#austrlia — Public Fediverse posts

Four Corners episodes breached ABC’s editorial standards, ombudsman’s investigation finds

The ABC’s Four Corners program had insufficient verification and fact-checking and a culture of “limiting knowledge” about anonymous…
#Australia #ABC #AU #Austrlia #fazal #fourcorners #hughmarks #mahmood #mahmoodfazal #Ombudsman
https://www.europesays.com/australia/103074/

Smart glasses to be banned in all WA public schools

Tell us about your experience. Western Australia will introduce the nation’s strictest ban on smart glasses in public…
#Australia #AI #AU #Austrlia #newsperth #newswa #perthnews #pervertglasses #smartglasses #smartglassesbanned #wanews
https://www.europesays.com/australia/102814/

Older Australians continue to die on home support aged care waitlists

Deidre de Jonge was getting ready to bury her husband Gerrit the day she received a phone call…
#Australia #agedcarefunding #AU #Austrlia #deadman'schair #federalgovernment #governmentfunding #liftchair #myagedcare #supportathome
https://www.europesays.com/australia/102668/

Approach to bushfire management must change, expert says, after Tasmania’s weekend scare

Conducting more burn offs in winter and implementing an earlier official start to the fire season are just…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #BureauofMeteorology #bushfire #Bushfires #Climatechange #emergencyservices #firebans #registeredburns #TasmaniaFireService #TFS
https://www.europesays.com/australia/102502/

What everyday Australians want political leaders to hear

Margaret* is a 61-year-old woman from Sydney who works hard to pay her rent and buy her groceries.…
#Australia #abcyoursay #AU #Austrlia #costofliving #housing #howdopeoplefeelabouttheirlives? #people'sviewsongovernmentandsociety #workingmultiplejobs
https://www.europesays.com/australia/102460/

Canberra Apple store sued for indirect discrimination after using disabled bathroom for storage

Tech giant Apple has been ordered to pay a former employee of its Canberra store $18,000 in compensation…
#Australia #$18000 #ACAT #ACT #ACTCivilandAdministrativeTribunal #Apple #AU #Austrlia #bathroom #bowelcondition #canberra #damages #disability #disabled #discrimination #employee #indirect #localstories #storage #store #sued
https://www.europesays.com/australia/102394/

Alleged arson attack at North West Regional Hospital stretches Tasmania’s mental health beds

The loss of the only dedicated public mental health facility in Tasmania’s north-west will place a “huge” strain…
#Australia #arson #AU #Austrlia #Burnie #fire #impact #mentalhealth #northwestregionalhospital #spencerclinic #tas #Ward
https://www.europesays.com/australia/102018/

Residents angry after Seven Mile Beach bushfire and registered burn amid dire forecast

Residents east of Hobart have questioned why a total fire ban was not imposed over the weekend, after…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #beach #burn #bushfire #dodges #DodgesFerry #fire #Lewisham #registered #sevenmile #sevenmilebeach #tasmania #TasmaniaFireService #TFS
https://www.europesays.com/australia/101960/

Intergenerational Report charts falling fertility, aging population and housing divide

Younger Australians face a future of working longer and struggling more to buy a home without the same…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #babybonus #houseprices #housing #intergenerationalreport #JimChalmers #katygallagher #mattcanavan #millennials #RealEstate #treasury
https://www.europesays.com/australia/101878/

Man dies after hitting goalpost while being towed by quad bike in regional NSW

A man in his 20s has died after hitting a goalpost while being towed by a quad bike…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #footballdeath #goalpost #HumeLeague #Osborne #Quadbikecrash #quadbikedeath
https://www.europesays.com/australia/101740/

Cost of stamp duty keeping Australians in homes that no longer suit their needs

With two of their adult children having flown the coop and their third likely to do so soon,…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #barriers #Brisbane #dollars #emptynesters #familyhome #GriffithUniversity #homes #housing #missingmiddle #nationalseniorsaustralia #pool #QLD #Queensland #RachelGallagher #stampduty #suburbs
https://www.europesays.com/australia/101540/

One Nation-linked company built $56,000 shed on private property of Pauline Hanson’s right-hand man | James Ashby

Pauline Hanson’s right-hand man, James Ashby, is enjoying generous benefits as a result of his role working for…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia
https://www.europesays.com/australia/101524/

If Australia wants to lower migration it needs more productivity

Everyone now understands that growing the economy only by increasing the number of people, while individuals feel worse…
#Australia #alankohler #AnthonyAlbanese #AU #Austrlia #coalition #familyvisa #housing #housingcrisis #immigration #labor #limitmigration #migrants #Migration #migrationcap #onenation #PaulineHanson #residentvisa #studentvisa #tonyburke #visa #workvisa
https://www.europesays.com/australia/101518/

Multiple bushfire alerts in Tasmania as winds make blazes difficult to control

Tasmania’s fire service has issued bushfire alerts for several areas as wind gusts make conditions difficult for fire…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #bushfire #bushfirewarning #bushfirewatchandact #colebrook #emergencyservices #Hobart #tas #tasalert #tasmania #temperatures #TFS
https://www.europesays.com/australia/101326/

April Laguros left her family in the Philippines to live in Coolamon

When April Laguros contemplated leaving behind her husband and three young kids in the Philippines to come to…
#Australia #agedcare #Agriculture #AU #Austrlia #canola #Coolamon #immigration #localcouncil #Migration #regions #residentialcare #rural #workershortage
https://www.europesays.com/australia/101322/

