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https://t.co/tfcX8w4avB Agreed, what Hong Kong actually needs is Origin 2, 2023 @NRL @NSWBlues @QLDmaroons Marrickville, Ashfield, and Leichhardt Councils were all themselves products of amalgamations of even smaller councils! To put "locals" back in charge, should we return to the parishes of Camperdown, Petersham, and Stanmore each running their own bin collections? The bigger they are, the wider range of such services they can deliver at a lower cost to rate payers. Bigger councils are also less likely to be captured or pressured by niche interests, and are more likely to attract a higher calibre of staff and councillors. "Phone and online canvassing by the council found most are happy with its work, and want it to concentrate on parks, public transport and running itself efficiently." |
Councils are and will always be arbitrary administrative sub-units for the delivery of basic services. "More bureaucracy, more councillors, and fewer economies of scale would increase rates by $87 to $471 a year, in perpetuity" |
https://t.co/Hi28LkDjfC Good from @sjjperry. |
Warner's ban was disproportionate from the beginning and more about PR and scapegoating by @CricketAus than meting out justice. |
In truth, the greater injustice it wrought has been the permanent ignominy inflicted upon one of the game's best role models. Agree: @AusRepublic needs a fresher narrative and set of champions |
Disagree: that to appeal to younger generations the minimalist reform model (non-elected, ceremonial Head of State & no structural reform) should be abandoned in favour of broader constitutional reform Looking forward to working on all things Australian foreign policy with the great team at @AsiaPacific4D with @MConleytyler ☺️ The only King of Australia 5-0 The fact that Australia can win 5 ODIs (but lose one to 🇿🇼) and go from 8 to 2 says everything you need to know about the meaninglessness of international limited overs Cricket. @JacobBerah 😅 “My view is that you have to either have it one way or the other…Double down on diplomatic positions only being for experienced career diplomats … or you need to open up the process completely and make it a transparent publicly advertised recruitment process” Offered some thoughts on the process behind diplomatic appointments here for @smh |
https://t.co/WWtvzGf1OH @mattsb1972 @AFL Deano played his last test in ‘92. Merv finished in ‘94. After that? Elliot? Hodge? Siddle? It’s slim pickings, especially when you compare to NSW, a state of similar size. @alexdavid1988 💯 afl has a toxic scorched earth policy to sucking up talent Victorian-origin players have scored less than 10 test centuries in the last 30 years: |
Peter Handscomb - 2 |
Glenn Maxwell - 1 |
Brad Hodge - 1 |
Matthew Elliott - 3 |
Dean Jones - 2 Probably true. Though this really says more about the systemically disproportionately poor contribution of Victoria to Australian Cricket. |
Warne is the only Victorian of significance to play test cricket in the last 30 years. The other interesting point of difference is to the previous government. Trade Ministers Birmingham and Tehan were far more prominent in shaping the public narrative, speaking very regularly. FM Payne was far less prominent, especially in giving major speeches. We're now 111 days into the new Labor Government - but Trade Minister Don Farrell is yet to give a major statement on Labor's economic diplomacy. |
As I highlighted here in July, this is in sharp contrast to other ministers with international policy roles https://t.co/wn6mszd6b6 While immigration is rightly highlighted here, what's just as interesting is how little discussion there was of international trade and investment at the Summit. This also reflects the very low profile approach Labor has taken to its trade policy so far. Good to see from analysis from @Greg__Earl linking the largely domestic focus of the Jobs & Skills Summit to bigger questions about Australia's place in the world |
https://t.co/z9SiqSnYQK Good from @PeterHartcherAO |
https://t.co/TXEhQyEdYt While we're at it, write for us! We want to give a platform to the best ideas to solve Australia's most complex #publicpolicy issues. |
Feel free to drop me a line if you want to know more! |
https://t.co/w77G8tX5E4 You can access our full hub of articles for the Jobs & Skills Summit here: https://t.co/jqOA7Wyaai |
#JobsSummit Delighted to publish our final instalment for The Policymaker's 'Jobs & Skills hub'. @JMIPublicPolicy |
Nelson Ma and David Brown from @UTSEngage tackle future workforce issues in aged care. |
https://t.co/QqlZJqDB8o This builds on @Ben_G_Scott's excellent piece "Should democracies ever lie?" published Monday on @LowyInstitute Interpreter |
https://t.co/a0rbpPuJ0o My proposal for 3 principles for Australian information operations: |
1. "operations should be defensive and proportionate" |
2. "should not be used to achieve broader foreign and security policy aims" |
3. "counternarratives–while effective and necessary–should be employed carefully" @ashleytownshend Also doesn't get much more parochial than using Syd-Mel travel time as the standard unit of measurement 🥲 @mckinnon_a Niche Event Horizon joke, but I'm here for it. As I've argued previously, Australian diplomacy would be well-served by "open[ing] up a broader talent pool" to "ensure diplomats represent a wider geographic spread" of the nation. |
