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Commissioning editor for POLITICO. Former ABC Australia, MLex. EN/IT [email protected] https://teapawt.org/t.co/CqrhnY2jIq Signal: jamespanichi.46

Naarm (Melbourne), Australia
Joined September 2010
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The only place you should use "grow" as a transitive verb is the garden.
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Bravo @JamesPanichi A column for true coffee drinkers - which is to say, black coffee drinkers. Why do they delight in making it bitter? Grazie. Grazie Mille.
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The Commission spokesperson, giving the floor to a journalist for a question, added this comment after his name: "Looking for rumors or facts." Highly inappropriate.
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A great read, by @JamesPanichi - The rise and fall of John Pesutto, on Inside Story inside.org.au/the-rise-and-f…
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🔐 Data privacy enforcement is escalating fast. Our latest investigation—by @Swiftstories, @NewmanMLex and @JamesPanichi—reveals over $18bn in sanctions issued globally over the past decade. ➡️ Access the report now, or request your free trial today: lnkd.in/eWwbTdsD
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The ACCC entering "not applicable" as the value of its staff's ongoing use of Qantas and Virgin lounges is questionable. Standard lounges have a commercial value. The ACCC has regulatory oversight; it makes decisions that may affect the airlines' bottom line.
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This is crazy. Why would an Australian lawmaker need to be flown across the world by a foreign government?
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FOI fishing expeditions are part of the reporter's toolbox, but this one's really dumb. As antitrust campaigns target global digital platforms, every second ACCC officials spend meeting their counterparts overseas is time (and money) well spent. This is stupid provincialism.
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Full eSafety story free to read below
🗞️ 'The head of Australia’s online-safety watchdog failed to disclose her attendance at a secretive, all-expenses-paid tech-policy and strategy retreat funded by mining billionaire Andrew Forrest.' 🔓 Access the ungated exclusive from @ryan_cropp Cropp➡️ lnkd.in/e2FQderg
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🗞️ 'The head of Australia’s online-safety watchdog failed to disclose her attendance at a secretive, all-expenses-paid tech-policy and strategy retreat funded by mining billionaire Andrew Forrest.' 🔓 Access the ungated exclusive from @ryan_cropp Cropp➡️ lnkd.in/e2FQderg
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NEW: Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant failed to disclose her attendance at a secretive, all-expenses-paid tech policy retreat funded by mining billionaire Andrew Forrest
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Great FOI work from my colleague @saloni_sinha19 on the Clearview AI #privacy issue. Documents reveal the OAIC was considering a lawsuit targeting the US company, but ultimately decided against it (the eSafety commissioner's clash with X was seen as a cautionary tale).
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Today's announcement that the Australian government is set to launch ex ante rules targeting digital platforms wasn't news to MLex readers... MLex's Canberra-based reporter @ryan_cropp had it all on Nov. 20.
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HOT TECH REG NEWS: Long-awaited ACCC proposals to introduce mandatory competition codes for big tech platforms are set to go out for formal consultation in early December. The consultation will be on policy proposals and will not involve draft legislation.
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Imagine Rob Ghali, one of Australia's top enforcement officials, finding himself on the receiving end of this email... "I would be able to provide you with the email address for the chief information officer..." @mlexclusive @saloni_sinha19
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Fantastic FOI work here from @saloni_sinha19. OAIC goes cap-in-hand to the ACCC, says it doesn't even have enough money to store documents from an investigation. ACCC says: not our problem. @mlexclusive @ryan_cropp #privacy
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I recently moved my mortgage to another bank. When they told me to fill out a stack of forms, I said that they could simply access my records under the CDR. They told me they'd never heard of the CDR and didn't care. I had to fill out the forms...
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Haha. Scramble by Australian members of parliament to update the register on air travel upgrades has begun!
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Sweet Jesus. How is this acceptable?
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