BellingenNSWDec 6, 2025

The 'disappearing messages' of government

* "Home affairs secretary admits to using disappearing messages on Signal for work. Australian home affairs secretary admits to using disappearing messages on Signal for work." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/27/stephanie-foster-signal-australian-home-affairs-secretary-trump-scandal

* "Still, the overall effect, transparency advocates warn, is to create a parallel system of policy development that is largely invisible to parliament, the public and the media." >> (paywall)
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2025/12/06/exclusive-pms-office-directs-lobbyists-use-encrypted-disappearing-messages
#governance #ParliamentaryScrutiny #accountability #transparency #democracy #FOI #lobby #industry #EncryptedChannels #DisappearingMessages #InvisibleGovernment

Australian home affairs secretary admits to using disappearing messages on Signal for work

In wake of Trump administration group chat scandal, department’s chief operating officer tells Senate there is no ban on staff using the feature

The Guardian
Show threadRamesh GuptaMar 30, 2025

⬆️ @vij

The benevolent #InvisibleHand only works as advertised when people make perfectly rational choices with perfect knowledge amid perfect competition, or when visible governments force corrective measures.

Seems like #ElonMusk is trying to discredit visible government to usher in an #invisibleGovernment, which his grandpa tried to discredit. Hardly any progress in generations.