Palantir embedding staff in Defence and mining Australian data under contract with Trump-aligned company

A Department of Defence contract for 'Industrial Intelligence Capability' obtained by Crikey is the first time that the nature and conditions of the controversial company's work with Australia has been made public.

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Just had Vegemite on toast. #Strewth #Crikey

#UKAustraliaScene

So I'm sorting out a few tweaks to a couple of my final mix master tracks for the first of hopefully 10 albums I intend to release via #Bandcamp.

Over the last 3 or so years I began compiling the tracks for my 10 albums although some of the later tracks are not quite finished and all of them need work and mastering it has been a personally exciting project to work on.

Each album is chronologically ordered and contains songs, recordings, remixes and/or fresh versions of songs from or about each time period.

The first of these 10 albums, #Kiwifruit covers a period between 1985-1989 and was remixed from a range of sources from desk recordings at live gigs with #Wellington band #TheLaundrettes fresh recordings of songs that were written during this time period beginning 40 years ago #crikey an early recording of #BumpnUgly engineered by Brent McLachlan of #BailterSpace and Wrythe Studios fame plus remixed and reimagined tunes from my early 4 track recodings.

Kiwifruit will be available on Bandcamp from Mon 1 Dec #Aotearoa #NewZealand Time.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

People from which countries say “crikey” ?

(multiple choices allowed)

#Crikey

Australia
64.5%
United Kingdom
22.6%
United States Of America
3.2%
A country not mentioned above
9.7%
Poll ended at .
#crikey take on the #labor farce called leadership. #csiro #COP30 #edhusic the last of the true #labor only after he got shafted.

Excerpt from my morning #Crikey "Worm" email:

“Sussan's leadership is terminal, it's just a question of when,” a so-called supporter of Ley was quoted as saying. With friends like these, hey?As my care-factor for Liebs is zero, my focus was not on the [in]substance, but the rhetorical style of the last sentence [being the Crikey editorial remark]. I would not have included the y, tis not my idiom. Mine would have beenWith friends like these, eh?🤔🤷

#auspol #grammar #idiom #rhetoric

even #Crikey persists with framing the rabble Liebs & Nuts as "The Opposition", & continues positioning each & every policy & pronouncement from the waste-of-space Labs wrt what "The Oppo" says about it. 🤬🤬🤬

Why are, otoh, quality journos like Amy R apparently rare as hen's teeth ... she relentlessly reliably robustly always speaks the truth that Labs simply

do NOT need the Liebs & Nuts at all

to pass good legislation.

Fucken pointless rusted-on
#MSM, ffs 🤬🤬🤬

#AusPol #WhyTheFuckIsLabor #HahahahaLiebs #NatsAreNuts #GreensYEAH #VoteGreens #VoteProgIndies

@MelissaBearTrix

Corrosively brilliant article.

Like hot concentrated acid poured onto (don't try anything like this a home kids) magnesium powder.

Haven't finished reading yet.
Rooting (well kinda) for PWC to win.

#PWC #PriceWaterhouseCoopers #AusPol #Australia #CorporateCitizenship #BernardKeane #Crikey

#auspol #Labor is unable "to think clearly about the problem of being a fossil fuel-addicted US protectorate in a world of US imperial decline and a global heating crisis."

#BernardKeane at #Crikey speaking clearly about the woeful leadership #Australia is stuck with.

https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/15/north-west-shelf-woodside-labor-aukus-united-states-donald-trump/

Labor’s climate and AUKUS decisions prove Australia is a fossil fuel-addicted US protectorate

On defence and climate, the Albanese government can only double down on policies that clearly aren't working. It appears incapable of understanding the real challenges Australia faces.

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