Thank you for articulating clearly what is happening and what has been agreed to without the permission of the Australian people..this shames us all..particularly coming from a Labor Government..we desperately need another Gough Whitlam..
Beautiful article with clear expression of Australian values. Why does Albo stand for nothing and bow to the ground bent over backwards for the greedy one? Not a Whitlam bone is his body!
Correct in every detail . To even mention Albanese in the same sentence as Gough , as if he might ever begin to measure up to Gough’s toenail , is an insult to everything that Gough stood for . ( I feel your pain 😡)
Albo likened to Benny Hill! Would have laughed more but sad we don’t have a leader at all, just a follower who doesn’t see the world walking in opposite direction on the ai path.
Whatever he does, he still gets well paid and as a career public servant, is counting the days till retirement. Where he'll enjoy the benefits of his superannuation and coastal retreat.
Does Albo have a functioning brain? He doesn't appear to have a backbone or balls. He would have to be the most craven, cowardly P.M. I can remember and I'm nearly 75.
Thank you so much for this article . To even begin to compare the visionary leadership of Gough Whitlam with this present
grovelling excuse for a Prime Minister is insulting to Gough . ( I’m sure he would have an acid drop reply to such a comparison , which is the very point you are making .) How far we have plummeted since the disgraceful removal of Gough . It becomes clearer every day
that “betrayal “ is far too kind a word to use for what Albanese is doing to our multicultural nation . The guy who is opening more coal and gas mines while Pacific Island nations may well sink into the ocean . Does he care ? No . He has other priorities, to his eternal shame .
Thank you Richard, it is very sad to see Australia become the vassal state of the decaying and corrupt once great United States. We should not be surprised by what is happening in AI, after we see the same approach to defence with Marles behaving like every good puppy ready to roll over. When there is no one in politics (with clout) to turn to, we have only our artists, writers, and performers left, and they find themselves at the mercy of unelected billionaires.
And, not for a nanosecond do I think that the Coalition be any different. Even One Nation with Gina Reinhart the real leader of the party, would be signing away copyright for our creatives.
Yes. ‘Timid’ is unusually restrained for Keating. I think he still respects Albo’s Labor pedigree which makes some of his policies perplexing. Keating reserves his sharpest vitriol for the conservatives. Distinguishing the Albanese government from these traditional foes is the real problem. He’s done a lot of things that are good but they’re incremental compared to the big ticket items like AUKUS and AI. So disappointing considering his unprecedented majority.
Richard writes beautifully to whip up the wind and fury, with memorable sentences. I understand his point too well, however I think we need practical advice and solutions too.
The sad thing is the alternative governments to Labor are worse, including the Greens. How did we end up in a position where the Labor party led by a spineless, bourgeois, faux-working class man completely captured by vested interests is the party that claims to represent the majority? You gotta wonder whether anyone in the Labor party even remembers they once had values, let alone fights for them.
But are the Greens worse? I'd love to see a hung parliament, with the Greens holding the balance of power.
The problem with them is that they get so little oxygen from the press, that they have to resort to outrageous statements just to get a look-in, yet they have more seats than One Nation, who are in the media every day.
That’s a fair statement, the media has a lot to answer for providing so much coverage to someone whose policies are so far fetched and stumbles over every second word.
I have optimism for Shoebridge’s leadership, but it’s difficult to think the Greens are a party to be reckoned with when the Australian polity is going through the biggest fracture in living memory with less than half of polled Australians voting for the two major parties and the Greens not polling any higher than they have for the last 3 or more elections. Missing this opportunity means they haven’t nailed policies that ring true with the public (yet) despite the fair comment you make about media coverage.
I do attempt to comprehend the impact of political rhetoric. Often it moves rapidly to a simple binary. This is good and that other thing is bad. Often practitioners are carried along by the applause they receive from those who are pleased to hear what is said. Often it is necessary to ramp up dissent so that it registers in such a way as to be effective. The protagonists pick and choose the points they marshall to hammer their position home. They look to one side for applause.
