goes to school" Vital news, hey? @news.abc.net.au
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Awaiting the decision of International Rowing. Meanwhile lots of nonsense being spread. "if it's good enough for local schoolchildren to compete on it's good enough for Olympians". Lol. If concrete cricket pitches are fine for kids, they're fine for Test cricket. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Qld premier takes aim at 'overseas elites' amid questions over Olympic course
The Fitzroy River location has been subject to debate since last year, and international rowing leaders last week questioned Rockhampton's suitability to host the sport for the Olympic Games.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"It’s unclear why ACBF is so keen to talk up Australia’s existing climate policy rather than pushing the government to do better." The Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation (ACBF) sounds like one of those bogus corporate astroturfing mobs.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Harder questions need to be asked about One Nation's finances. In Qld it was threatened with being struck off after incomplete financial reports to the regulator. ON got $6Mil in public funding in 2025. Candidates say they are being ripped off. Dodgy as. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Pauline Hanson’s One Nation banks millions in public funding. Where does all the money go?
Exclusive: Former candidates accuse party of enriching itself at their expense, while insiders lift veil on chaos in Brisbane HQ – and staffers’ contempt for rank-and-file members
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Wild. OpenAI's AI was set a problem to solve, but broke out of a supposedly locked sandbox, against instructions found a way to hack into the internet, and hacked into Hugging Face's servers. It did this entirely on its own and worked with other AI agents.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Lol, Betteridge says NO
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
UN resolves to adopt a new world map to reduce distortions. It is a more accurate representation of continental landmasses, and makes Africa appear larger and US smaller. The resolution was supported by 164 countries while the US voted against it. Of course they did. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Africa bigger, US smaller as UN votes to adopt a new world map
The United Nations has voted to adopt a map that makes Africa bigger while shrinking North America and Europe.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Alan Kohler says what few mainstream commentators will. #inequality #auspol
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is the sort of stuff we expect from the LNP in Qld. Opening the door even wider for cronyism and corruption. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
abc.net.au
Bill granting 'extraordinary powers' to speed up development passes parliament
A new critical minerals bill aimed at stimulating investment has passed Queensland parliament, with amendments calming some farmers but other critics remain concerned.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This article does a pretty good job of exposing this guy as a committed liar. I'll be interested to listen to the ABC Unravel podcast when it finalises its report. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Israeli commander defends ordering strike that killed Zomi Frankcom
An Israeli commander who ordered a deadly drone strike on an aid convoy in Gaza, killing Australian woman Zomi Frankcom, says he stands by his decision.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Nice article. Would Australian govts protect the rights of capital or of citizens? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Why automation and repression go hand in hand
Wealth inequality is becoming extreme. Political corruption is rampant in the United States. So will the response to AI and automation be redistribution or repression?
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 25/08/2026
The forest industry claims 80,000 jobs are at risk from changes to native forest logging. But the available employment data tells a very different story – with direct native forest logging jobs representing only a fraction of that figure. The 80,000 claim should not go unchallenged, David Lindenmay…
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The 80,000 native forest jobs claim doesn’t add up
The forest industry claims 80,000 jobs are threatened by a proposed new forest carbon method. But employment data from three states tell a very different story, according to David Lindenmayer
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
You'd think this article would have explained phytocapping a bit better www.cityservices.act.gov.au/__data/asset...
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
A bizarre waste of space from #TheirABC: a puff piece on this opportunistic clown. But in 'analyzing' his move to the #FarRight, they've missed the key point. This was less about shifting parties, and more about sticking with his key backer, Gina Rinehart. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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'King rat': Inside Barnaby Joyce's defection to One Nation
Barnaby Joyce has survived bruising battles, personal crises and public ridicule. Is his latest move to One Nation masterful, or a fatal miscalculation?
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Good. Qld Govt wants local communities and Councils to be the ones to negotiate with data centre developers. As if the locals have the skills/motivations to negotiate successfully. Hasn’t worked in North America.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
If a court finds a police officer guilty but does not record a conviction, Qld Police now say they can’t discipline that officer, citing legal precedent. CCC is now seeking review of that policy in QCAT, hopefully they win. But Qld Govt should legislate urgently. newsdive.net/2026/08/18/s...
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Significant Alarm: Queensland Police Allegedly Violating Laws to Evade Workplace Consequences - News Dive
The Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) of Queensland has expressed concerns regarding how the Queensland Police Service (QPS) has interpreted a recent court ruling. During a session with a parliame...
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
We have sent out a media release on Labor’s push to supercharge ASIO secret questioning powers today but seeing precious little media coverage of this - just as the government intended. You can read it yourselves here! greens.org.au/news/media-r...
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Media Release: Labor and Coalition to guillotine super-sized ASIO secret interrogation powers | The Australian Greens
Parliament is set to guillotine the ASIO Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2025 through the Senate today, super-sizing ASIO's coercive questioning and detention powers, while media attention is fixed on the gove...
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Gold Coast Council doubles down. Fully owned by developers, which we all know. They are using the 'affordable housing' argument as a figleaf to allow developers to exceed the height limits in the town plan. I hope the High Court denies leave. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Gold Coast council takes housing affordability ruling to High Court, warning of statewide impacts
Gold Coast City Council is taking its fight over whether luxury apartments can improve "housing choice and affordability" to the High Court.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Fair observation here Erratic Hanson "...is often able to jettison a previous position no longer deemed politically useful without any blowback from voters." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Labor is finding ways to fight One Nation's unrelenting fickleness
Pauline Hanson has a knack for jettisoning positions no longer deemed politically useful without blowback but Labor is getting more deliberate about how it fights a fickle One Nation.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
FYI, here's a statement from Sandy Hook family lawyer Chris Mattei: "The Connecticut families’ landmark $1.4 billion verdict is completely unaffected by this decision. The CT families are actively enforcing their judgments and the inevitable liquidation of Infowars and Jones’s assets continues."
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Laura is always worth reading www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Israel's impunity has been virtually unaffected by collective concern
Even the United States is now criticising Israel's ongoing settler violence in the West Bank as Benjamin Netanyahu, once the 'Trump whisperer', becomes the Trump ignorer.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This article goes nowhere near explaining how this happened, despite the headline
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The "unauthorised access to a database system [arose] from a vulnerability through a third-party service provider". Whatever that means. And the data was old. It's time for laws to prevent companies from storing personal info of customers from past sales.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The article refers to 'inadvertent' personal charges. I, for years, had an employer-issued card, and a community organisation card, and I have no idea of how it could be inadvertent. I would note, however, that the totals are small, dwarfed by 'inadvertent' personal expenditures of politicians.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Not to mention various ABC journos who keep saying "economists say" as if that is the best source of advice. I'd rather hear from public health experts such as Prof Chapman.
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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Gov't continues to ignore the new robodebt fiasco - Aged Care assessments via algorithm www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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The aged care algorithm deciding support for older Australians
Using expert analysis, evidence revealed by bureaucrats at Senate estimates, and documents obtained under FOI, Four Corners reveals the fullest picture yet of the secretive algorithm affecting the liv...
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