Highlighting this story for opinions. If you're familiar with neo-Nazism and deradicalisation experiences, there might not be anything new here.

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A reformed neo-Nazi has spoken about his deradicalisation process at the antisemitism royal commission.

The man referred to as ADC said he was sold "falsehoods" and a "load of lies", and is pushing to "reinvent" himself.

The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion is examining how programs and policies could support people vulnerable to extremist ideologies.

Yesterday I asked the AZ community why so many people would want to buy these glasses other than for pervy and malicious purposes. Thank you to those who responded. I wasn't flooded with ideas for helpful uses though.

It seems there are genuine concerns about this (yet another) surveillance gadget. The one that worries me the most is how it can be used in exploitative ways against children and other vulnerable groups. If you are also concerned you may want to sign the petition.

Early reports of misuse have centred on women and children. A TikToker in the US was caught filming women in public with smart glasses and uploading the footage without their consent. RMIT's Dr Dana McKay warns the early reports of misuse are already targeting women, and that our privacy laws are nowhere near ready for cameras on people's faces. Parents commenting on Kmart's social media have raised the same question repeatedly: nothing prevents someone wearing the glasses into a change room, a swimming pool, a playground or a school gate.

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“I remember when I went to an exclusive event through a betting company, that was hosted in a rental on the canals of the Gold Coast.

“The entire sort of C-suite of the company was there, all the management team, administration, and they were sort of all in a back room doing drugs together, and I was out in this room doing drugs with all of them.

“This is like the CEO, the founders, the VIP managers. And at that stage … I would have been a 23-year-old.

“I put my hand up, I was a willing participant of that, [but] these are men in positions of power with influence who should be looking out for your welfare, and this is the kind of behavior that they are drawing you into, encouraging you into, and coaxing you into and normalising.”**

The betting industry: rotten on the outside and rotting on the inside.

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A mine worker believed to be in his 50s has died after being hit by a truck at the United Wambo Open Cut coal mine west of Singleton.

The mine is suspending operations as investigations continue.

What's next?

A report will be prepared for the coroner.

The aircraft, registered F-WULR, flew across the Pacific, the United States and the Atlantic on the return leg of its major flight-test campaign. The marathon journey marks one of the longest continuous flights ever undertaken by a commercial aircraft type.

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In June, Transgrid said its Western Sydney network is almost full after it cleared 1.5 gigawatts (GW) of data centres to connect, and said it’s “in advanced discussions” over another 8 GW of prospective load.

The general rule of them is that network costs are fixed and divided by the number of customers. Given the boost in data centres, Ausgrid, which runs the poles and wires that take electricity from transmission lines to homes and businesses, wants to see the benefits of that improved network use now.