https://t.co/ADIDbM35o9 An interesting argument by @GraceStanhope on why @dfat should decentralise its Office of the Pacific to enable more meaningful engagement in our near region. @kateclaytn Unsure how to feel as a Tasman Sea alumnus 🤷🏼♂️ Interesting to reflect on how many of these developments were foreseeable... |
https://t.co/lUJrjZLORO Enjoyed this analysis by @MConleytyler @AsiaPacific4D of a frantic first 100 days in foreign policy for the new @ausgov. |
https://t.co/mTZlZsQJcV Stay tuned as we publish more articles over the next week in the lead up to and following the #JobsSummit @JMIPublicPolicy |
'Labrador at the beach' energy (pictured below) is how excited everyone should be to read these articles! https://t.co/g3RYy3OezF A big week for The Policymaker as we launch our #JobsSummit hub featuring articles by leading policy thinkers on education, skills, migration, and economic policy. |
Authors include @LibbyHackettJMI @DeanRoyGreen @ZacGross @DrAnnaBoucher1 |
https://t.co/jqOA7Wyaai Delighted to publish this article by @AmiraSkeggs on The Policymaker @JMIPublicPolicy. |
"Digital technologies offer the opportunity to address...service gaps and engender systems-reform to make mental health care more accessible for young people." |
https://t.co/PTpcC28YbL @dmandrews13 Austrade does it. Large law firms and consulting companies do it as well. Moving to Canberra is an unreasonable - and avoidable - sacrifice for many people who would otherwise happily serve their nation. @dmandrews13 Open up the talent pool is the main effect. APS should attract and retain the best people regardless of location. In terms of model, bit of both. Some agencies and policy areas could move whole areas out of CBR. But overall, there’s no reason teams can’t be dispersed nationally. @oliverpeterson Ok all’s well that ends well 😅 @oliverpeterson They were leading 6-0 at the time of tweeting 😞 What a rare but exquisite pleasure to have Cricket 🏏 and RL 🏉 on at the same time https://t.co/zaqhHnLYuy @dmandrews13 Every department and agency should have a major office in every state capital and give flexibility to staff to work from any of them. You shouldn’t have to move to and live in Canberra indefinitely to pursue a long term career at, for instance, DFAT, PMC or Defence. @JacobBerah If nothing else, this has been a productive counselling session 🤷🏼♂️ @JacobBerah Reading this gave me some scary flashbacks https://t.co/O9EEUN6U8Z @JDWilson08 Don’t traumatise the young people with these middle management nightmares! https://t.co/UJgquLXAHJ @JacobBerah Probably very low chances. APS seems to be in a constant state of existential crisis and review, but actual change is elusive! More cynically, there are perverse incentives for some of those in power to avoid the reform needed. @JDWilson08 It’s the EL1/2’s world and we’re just living in it. All of this bodes well and is very sensible. Hierarchy stifles productivity and creative thinking. |
The review should also consider radical decentralisation of the federal bureaucracy to state capitals and major regional centres. |
https://t.co/CenkWi9tYh A clever soft power play by @AlboMP and @RichardMarlesMP to support high level rugby league in PNG. |
Issues around security unfortunately also highlight one of the potential difficulties in establishing a @NRL franchise in Port Moresby. @grantwyeth I’m all here for the hard launch 🚀 soon too! https://t.co/RrwVTDhWzO this is my dog at 5pm *on the dot* every day As I wrote for @LowyInstitute in April, "Allowing [staff] based in Australia to work more easily from state and territory capitals, as Austrade does, would also open up a broader talent pool and ensure diplomats represent a wider geographic spread." |
https://t.co/ADIDbM35o9 Important lessons for @dfat and other Cth agencies here too. A long-term Canberra-based, public service career is simply not an attractive prospect for most of Australia's best young talent, who can demand better pay and more flexibility across private and public sector roles. Really great article on the challenges faced by @ASDGovAu on attracting and retaining the right talent in a highly competitive and dynamic labour market. |
Though, I can't help but think ASD is missing a trick by not having an office in Australia's tech capital: Sydney. 🙅🏼♂️🙅🏼♂️🙅🏼♂️ nope 🙅🏼♂️🙅🏼♂️🙅🏼♂️ It is only correct and proper that the nation be governed from Enmore on a supply of Young Henry’s Great to see @CricketAus partnering with @dfat to support women’s and men’s Cricket 🏏 in Vanuatu and PNG @PatConroy1 |
https://t.co/0p1v4fXUBA ICYMI - had a great chat with @ProgRugbyLeague on similar themes of #sportsdiplomacy and #softpower Good to see @PatConroy1 point to #rugbyleague as a key national asset for Australia’s Pacific diplomacy, as I wrote here for @APPSPolicyForum |
https://t.co/HMb3M3w5uL @JDWilson08 My dad insists that the plural for Bunnings is “Bunni”. The collective noun is also an “apron of Bunni”. East Timor warns Australia over Sunrise gas project https://t.co/nQikFtoKnh @MConleytyler @AsiaPacific4D @Asialink_au @asiacapable @AsialinkArts @AsiaEducation Incredible space - looks like the inside of a 747! Where is that? “Blasphemy is not a mighty category demanding respect but a pitiful invention of those who cannot tolerate having their pet convictions criticized. It demands no respect from anyone; on the contrary, it requires solidarity among all decent people…” https://t.co/31VjWApaMM https://t.co/3GvS665RPK This in, quite literally, one of the most controlled societies in the world. |
