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Woodside donates to Labor fight to get its employee elected

Oil and gas giant Woodside's $12,100 donation to WA Labor last week is part of a $1.2 million torrent of corporate cash flowing in since May as the party fights to see off One Nation in the formerly safe seat of Secret Harbour.

Many big names in corporate WA feature among the top donors, but a company few have heard of leads the pack.

WA Labor has used its status as the governing party at both state and Federal levels, and its massive number of elected members on the public payroll, to capture 78 per cent of all WA political contributions since May 1, according to disclosures published by the WA Electoral Commission.

The August 29 by-election follows the resignation of Navy and SAS veteran Paul Papalia, announced on July 6, after almost two decades in Parliament.
In his place Labor has offered Georgia Tree, a long-term Labor Party apparatchik living more than 60 km from the electorate, who recently left the office of gas exporter-friendly Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King to join Woodside.

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u/l3ntil — 24 hours ago
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Flock Security - how would you feel if it was implemented here?

I’ve been reading a lot about the flock security cameras in the USA, facial recognition and plate scanners are making many US citizens upset. Some of it comes down to the lack of security of their data, but for others its the total invasion of your privacy.

I’m interested to know, if your state police signed a deal with flock and installed cameras at your local shops how do you think Australians would react?

It’s a *little* different to coles or bunnings implementing facial recognition, but even that has barely riled people up.

Do you think we are too busy to care, or too far down the data rabbit hole to stop it happening here? Do you think it would be a good thing with the types of crime we are seeing?

https://www.wired.com/story/flock-safety-os-investigate/

u/Ric0chet_ — 1 day ago