Try 12 hours in paddock
Privacy and safety risk
WHEN government’s dictatorial initiative of forcing facial recognition indignities on welfare recipients, regardless of whether they are pensioners who have paid their taxes, single mothers, or abusers of the system, disappears from the news cycle, it bodes dark days for our democracy. This is the government who downgraded our internet infrastructure, sold us out to the private sector, assured us our data was safe in the face of three major breaches and is now planning to compromise our privacy and safety by collecting the most personal data of all, our facial recognition. Surely this can’t be seen as anything other than a direct attack on democracy.
An interesting take on the “power corrupts” axiom comes from Christopher Shea of the Smithsonian magazine: “In sum, the study found, power doesn’t corrupt; it heightens pre-existing ethical tendencies.” Which brings to mind Abraham Lincoln: “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” such a capacity would have minimised or eliminated waiting times. A priority loading lane could be provided for local residents and priority vehicles.
Incat remains ready to build larger, faster new vessels and new terminals and are willing to discuss the details with any interested party placing an order. SEEKING work costs money, especially when there is little work available, even fewer jobs which don’t require your own transport, and it is already hard enough just to survive on the current 1990s levels of Newstart.
When without support from family and friends you have to choose between rent and food for the next week and going to the doctor, when job centres are understaffed and focused mostly on carrying out punitive government directives, making people ever more vulnerable to homelessness, there is something very distasteful about out-of-touch Coalition politicians saying they themselves are wealthy because they “worked hard and had a go”.
Try a 12-hour stint on a potato harvester in a muddy paddock then tell me how very hard you work Mr Turnbull. difficult to deal with” and that “people get angry” and that some outlets were under resourced, forcing customers to wait in long queues. Well bugger me, rather than fix the problem by having adequate numbers of employees we will spend money on CCTV. Can someone tell me how these cameras will improve safety? All they help manage is what happens after the event. If someone has been traumatised by an irate customer, some highly paid public servant reviewing the footage after it happens isn’t going to help.
CCTV used effectively serves its purpose to learn from what occurred. We already know what the issue is: standing in a line waiting to be served for far longer than any reasonable person should have to. Maybe our government could employ more people in places like Service Tasmania where there are staffing deficiencies. Here is a solution, employ people with disabilities and take a step towards addressing the fact government organisations are the worst when it comes to employing people with disabilities.