Fair enough

"Terrorism".

Security

I did find a snippet that said "Visitors can still access the rooftop lawns via an internal lift after undergoing security checks at the main entrance."

So seems it is still possible.

I'm booking a trip to Canberra. Does anyone know if security will object to having 500 kilos of chips delivered to Mr C. Gull?

Wait why don't they let people do that anymore? I remember doing it as a kid in school lol.

If they ever let people walk on top of Parliament House again the way it was originally designed - to symbolise that the politicians are not above the people - then I am gonna be heading there with ALL the chips.

Call in the RES (Royal Emu Service).

Those pesky wings-with-beaks-attached can find out what its like to deal with a real bird!

The peoples hero

/Salutes

Drone warfare Aussie style.

As it happens got a glimpse of Iran's (ex)embassy today with all the reporting.

I can see they broke open some very small tins of paint, other than that it looks like any other suburban Mcmansion, and not even a particularly gaudy one, just one of those boring missable ones.

That doesn't entirely surprise me given what I've heard over the years.

I remember a few years back watching them pour huge amounts of money into new buildings and fitouts and wondering how they were planning to fund it all (particularly when COVID came along). Guess it turns out that didn't really work after all...

From inside it feels like this is going to drag on for at least another 2 years. Central management can't even figure out how to fire people efficiently let alone run a research institution.

That's what happens when upper management are all corrupt dickheads yeah.

What won't help the situation is not removing children from abusive situations or making the already lenient ACT court system even more so.

Ultimately what is needed to make a real difference is for the families involved to make sure their children get through school and stay out of trouble. If you can get through to year 12 and don't have a criminal history the public service (and many of the supporting businesses) would love to employ people with Aboriginal heritage, the ACT is not like living out in Woop Woop where there's nothing for kids to do. If we must dump money into special programs I think a reward for familes with children who have above average school attendance and grades would be a better use than trying to create separate treatment in the court system.

It's been a fair while but hopefully not too much longer before this part of the War Memorial reopens. In an ideal world they'll have made more space and be able to fit more of the planes they have (e.g. the F-111) but I don't know if that was part of the plan for this redevelopment.

That's a pretty big increase, but I would assume it is more to do with inspectors paying more attention (and the record keeping requirement mentioned in the article) than the businesses being that much worse all of a sudden.

Wow you can actually google Brindabella Christian College bus advertising select Images and get plenty of results. Those ads!

Doesn't surprise me that they'd do that given the news I've read over the years about this place. Wonder if the new administration will continue marketing the school with a plethora of slightly deranged looking bus ads (as is tradition).

I should get around to getting up Bimberi this winter, I've been meaning to for years but have never actually done it.

Gingera in the snow is definitely worth a walk - I've been up there a few times and it's very scenic. Next weekend is looking good for such a trip if you're considering it with a decent amount of snow predicted early in the week then fining up for the weekend. Note that you do need to have some degree of fitness though as Stockyard Spur is very steep coming up from Corin Dam and the snow makes things harder once you hit the snow line (snow shoes help if you have or can borrow a pair).

It was listed for auction.

Didn't you come in a Commonwealth car?

There's certainly a lot around, it's a real sign of a big population when you start seeing groups of them hopping around in daylight (like they often are around ADFA/Russell). Sometimes I wonder how much of the burrows have ended up under the roads around there - might make for interesting subsidence issues in the future.

The shooting crews are effective, it made a very noticeable difference on City Hill when they went through there a while back (went from eaten down to roots and bark being chewed to the grass growing back). If the local population is developing resistance to the current calicivirus though the government is going to end up hard pressed trying to shoot enough rabbits to keep up with their population growth (unless we end up in drought anyway).

Last year I went for a walk at night with my thermal camera. Saw probably 50 rabbits on one playing field. The warren damage in places like Russel is bad.

As long as it keeps raining I'm sure we will have too many of them. Thankfully shooting control is very effective now. Thermal scopes make it very easy.

Can you book me a cab?

Thanks for joining us, but we're out of time.

Yeah, that’s not very typical. I’d like to make that point.