Beijing, free from the court of public opinion, has *more space* to act independently of, and manipulate, public sentiment in its foreign policy. @michael_ASPI nails this. One of the most (unintentionally) ironic parts of Beijing’s foreign policy discourse is the invocation of “the Chinese people” as an uncontrollably nationalistic force limiting the space for the central government to exercise restraint and rationality. “…it’s all about the emotions and reactions of a highly strung 1.4 billion Chinese people who are quick to feel anger and act on that impulse…In this world, the CCP is not a highly controlling autocratic regime; at most it simply acts as a conduit for its people’s emotion.” “In acknowledging Beijing’s one-China position, Australia never conceded Beijing’s right to coerce, corral and ‘re-educate’ the people of Taiwan. In Beijing’s eyes, territory comes before people, and that was never part of the deal.” @AliciaMollaun Love ANZUKUS - sounds like an overpriced brunch involving zucchini Getting in early for suggesting the next addition to the already large collection of awful acronyms in international relations: |
1) NZAUKUS (pronounced “zawkuss” with a silent “N”) |
2) AUKUSA (extra “a” on the end for Aotearoa) Supporting democracy in our near region should be core business for Australian diplomacy and development policy. It’s the right thing to do - and it’s strategically sound. |
Greater government support for international engagement by @AusElectoralCom is vital to enable this. "Australians should want the best possible person for the job, identified through a process beyond reproach." |
Some thoughts from me for @LowyInstitute on improving how Australia's top envoys are selected. |
https://t.co/kx9vTjFWpr That two of Sydney’s traditional rugby schools are playing afl on a rugby league ground says everything you need to know about the cannibalism of Australian winter codes. very good girls 🐕🦺 and very good boys 🐕🦺 doing very good work A beautifully written piece from Mark Harrison @mhar4 on the hopefully avoidable tragedy of Taiwanese democracy. @ElbridgeColby’s original 🧵& @SamRoggeveen’s response both well worth thoughtful consideration. |
While I’m certainly more aligned to the former’s view, it’s remarkable how rare this kind of critical discourse is on fundamental assumptions about 🇺🇸 & 🇨🇳 trajectories & intent. Happy 1st Birthday to @JMIPublicPolicy 🎂 https://t.co/0Wb9ApUScU @kateclaytn CHODS takes the cake for me *Rugby League, but yes! @skill_hello @jacksongs @APPSPolicyForum @NRL The Beijing @NthSydneyBears? @TimHarcourt @StephenBrancat1 @WillLeben2 @jacksongs @radioaustralia @PhilGould15 This builds on a great chat I had with @ProgRugbyLeague last month |
https://t.co/El9gvXKvxP Latest from me for @APPSPolicyForum on the foreign policy implications of Australia supporting a PNG bid for a @NRL team. |
"...a spot in the NRL is something that only Australia can offer PNG. No other country, including China, can play this card." |
https://t.co/HMb3M3OeIT Great to work with @GhazaviVD @Ande_Kaufmann @SimonaTomevska @LibbyHackettJMI @CThillou and the whole JMI team on this 🙌 A Women's Opportunity Fund would provide the capital and wraparound supports to help women with business nous and good ideas overcome barriers and reach their potential. |
Read the report here: |
https://t.co/5AETV6umZg Proud to be releasing this policy brief. We make the case and provide a model for a public investment fund to support the entrepreneurship of women from disadvantaged backgrounds. |
A great initiative for economically empowering women in the great state of NSW @JMIPublicPolicy @Dom_Fraser It's obviously all just political rhetoric, but this would have to be the most ambitious idea for the Commonwealth since....well, the British Empire @stephendziedzic Not senior, but certainly plum: Chicago now vacant too 👀 "...the company’s creation was encouraged and closely monitored by top leaders in Beijing. They see a consolidated platform for buying resources as a way to strengthen the country’s negotiating position in an unfriendly international environment." |
https://t.co/4Ye8ASKQ1V @timritchie Rooftop of that building is 👌🏻. It used to be the @Classic_Sports factory I believe? @WheatWatcher Some big nostalgia here for me - my grandfather was an AWB man from way back! @AndrewHunter__ @LowyInstitute Thanks @AndrewHunter__ 🙏🏻 $7.00! @fijirugby |
#fiji #sevens https://t.co/6x3n2mtsmj 2. Systemic underinvestment by @dfat in permanent on-site, accommodation for all A-based staff in dangerous or unstable locations, rather than relying on off-site private rentals. Ongoing budget squeeze has likely made it hard to make big capital investments. Two bigger issues here (without excusing this): |
1. Political economy of Myanmar makes it inherently difficult for embassies to avoid contributing to the junta, even indirectly, just by existing. Need to see if any viable alternatives existed and were considered here. An excellent discussion of the international governance of Cricket, the malaise of ODIs, and the financial realities of domestic T20 leagues versus international Cricket @WisdenCricket |
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