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@afneil Who ordered the 1999 apartment bombings though?

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@mattjacksonn__ @danwootton Why did @TheRealKirstyG leave the channel completely? She was great. I get they wanted to be a “start up” but the sudden frequent changes in the first 18 months might be great when developing an app but not when looking for viewer loyalty on linear TV.

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@JoelDiamond18 And they are actually right up there with her best work. There’s a greatest hits CD from late 90s with property sourced tracks from Play Me Out. So what’s the deal?

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@JoelDiamond18 Really enjoy this album (an optimistic listen) though she’s not my norm genre. Wondering - do you know why the only digital versions of this and the other MCA album (I know not yours but also underrated) are bad vinyl rips? Everything is remastered these days except for those.

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@mariormp @afneil Why doesn’t Venezuela focus on improving the standard of living and reducing crime rates in its existing territory? Both metrics have been disasters for years. You don’t see Singapore trying to invade its neighbours.

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@BenFordhamLive …. perhaps some advice from a relationship counselor might also help. First thing they say is don’t get defensive or justify your actions, instead acknowledge the way the other person feels. All we get today is this is not unusual, we did everything we could etc

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@BenFordhamLive While they probably need to replace management consultant types and get people who know how to communicate with real people (simply outsourcing that and reading from a script won’t be enough)….

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@DigitalMediaBoy And I’m told customers continued to get bills and overdue reminders today. Yes bills still need to be paid, but it’s a terrible look when every single service is down. Do insurers call customers about renewals in the middle of a bushfire?

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@gav_mck @DigitalMediaBoy @aussiegoldy No tech expert here, but would they ever schedule an outage of all services nationwide?

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@DigitalMediaBoy Isn’t a better question why aren’t brands led by people who understand communication and reputation? Yes they can get advice from McKinsey, BCG etc and comms agencies but that doesn’t help when a quick decision has to be made in the moment.

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@RossCameron4 Also an issue with big business where management are typically (but not always) “experts” in management not the actual business they are “leading”. So they rely on advice both internal and from expensive consultants. And often they only hear positives from managers below.

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@DiFi_Lobster @OwenJones84 Israel has nuclear weapons among other things. If they *really* wanted to massacre people or flatten Gaza they could do it in minutes. Thankfully they don’t.

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@FendiT76 @chrisrauchle @MarkDiStef Except her role there is nothing to do with that. She would actually be good at it, whatever you think of her political party.

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@chrisrauchle @MarkDiStef Or they actually have lots of corporate staff but either they have to wait for Singapore HQ’s ok, or they hire the wrong skill set. Speaking generally (not Optus specific) biz need people who understand normal people not lobbyists, ex pol staffers and management consultants.

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@MarkDiStef It’s not like they have corporate affairs and GR teams or anything….. Still sending out bills today, and advising people who can’t call 000 to borrow a friend or neighbor’s phone. Why not just say “if your Optus phone won’t work to call 000, shout help! instead”

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@afneil On a purely political level (not great but that’s how they think these days) why doesn’t the gov just ban it and direct police or security to enforce? Would anyone genuinely unhappy with a 11/11 protest ban ever consider voting @Conservatives ?

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@JuliaHB1 @TalkTV @Iromg Schedules changing almost as fast as @GBNEWS . At least the presenters aren’t being replaced constantly, just shuffled around.

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@AntonyGreenElec @Paul_Karp And cigarette excise etc. given this was supposed to be substitute to a petrol tax, I wonder what Vic gov’s legal advice was before jmpementing? I recall with the tobacco one they “refunded” excise paid to a charity? What does the Vic government plan to do with refunds for this?

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@benraue I’m surprised that they thought this policy would stand up. It was settled about 20+ years ago that states can’t collect excise on cigarettes, petrol etc. presumably the purpose of this was to apply equivalent to (federal) petrol tax on EVs. a lawyers view @DominicVillaSC ?