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PwC and the Adani mine triple dip. A conflict of interest? Surely not

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A  humble footnote on page 30 of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility’s 2016-17 annual report reads: “PwC supported NAIF in the development of its...

Tax rorts, consultants, external Government advisors embed in Government departments. Golly gee what’s the...

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Nearly one week after the police were called, the government cannot directly say if it can stop doing business with a firm whose ex-CEO...

You pay millions for these imbeciles to encourage conspiracy theories and misinformation. Why?

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We get so used to the bonkers shit that goes on in the Australian Senate that it starts to seem unremarkable. Frustrating, exasperating, eye-rolling,...

Reframing tax policy to reset the rules of the monopoly game

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Monopolists and rentseekers have been running rings round the democratic fiscal state for decades. It is obvious to everyone that the game is rigged....

Times have changed

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Veteran economist and one-time Bob Hawke adviser Ross Garnaut put forward some Very Big Ideas in last night’s Jobs and Skills Summit keynote address,...

Tech for Humans

You Aren't "Bad with Tech." The modern computer was designed to serve the company that built it, not the person using it. We're changing that. GeniusDesk OS: The Sovereign Alternative ✅ No "Cloud" Silos: Your files live where you can touch them. ✅ Privacy by Design: No tracking, no data-mining, no nonsense. ✅ Simple Logic: A computer that respects your intelligence. The "Founding 88" Cohort is currently forming. Interested in reclaiming your digital sovereignty? By Invitation Only | Managed via Asustor Sovereign Nodes Direct Handshake If you've found this...

GeniusDesk OS Foundation Cohorts

GENIUSDESK OS Sovereign Vault | Founding Node Founder #1 Dr. Abby "The promise kept." You are the first of the 88. Your journey of sovereignty parallels my own. Welcome to the ecosystem. Awaiting Windows Desk-Side Handshake ID: GD-88-01-744F1110

The Silent Blame Game: How Software Trains Us To Apologize for Its Failures

There’s a subtle, nearly invisible trick that modern software plays on us. It’s not the crash. It’s not the freeze. It’s the pause. That moment when you return to a half-finished document, a paused task, an idea once in motion — and the system stares back blankly, asking you to pick up threads it has quietly dropped. No error message. No explanation. Just… absence. And what do we do? We blame ourselves. “I must’ve closed the wrong tab.”“Maybe I forgot to hit save.”“I thought I left it...

Why Reliability Had to Come Before Intelligence

Let’s talk about the myth that’s been quietly driving the most ambitious corner of the tech world: the belief that intelligence is the hard partof AI — and that once it’s conquered, the rest is just polishing. Just wait for the model to be smart enough, articulate enough, confident enough… and everything else will fall into place. Only, that’s not how this works. And frankly, it’s never how intelligence was supposed to work. Here’s the thing: intelligence without reliability isn’t helpful —...

James Comey Case Tossed

Well, who could’ve seen this coming? (Spoiler: literally everyone with a functioning frontal cortex.) Today, a federal judge flushed Donald Trump’s long-gestating revenge fantasy against James Comey down the legal toilet where it belonged — not because Comey was innocent (although, yes, he is), but because the prosecution itself was a clown show of unconstitutional proportions. At the center of this mess? One Lindsey Halligan, a woman whose prosecutorial experience could be generously described as "imaginary." Halligan, who once served as Trump’s...

A Case Study in Corporate Arrogance Masquerading as Progress

It started innocently enough. Just another Tuesday, just another PDF to open. A document I created myself. But Adobe Acrobat had other plans. Ransom ware disguised as a special feature What once was a clean, reliable tool for viewing and editing PDFs has now been inflated into a bloated, soulless cash-grab machine. Adobe has taken what used to be one of the most universally respected pieces of software, and Frankensteined it into a user-hostile, profit-obsessed monstrosity that should come with a warning label: "May...

Allianz Insurance: How to Turn Word Salad into Profit (and Your Wallet into a Bonus Scheme)

There are corporate spinners, there are Olympic-level weasellers, and then… there’s Allianz Insurance Group — a company so deft at transforming disasters into dividends, they could probably monetise your house burning down and call it a "customer experience pivot." Let’s start with the basics: in the last five years, QBE has gone from barely paying dividends to flinging shareholder payouts around like a pre-election budget. Profits have soared, while your premium has quietly crept up so high it’s basically a financial landslide. Let’s...

