Albo’s immigration Raja crashes and burns

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Let us recall the spectacle of Raja Albo dining with his fellow lords of Indian immigration over a damn good curry and discussions about how to gut the Australian border.

Perhaps the suspected baksheesh was insufficient, or the Rajas underestimated Albo’s nature because, today, it is reported the man behind the party is not doing so well.

The Australian Skills Quality Authority’s decision to cancel BIC’s registration for breaching 30 regulations has now been triggered, with the watchdog confirming the college “can no longer operate as … a registered training organisation”.

ASQA uncovered “significant noncompliance” in training, ­assessment, enrolment, marketing and governance systems, ­including a lack of training for students, insufficient trainers and educational support services and facilities to support students.

BIC was found to have breached regulations that its marketing information was “accurate and factual” and did not guarantee a student would successfully complete training and get a job.

ASQA also found BIC to be in breach of regulations stipulating English-language skills, educational qualifications and work experience were sufficient to enable students to enter the course.

There’s not much left to get wrong there.

Which is no surprise at all. It was predicted by LVO the moment Albo signed his appalling labour market equalization agreements while snogging Narendra Modi two years ago.

What the immigration Raja’s really need is a good old misinformation campaign.

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The spectre of interference by India has already rocked the early days of Canada’s federal election, with officials warning that sophisticated efforts from other hostile nations are expected in the coming weeks.

As Canadians prepare to cast ballots on 28 April, senior officials say that India, China, Pakistan and Iran are all expected to make efforts to subvert the national vote through increasingly sophisticated disinformation campaigns.

The use of artificial-intelligence tools is likely to figure prominently in efforts to deceive voters and sway diaspora communities. Earlier this year, a landmark inquiry into foreign interference found that information manipulation is the biggest risk to democratic institutions.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.