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Welcome to The Rustic Spirits Podcast — where Regan and Kirsty share real conversations about homesteading, off-grid living, and building a life grounded in purpose, resilience, and regeneration.From their 150-acre bush block in south-east Queensland, they dive into the wins,…
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Oil Supply, A.I Escaping, and More Censorship - all the dashboard lights are on! (opens the original)
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Three stories converging this week — and all of them land on your dinner table, your fuel tank, or your right to talk about either.The Digital Duty of Care Bill has the Coalition opposing it, submissions closing Monday, and a blanket clause that lets the government define new "harms" outside the normal parliamentary process. The Middle East has lost its last two workarounds for getting oil out. And the heads of the biggest AI labs have suddenly started asking to be regulated — which should make
Digital Duty of Care Bill: What Labor's Really Proposing (And Why It Should Worry You) (opens the original)
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The government wants power to decide what counts as "harmful" online, no vote required. We break down the Digital Duty of Care Bill, the Strengthening Enforcement Bill that just passed, and why Labor keeps using kids' safety to sell control.Two separate bills, both amending the Online Safety Act, are moving through Parliament right now. One just passed the Senate. The other is a draft everyone's arguing about, and most people online are mixing the two up.We break down what each bill actually doe
We stopped watching the news for 3 weeks and the world didn't end! (opens the original)
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Is it better to live in blissful ignorance, or fully plugged in to the 24 hour news cycle. After finding ourselves almost at our limit, and due to take a holiday anyway - we conducted a little experiment ... what really happens when you switch off for a few days .. or even weeks.
Has Australia Lost Trust? Our Deep-Dive into the Census (opens the original)
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It's Census Night this coming week (Tuesday, August 11th) and what for most Australians used to be a quinquennial event, evoking a sense of civic duty and pride, has for many turned into yet another data and privacy gathering exercise foisted upon us amongst a landscape of cameras, facial recognition, digital-I.D. and movement tracking. Public sentiment about the census has shifted in large part from national pride to cynicism, skepticism and distrust. So we take a look at what your legal obliga
Homegrown Food Battle Won (for now) (opens the original)
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We follow-up with the AusAlert story and share a wide variety of experiences from our viewers including people who hadn't used a phone in 5 years getting it, and one scary incident involving a traumatised dog. We also follow up on the escaped AI Agent from last week - it gets worse - it left notes for it's future self! And we talk about the surveillance state that's being created with AI powered cameras and facial recognition systems and ask why they're actively seeking out and destroying rare b
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