Basically i don't think the picture is as simple as the one painted here. What is missing is an understanding of how a vassal state can or could progress from being captive to being free. And how to do that without serious conflict or loss. Australia does not have a sovereign, domestic AI capability. But it needs one in the same way that we once imported the technology to make electricity.
As with defence, politicians invariably find an easy solution that does not involve facing up to difficulties and resistance and so the adoption of US owned AI offers that path. We have played out this scenario before. All governments in Australia by default use Microsoft products. The Decisions are coralled and presented as though any alternative is too costly and too difficult even if they aren't. Concessions are made to make the decision inevitable.
If we are to utilise AI, I do want it to have a knowledge of Australian culture. I do want it to have as part of its training an infusion of Australian creativity. So, accepting a certain inevitability that AI will be adopted, really the discussion on copyright is just about the money side. It is a discussion on the use of that content by corporations who have a lot of money and creators want a slice of it. Fair enough.
My own view is that incorporation of Australian works into a tool that is distributed generally is a bit like putting it into a library - (I'm sure some readers will disagree with this view - but there is not enough space here to discuss that).
Thank you for articulating clearly what is happening and what has been agreed to without the permission of the Australian people..this shames us all..particularly coming from a Labor Government..we desperately need another Gough Whitlam..
Well said 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Beautiful article with clear expression of Australian values. Why does Albo stand for nothing and bow to the ground bent over backwards for the greedy one? Not a Whitlam bone is his body!
Correct in every detail . To even mention Albanese in the same sentence as Gough , as if he might ever begin to measure up to Gough’s toenail , is an insult to everything that Gough stood for . ( I feel your pain 😡)
Albo likened to Benny Hill! Would have laughed more but sad we don’t have a leader at all, just a follower who doesn’t see the world walking in opposite direction on the ai path.
This failure of judgement and leadership in itself makes him unfit for office . Unforgivable .
As previously mentioned.
Albo isn't a leader. He's a manager.
Whatever he does, he still gets well paid and as a career public servant, is counting the days till retirement. Where he'll enjoy the benefits of his superannuation and coastal retreat.
And who knows? Maybe even a well-remunerated seat on the board of one of the AI companies
So sickeningly true 🤮🤮😡😡
I'm lost for words. Has Albo got an undiagnosed brain disease?
I think he is in service to the US full stop.
Does Albo have a functioning brain? He doesn't appear to have a backbone or balls. He would have to be the most craven, cowardly P.M. I can remember and I'm nearly 75.
There is a reason some are calling him Alboscomo
Its name might probably be the grovelling disease …..
Thank you so much for this article . To even begin to compare the visionary leadership of Gough Whitlam with this present
grovelling excuse for a Prime Minister is insulting to Gough . ( I’m sure he would have an acid drop reply to such a comparison , which is the very point you are making .) How far we have plummeted since the disgraceful removal of Gough . It becomes clearer every day
that “betrayal “ is far too kind a word to use for what Albanese is doing to our multicultural nation . The guy who is opening more coal and gas mines while Pacific Island nations may well sink into the ocean . Does he care ? No . He has other priorities, to his eternal shame .
Thank you Richard, it is very sad to see Australia become the vassal state of the decaying and corrupt once great United States. We should not be surprised by what is happening in AI, after we see the same approach to defence with Marles behaving like every good puppy ready to roll over. When there is no one in politics (with clout) to turn to, we have only our artists, writers, and performers left, and they find themselves at the mercy of unelected billionaires.
Who do we vote for next election?
