Australia Talks - 28 Nov 2024: Bunnings breaches privacy & Albo dumps misinformation laws

A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.

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DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:00:51 - Croc watch
00:10:35 - Bunnings breached privacy laws by using facial recognition on customers
00:40:54 - Two Ticks Town Talk - Parkes (Part 2), New South Wales
00:59:35 - Laws to regulate misinformation online abandoned
01:19:25 - This week in Australian history 22-28 Nov
01:32:44 - XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Bunnings breached privacy laws by using facial recognition on customers, Commissioner finds

Bunnings breached privacy of customers by using facial recognition, watchdog finds

Bunnings breached privacy law by scanning customers’ faces – but this loophole lets other shops keep doing it

Parkes Observatory

Wikipedia - Parkes Observatory

Wikipedia - Parkes, New South Wales

Labor dumps misinformation bill after Senate unites against it

Laws to regulate misinformation online abandoned

View from The Hill: Albanese government crumples on misinformation bill and gambling advertising

Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries

 

Parkes Telescope picture

 

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