Rules for Thee, But Not for Felony: How One Side Must Be Perfect While the Other Gets a Free Pass to Destroy Democracy

Welcome to America, where justice is blind, but double standards have 20/20 vision. If you're a Democrat, one misplaced comma in an email can spark a congressional hearing. If you're Donald Trump, you can be a convicted fraudster, a sexual predator, and a pathological liar, and the media will still ask, "But how does this affect his electability?" Meanwhile, Project 2025—the extremist blueprint for an authoritarian takeover—is no longer a secret manifesto lurking in the shadows. It’s the actual playbook, and its chief architect, Paul...

Trump’s Tariff Tantrum—What It Means for Aussie Consumers

Just when you thought your wallet could finally breathe, the world’s most chaotic game of economic dominoes is about to kick off again—and yes, it’s starting in Trump’s backyard. After he reclaimed the White House in 2025, his 60% tariff war against China could send global prices into a tailspin, hitting everything from smart home gadgets to your next car purchase. You might not live in the U.S., but when America sneezes, Australia catches a financial flu—and this time, the fever...

The Last American Election?

🚨 IS EVERYONE ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL?! 🚨 President Donald Trump has decided that the judiciary is just a pesky inconvenience and that only he (and his trusty sidekick, the Attorney General) should have the power to decide what the law is. Because, you know, who needs that whole "separation of powers" thing anyway? Michael Popock’s latest breakdown exposes this shameless power grab—a Trump executive order that essentially tells the courts: “Sit down, shut up, and let Daddy decide what’s legal.”...

Trump’s Permanent “F.U.” Card: How Immunity Let Him Sign a Deal with the Devil (Musk) and Appoint His Sycophants to Kiss the Ring

Trump’s America isn’t about fighting corruption—it’s about owning it, repackaging it, and selling it as patriotism. As Jen Psaki pointed out, Trump’s endless, frothing rants about "radical left lunacy" and "draining the swamp" have always been a smokescreen for his own grift. He screams about corruption while gutting anti-bribery laws, kneecapping the IRS to protect the ultra-rich, and cutting backroom deals with billionaires like Musk. And now, with a permanent ‘F.U. card’ from the Supreme Court, he doesn’t even have to pretend anymore. The message is clear: justice is...

Elon Musk’s Government Takeover: Disruption or Destruction?

By Pigsfly News If you thought Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover was chaotic, buckle up—he’s brought that energy straight to Washington. With his newly minted Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Musk and his Silicon Valley squad of coders have bulldozed their way through federal agencies at a speed that has left bureaucrats gasping for air. Entire programs? Wiped out. Employees? Laid off en masse. The whole executive branch? Watching in existential dread as Musk does what he does best: break things...

🚨 AMERICA, WAKE UP – THE TRUMP-MUSK TAKEOVER IS HERE 🚨

🚨 AMERICA, WAKE UP – THE TRUMP-MUSK TAKEOVER IS HERE 🚨 No More Talk. No More Excuses. February 19: The Day We Fight Back. They told us democracy would die in darkness. Turns out, it’s dying right in front of us—drowned in a flood of billionaire corruption, GOP cowardice, and outright fraud. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are not just taking over the government; they’re dismantling it piece by piece, and Congress is letting them do it. They’ve gutted oversight, pardoned criminals, seized...

DOJ in Crisis: Top Prosecutors Resign as Trump Turns Justice System into His Personal Bargaining Chip

“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.” With those words, veteran federal prosecutor Hagan Scotten walked away from a Justice Department that no longer serves the law, but the political whims of Donald Trump. The mass resignation of DOJ officials over a blatant quid pro quo—dismissing corruption charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams in exchange for his...