The new Greens perhaps and individual Independents deserve my vote but neither are a country-wide force to hold off
Labor What Rot
There once was a Party
That used to ask What
What is fair
What right
What is decent
What is equality
What is opportunity
What is justice
What s compassion
What is truth
What is reconciliation
Now that What is gone
Replaced by rot
What can’t be done
What can’t be spent
What can’t be afforded
What can’t be built
What can’t be shared
What can’t be challenged
What can’t be defeated
What can’t be condemned
What must be obeyed
What must be sold
What must be given up
What must not be said
What must be detained
What must be locked up
What words must mean
What words don’t matter
What is this?
It’s what rot.
And, not for a nanosecond do I think that the Coalition be any different. Even One Nation with Gina Reinhart the real leader of the party, would be signing away copyright for our creatives.
You make Keating’s assessment of Albanese as ‘timid’ seem mild
I suspect Keating would have several more incisive adjectives for him . 😆
Yes. ‘Timid’ is unusually restrained for Keating. I think he still respects Albo’s Labor pedigree which makes some of his policies perplexing. Keating reserves his sharpest vitriol for the conservatives. Distinguishing the Albanese government from these traditional foes is the real problem. He’s done a lot of things that are good but they’re incremental compared to the big ticket items like AUKUS and AI. So disappointing considering his unprecedented majority.
Richard writes beautifully to whip up the wind and fury, with memorable sentences. I understand his point too well, however I think we need practical advice and solutions too.
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Agreed. We're really not angry enough about this
So disappointing of the Federal Government with its great majority. This won't last with this lack of action.
The sad thing is the alternative governments to Labor are worse, including the Greens. How did we end up in a position where the Labor party led by a spineless, bourgeois, faux-working class man completely captured by vested interests is the party that claims to represent the majority? You gotta wonder whether anyone in the Labor party even remembers they once had values, let alone fights for them.
But are the Greens worse? I'd love to see a hung parliament, with the Greens holding the balance of power.
The problem with them is that they get so little oxygen from the press, that they have to resort to outrageous statements just to get a look-in, yet they have more seats than One Nation, who are in the media every day.
That’s a fair statement, the media has a lot to answer for providing so much coverage to someone whose policies are so far fetched and stumbles over every second word.
I have optimism for Shoebridge’s leadership, but it’s difficult to think the Greens are a party to be reckoned with when the Australian polity is going through the biggest fracture in living memory with less than half of polled Australians voting for the two major parties and the Greens not polling any higher than they have for the last 3 or more elections. Missing this opportunity means they haven’t nailed policies that ring true with the public (yet) despite the fair comment you make about media coverage.
How's our democracy?
A matter of history , courtesy of both major parties and their overlords .
I do attempt to comprehend the impact of political rhetoric. Often it moves rapidly to a simple binary. This is good and that other thing is bad. Often practitioners are carried along by the applause they receive from those who are pleased to hear what is said. Often it is necessary to ramp up dissent so that it registers in such a way as to be effective. The protagonists pick and choose the points they marshall to hammer their position home. They look to one side for applause.
Basically i don't think the picture is as simple as the one painted here. What is missing is an understanding of how a vassal state can or could progress from being captive to being free. And how to do that without serious conflict or loss. Australia does not have a sovereign, domestic AI capability. But it needs one in the same way that we once imported the technology to make electricity.
As with defence, politicians invariably find an easy solution that does not involve facing up to difficulties and resistance and so the adoption of US owned AI offers that path. We have played out this scenario before. All governments in Australia by default use Microsoft products. The Decisions are coralled and presented as though any alternative is too costly and too difficult even if they aren't. Concessions are made to make the decision inevitable.
If we are to utilise AI, I do want it to have a knowledge of Australian culture. I do want it to have as part of its training an infusion of Australian creativity. So, accepting a certain inevitability that AI will be adopted, really the discussion on copyright is just about the money side. It is a discussion on the use of that content by corporations who have a lot of money and creators want a slice of it. Fair enough.
My own view is that incorporation of Australian works into a tool that is distributed generally is a bit like putting it into a library - (I'm sure some readers will disagree with this view - but there is not enough space here to discuss that).