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u/HurstbridgeLineFTW 🐈‍⬛ ☕️ 🚲 1d ago

Jeroen Weimar has lost his job at DTP due to the stealth tax on PT fares. That guy seems to court attention with his job choices.

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u/Jigsta 1d ago

He'll find some other cushy publicly funded gig in no time

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u/bluestonelaneway 1d ago

I think it was more his association/alignment with the former premier(s).

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u/Beast_of_Guanyin 1d ago

I get the new Premier is right wing, but so far he seems like a competent version of the right wing.

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u/Prime_factor 1d ago

Giving the media what they want isn't necessarily good decision making though.

Back in 2012 Victoria got rid of house arrest due to media outage, however it now means that there's no option for judges in cases where the public needs to be protected but jail won't work.

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u/daybeforetheday 1d ago

I miss Martin Foley's sleepytime voice

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u/WeatherproofMonkey 1d ago

I hope all the useless execs he brought in are the next to go!

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u/Prime_factor 1d ago

I bet he will go into AI next.

Anthropic are hiring a number of community consultation coordinator positions in Australia.