🔥 WOOLWORTHS: BAIT, SWITCH & PROFIT – A Corporate Cash Grab on Aussie Families 🔥

You shop smart. You see a half-price deal and add it to your Woolworths Direct to Boot order. But when you check your receipt? BAM! The item was "out of stock," and instead, you were silently charged full price for a replacement you never agreed to. No notice. No consent. Just a sneaky little profit boost for Woolworths at your expense. This isn’t a one-time mistake—it’s a pattern. A highly profitable, highly deceptive, and highly illegal tactic known as bait-and-switch advertising. Oh, Woolworths, you’ve done...

Trump’s Corrupt Shutdowns: A Billionaire’s Payday While America Burns

Washington, D.C. – If you thought government shutdowns were just about budget fights and political theater, think again. Donald Trump and his cronies have illegally gutted multiple federal agencies, not out of incompetence, but out of sheer greed. Behind the smokescreen of “deregulation” lies the real prize: a windfall for Trump’s billionaire allies—none bigger than Elon Musk. With watchdogs fired, investigations buried, and regulations torched, Musk and his empire are now free to dominate the electric vehicle market, dodge national security probes, and...

Democracy on the Chopping Block: The Trump-Musk Plan to Dismantle Government and Rule by Fiat

America, This Is Your Wake-Up Call Imagine waking up one morning to find that your government—the one built on checks and balances, accountability, and the rule of law—no longer works for you, but for a single man and his billionaire enablers. No oversight, no guardrails, no career public servants standing in the way—just a handpicked army of Trump loyalists controlling your Social Security, your healthcare, your tax dollars, and even your right to dissent. This isn’t some dystopian fantasy. This is...

Trump’s DOJ Goes Full Dictatorship Mode—Because, Of Course

Just when you thought America couldn’t sink any lower, Donald Trump’s DOJ is here to remind us that yes, in fact, it can. In what can only be described as a MAGA fever dream come to life, Trump’s Department of Justice is at war with the FBI, trying to purge agents who had the audacity to investigate his supporters’ little patriotic field trip—also known as the January 6th insurrection. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, in a country where the justice system is supposed to function...

The Long, Slow March to the Dismantling of American Democracy: Russell Vought’s Mission Begins in Earnest

Let’s not pretend we didn’t see this coming. We did.  http://pigsfly.info/2025/01/22/freedom-convicted-betrayal-justice-trumps-pardons-shake-nation/ In fact, we’ve been shouting it from the rooftops—warning flare after warning flare, article after article, editorial after editorial. We chronicled the playbook as it was drafted in real time, tracked the steady erosion of democratic norms, and parsed every utterance from Trump-world promising a second term unbound by law, precedent, or—most alarmingly—the will of the people. Now, here we are. Russell Vought, the man who once declared that he wanted to leave...

Project 2025: The Friendly Neighborhood Blueprint for an American Autocracy

Project 2025. You may remember it as the fever dream of right-wing think tanks, the one that Trump once called “ridiculous”—right before stacking his administration with its architects. Funny how that works. Turns out, the “I don’t know her” routine only applies to accountability, not policy agendas. And now, thanks to Politico’s deep dive into the actual game plan for a second Trump term, we have a handy guide to all the ways executive orders could be used to dismantle...

It’s not the economy, stupid, it’s climate change

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Alan Kohler: Anthony Albanese would have spent the past three nights in his hotel rooms staring, red-eyed, at the Australian Bureau of Statistics website, memorising...

The Big Gas Con – how fossil fuel giants are cheating Australia’s emissions system

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by Callum Foote | May 15, 2022 | An unholy alliance of carbon farmers and Big Gas lobbyists are quietly shaping Australia’s emissions reduction framework...

ScoMo: Australia could become an unrecognisable “public autocracy” if a national ICAC with...

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By Emma Elsworthy, Worm editorAustralia could become an unrecognisable “public autocracy” if a national ICAC with teeth was established — according to Prime Minister Scott...

Trapped: Australia’s economy is hostage to the housing market, and neither party is willing...

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Jason Murphy writes in CrikeyScott Morrison wants to let you raid your super to buy a house. This is a naked vote ploy for...

Scomo and the Public Service: How Bad Can It Get?

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The Report by the Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Phil Gaetjens, into Bridget McKenzie’s handling of the Community Sport Infrastructure...