Doesn't seem too unreasonable. If the vote is overwhelming it's not of that much concern how a handful of members voted. And the information will apparently be recorded, just after the fact rather than holding up proceedings.
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Not really, but it's mass-producing garbage content. It's only useless for cost-cutting at the expense of quality and that reality is undeniable, the more it's used the lower the quality of everything we engage with.
Because it's too vague.
It could mean the useless silicon-valley venture that is being slotted into everything and making it worse (generative AI), or it could mean clustering algorithms that are indispensable in everything from medicine to meteorology (machine learning).
Bicycle licensing systems are horrible. They discourage riding and push people to unhealthy and dangerous forms of transport like cars and they give kids bad interactions with police (or in America, gets them sent to El Salvador).
That said, e-bike licensing for under-18's makes a lot of sense. If it applied to all bikes, or to all ages then I'd take issue with it. But under-18's on e-bikes should probably be licensed.
I do take issue with it being a digital-only license. Kids should not have smartphones in the first place, and just imagine losing access to your driver's license because you forgot to charge your phone (or your mobile data plan lapsed).
Free speech is an American concept, in Australia inciting hate against minorities is not considered a thing that should be allowed and rightly so. That said we (like America) need to do more on defamation laws so it's not the rich people enforcing speech restrictions.
That said, specifically Drew Hutton wasn't even accused of transphobia. The issue was that him criticizing the Greens for their decision to expel a transphobic member "provided a platform for others to demean trans women" which is ... I think we can all agree unreasonable. That was only a suspension though. The specific "criticism of trans extremism" that later got him booted from the party entirely isn't entirely specified.
"People are starting to see the Greens as weird and unlikable"
Hence why I am keen to give Drew Hutton the benefit of the doubt here.
We collectively need to stop using "AI" to refer to "generative AI". Specialized AI, or rather machine learning, can be extremely useful.
Make it non-compulsory for over-65's.
Although that would 100% give license to the LNP to make it non-compulsory for everyone, and our compulsory voting system is what makes us immune to populist demagogues (that and our country not crumbling before our very eyes).
These kids will need to be driven to the voting booth by their parents, and if the parents know and disapprove of the child's political views then that'll give the more controlling parents effectively more than one vote.
Maybe to start with America can stop doing "economic coercion against democracies" itself.
Wasn't she in the news for saying something else insane recently? She is not a good anti-semitism envoy.
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Given the amount people are up in arms, you'd assume they're hiding who those 6 people are entirely (and even if they were, it'll really only benefit fringe mp's like the Greens). Sure, it lumps the yes votes with non-attendance but if the vote is overwhelming I don't think a few people not showing up is of much concern to the public interest. Plus the crossbench is well over 6 people so if it's just the major parties this won't even trigger.