Posts by @digikoolaid

Assange should be furloughed from Belmarsh prison, says human rights org. Here's a thought: He could stay with friends!

The last flight Julian took was British Airways. Other than that he has flown nowhere. He asked for, and was granted, asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy. Where did you get that "flight" fantasy ??

No rape occurred. You've been listening to the propaganda machine again.

Re: time marches on

There never was a rape. Where did you get that mistaken idea ??

There never were any rape charges. Where did you get this fantasy ??

Is there a reason murdering children, journalists and unarmed civilians from a helicopter gunship is secret ??

Julian Assange should not be "furloughed" from Belmarsh prison. He should be released.

Julian has served the full sentence (and more) for a minor bail infringement. He should not be imprisoned and should now be released.

Re: LUL

Further imprisonment of Julian Assange is illegal. He has served his full sentence for a minor bail infringement and should be released.

Re: Why?

Julian has already served his full sentence for a minor bail infringement and should be released. Why is the UK treating him as special by endless imprisonment ??

Re: time marches on

Julian has been proven correct that a secret Grand Jury existed at the time for the purpose of rendering him to the USA.

Re: time marches on

Julian is special. Just ask the USA and UK. They have singled him out from all the other publishers and journalists.

UK Government Digital Service links with Australia's Digital Transformation Office

This has a lot of potential for the DTO staff imported from the UK. There's quite a few, and it's likely that they have family members and relatives to visit in the UK. The cost of the flights and the Travel Allowance should help them a lot. That can be added to the TA being paid to Sydney DTO people to fly down to Canberra, stay in hotels and fly back to Sydney. The value of all this innovation to the Commonwealth and to the community is totally awesome @digikoolaid

Australia, here's your re-re-re-invented national web page

Re: WTF

The 457 process may not be that badly broken. It looks like it worked well enough to import the hierarchy of your DTO. There was no digital talent in Australia you see. We had to import US and UK citizens on 457s so they could go to media events here and tell us how much digital talent we have in Australia. Yes, that is twisted, but it's also salaried public servants on 457s telling us to create start-ups and become self-employed while they stay on the government payroll. Totally awesome. @digikoolaid

Imitate to Innovate

It’s a waste of time for The Register to mention this (or anything else really) to the DTO, and it is not in the least surprising that none were aware of the Advocate's existence. The DTO hierarchy was poached from the GDS in the UK, and has no previous knowledge or experience of Australia. Some had never even been to Australia before they arrived to digitise the Commonwealth. As for “re-re-re-invention”, that’s Turnbull 2.0 at work. He says Paul Shetler and the DTO should copy the GDS “unashamedly”. Down here we call it “Imitate to Innovate” and it’s official policy since Liam and Paul signed an “Memorandum of Imitation” last month. Yes, Paul’s innovative digital marketplace was innovated in the UK first, and GOV.UK became GOV.AU. So we expect that the GDS innovation on Verify will be followed slavishly, as a new Australia Card. By being unashamedly modelled on the GDS, the DTO cannot avoid “repeating its failures”. Sadly all they can do is copy. Paul was recruited for exactly that reason. Imitate to Innovate in Australia. @digikoolaid

Ten years in the clink, file-sharing monsters! (If UK govt gets its way)

Contracted-out prisons - Privately managed prisons were introduced to the UK in the 1990s. At present there are 14 private prisons contractually managed by private companies such as Sodexo Justice Services, Serco and G4S Justice Services. These need revenues and inmates on long-stays are preferred. And you ask "who is Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG?" Is she the Minister for Private Prison Profitability?