It’s all about him … *Department of Australia is an online satire project created by Leslie Nassar. Leslie was Fake Stephen Conroy and Fake Today Tonight; he created TweeVee TV, the Twitter moderation platform that powers the on-air Tweets for ABC’s Q&A; he was a digital media officer for Victoria Police, an “emerging technology” nerd in […]
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*Department of Australia is an online satire project created by Leslie Nassar. Leslie was Fake Stephen Conroy and Fake Today Tonight; he created TweeVee TV, the Twitter moderation platform that powers the on-air Tweets for ABC’s Q&A; he was a digital media officer for Victoria Police, an “emerging technology” nerd in Telstra’s chief technology office and most recently the director of Technology for Razorfish Australia.
Department of Australia @deptofaustralia
Leslie Nassar created Department of Australia (Hand-crafted, artisanal satire made from the finest Google image searches) in 2014. He was at times a games developer, a producer, a photographer, and a writer. In 2009, he was fired from Telstra for maintaining the Fake Stephen Conroy Twitter account. He occasionally appears on ABC TV’s Insiders with Mike Bowers and Talking pictures.rn rnIn addition to Department of Australia, Leslie is the co-founder of Wrangling Cats Pty Ltd, and created the software that manages the never-ending torrent of Tweets on ABC TV’s Q&A.
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I almost made it through the entire ‘quote’ before realising it was satire. So close to the bone.
Love it…..But it doesn’t quite pass the *cartoon* test.
I also had a thought in the small wee hrs this am.
The Age has a whole stable of cartoonists.
Perhaps Crikey could follow their example.
Dog knows, we’re all in need of a generous dollop of humour right now.
Nice one Dept. What’s the bet he’ll pop up as the Member for Royston Vasey? “Local member for local people”
8/10 not a dog, but would read again anyway
Got any loaves or fishes while you’re here?