• Class action over Sydney light rail project hears drawn-out construction crippled local business - ABC News
• How much more revenue would the Australian government have if it taxed gas companies properly? | Greg Jericho | The Guardian: First, we need to realise we have been extremely poor at taxing resources. In 2021, the Parliamentary Budget Office estimated that had the Abbott government not removed the resources super profits tax, in 2019-20 alone the government would have raised an extra $12.1bn. That is roughly $2bn more than was spent this year on either the childcare subsidy or higher education, about 85% of the amount spent on jobseeker and two-thirds of the pharmaceutical benefits scheme (PBS) budget.
• Deliveroo enters administration, leaving riders, restaurants and customers in the lurch - ABC News: The decision to cease trading immediately means all of the company's employed staff in Australia had their employment terminated today, with the administrator working to calculate and secure their outstanding pay and entitlements. The administrator said delivery riders were considered contractors, not employees, of the company and would be treated as unsecured creditors.
• Sydney activist Danny Lim's arrest will be independently reviewed after outrage | SBS News
• Police launch investigation after second fire at Sydney home of YouTube comedian Friendlyjordies | SBS News: An investigation is underway after a fire at the Sydney home of YouTube comedian Jordan Shanks-Markovina, also known as Friendlyjordies. Police have revealed it is the second fire at the Bondi home within a week, and they are investigating a possible link between the incidents.
• Menulog cuts jobs in Australia a week after rival Deliveroo shuts down | Business | The Guardian. Should have stuck with the Snoop Dogg ad, the KP one drives everyone up the fucking wall.
• Scott Morrison to face censure motion over secret ministries affair - ABC News: Censure motions allow MPs to express their disapproval of their colleagues but do not have any direct legal consequences. They are uncommon and it is very rare for a former prime minister to face one. The opposition will oppose the motion...

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• Twitter sued by former staff as Elon Musk begins mass sackings | Twitter | The Guardian: Musk's plans to cut up to 3,700 staff may hit a roadblock, however, after a lawsuit was filed in the US federal court in San Francisco seeking orders for Twitter to comply with the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which requires 60 days' notice for mass sackings at large employers.
• Who Said It: Elon Musk or Mr. Burns? | The New Republic
• Elon Musk walked into Twitter carrying a sink. Over three chaotic weeks, he watched his mythology swirl down the drain - ABC News: From the moment the South African-born billionaire swaggered into San Francisco's Twitter HQ brandishing a bathroom sink, he started to watch his mythology, and his money, swirl down the drain.
• Twitter has lost half of its top 100 advertisers since Elon Musk became CEO : NPR: Half of Twitter's top 100 advertisers appear to no longer be advertising on the website. A report from Media Matters for America states that these 50 advertisers have spent almost $2 billion on Twitter ads since 2020 and more than $750 million just in 2022.

• Powerhouse Parramatta: entertainment centre 'masquerading' as a museum has high flood risk, inquiry finds | Culture | The Guardian
• One Nation, Australian Christian Lobby listed as hate groups: report: Citing the rising number of cases of Australian far-right groups and individuals, the report’s authors said that global movements are inspiring terrorism, killings and rights-restricting policies around the world — and are increasingly connected.
• As Melbourne clean-up begins, concerns raised over whether Flemington Racecourse wall exacerbated flooding - ABC News. Another reason to stop supporting the Melbourne Cup, if you needed one.
• Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, dies aged 72 - ABC News. Amazing range. While so many know him as Hagrid, I knew him across The Young Ones, Cracker, Bond, Supergrass... and I will always appreciate his TV series that taught me how turbos and superchargers worked.
• Greens senator Lidia Thorpe resigns as Senate deputy after undisclosed relationship with ex-bikie boss - ABC News. Ludicrously bad judgement. Should be
• Elon Musk completes takeover of Twitter, CEO and CFO fired and escorted from building - ABC News. Walked in with a sink, to make a really dumb joke about "let that sink in", knowing he was about to fire a bunch of very-senior people and throw thousands of employees into uncertainty and chaos. That boy ain't right.
• Welcome to hell, Elon - The Verge: I say this with utter confidence because the problems with Twitter are not engineering problems. They are political problems. Twitter, the company, makes very little interesting technology; the tech stack is not the valuable asset. The asset is the user base: hopelessly addicted politicians, reporters, celebrities, and other people who should know better but keep posting anyway. You! You, Elon Musk, are addicted to Twitter. You’re the asset. You just bought yourself for $44 billion dollars.
• Twitter to start charging $20 per month for verification - The Verge: Twitter is currently planning to charge $19.99 for the new Twitter Blue subscription. Under the current plan, verified users would have 90 days to subscribe or lose their blue checkmark. Employees working on the project were told on Sunday that they need to meet a deadline of November 7th to launch the feature or they will be fired. ...right.
• Albanese government to enforce new advertising requirements for online betting companies - ABC News: The new rules follow a three-month review seven years ago, in 2015, by former New South Wales premier Barry O'Farrell, who was tasked with looking at the offshore online gambling industry.