WA government unlikely to catch shark that killed Greg O’Neill, expert says

A behavioural biologist and shark drone expert has criticised the WA government’s response to the state’s most recent…
#Australia #accident #AU #Austrlia #catch-and-kill #fatalaccident #fatalsharkattack #GregO'Neill #jackiejarvis #perthnews #sharkattack #sharkdrone #SorrentoBeach #sorrentosharkattack #wanews
https://www.europesays.com/australia/101318/

Blue Mountains lookout Pulpit Rock reopens after being scorched in Black Summer bushfire

Neil Monteith was hanging off the side of a 100-metre sandstone cliff face in the Blue Mountains when…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #BellbirdWall #blacksummer #BlueMountains #bushfire #bushwalking #GospersMountainFire #PulpitRock #PulpitRockreopening #Restoration
https://www.europesays.com/australia/101250/

Injured man expected to be charged with murder after fatal housefire in SA’s mid-north

A man has died and two people remain in hospital following a fire at Redhill in South Australia’s…
#Australia #airlifted #attemptmurder #AU #Austrlia #emergency #emergencyincidents #suspiciousfire
https://www.europesays.com/australia/101242/

PM urges US and China to strike deal over AI’s rapid development

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged the United States and China to heed the tech sector’s warnings about…
#Australia #AI #albanese #Apple #AU #Austrlia #childsafety #Cupertino #timcook #us
https://www.europesays.com/australia/101142/

Victorian Labor pledges tougher sexual violence laws if re-elected

Rapists, sex offenders and family violence perpetrators, including those who drive their partner to suicide, will face tougher…
#Australia #Attorney-GeneralSonyaKilkenny #AU #Austrlia #BenCarroll #domesticviolence #familyviolence #government #JessWilson #labor #lawreform #parliamenthouse #sexualviolence #victoria #victorianelection
https://www.europesays.com/australia/101064/

PM meets Tim Cook at Apple HQ, leaves door open to copyright law change in AI race

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has not ruled out changing copyright laws to attract AI investment from tech giants,…
#Australia #AI #albanese #Apple #AU #Austrlia #childsafety #Cupertino #timcook #us
https://www.europesays.com/australia/101042/

Archaeologists and volunteers work to solve military mystery in Australia’s northern waters

The US government has launched a fresh mission to find an American aeroplane missing in Australia’s northern waters,…
#Australia #archeaology #AU #Austrlia #Broome #Kimberley #militaryhistory #searchforUSLiberatornearBroome #shipwreck #USDefensePOW/MIAAccountingAgency #WAMaritimeMuseum #worldwar2
https://www.europesays.com/australia/101026/

Reports employers are increasingly using ABNs to misclassify and underpay migrant workers

International student Mai was full of pride when she landed her first job in Australia.  “At that time…
#Australia #ABN #ACT #AssociateProfessorBassinaFarbenbluM #AU #Austrlia #canberra #CanberraMigrantWorkersService #fairworkact #homeaffairs #internationalstudents #MigrantJusticeInstitute #modernslavery #Sydney #temporaryvisa #underpayment #unsw #WorkplaceJusticeVisa
https://www.europesays.com/australia/89525/

Body found six weeks after Victorian kayaker vanishes in Goulburn River

Human remains have been found in a north-east Victorian river six weeks after a kayaker fell overboard while…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #drowning #fishing #GhinGhin #goulburnriver #Humanremains #kayaker #MelissaTeague #policesearch #shanewilson
https://www.europesays.com/australia/83651/

‘Everyone in my family are doctors’: Why this student chose agriculture

When Lalita Roopnarinesingh made the decision to pursue a degree in agriculture, it came as a surprise to…
#Australia #agriculturalcareers #agriculturaleducation #agriculturalscience #AgriculturalTechnology #agriculturestudents #AgTech #AU #Austrlia #careerpathways #CQUniversity #farmingcareers #GrowHer #regionalQueensland #UniversityofQueensland #UQ #womeninagriculture
https://www.europesays.com/australia/68856/

Parental behaviour a factor in teen gambling rates, study finds

Parental behaviour could be a significant contributing factor in teenage gambling rates, a study has found. According to…
#Australia #AU #australiagamblingregulations #australiainstitute #Austrlia #cankidsyoungerthan18gamble #CassyDittman #CQUniversity #gamblingstudyaustralia #MorganHarrington #teenagegamblingratesaustralia #WideBay #winsomelosemorereport
https://www.europesays.com/australia/66172/

Trouble in Paradise: Carnival cruise workers make ‘horrifying’ allegations about conditions

Passengers boarding a Carnival cruise ship are promised a world of endless food, relaxation and oceanic luxury. A…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #Carnivalcruise.cruiseships #employmentonCarnival #Workingconditions
https://www.europesays.com/australia/65810/

North Queensland school stabbing accused released on strict bail, victim discharged from hospital

A 15-year-old boy charged with stabbing another teen at a Cairns school has been given bail, with a…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #Children #farnorthqueensland #gimuy #manunda #marlincoast #publicschools #schoolfight #schoolstabbings #SocialMedia #tiktok
https://www.europesays.com/australia/54524/

Jewish Australian university staff and students say they felt unsafe on campus

A Jewish Australian woman says a “low level of hum of antisemitism” at the Australian National University escalated…
#Australia #anu #AU #AustralianNationalUniversity #Austrlia #Jewishstaff #Jewishstudents #royalcommissiononantisemitismandsocialcohesion #UniversityofNewSouthWales #unsw
https://www.europesays.com/australia/49652/

Naracoorte ‘thriving’ after town welcomes economic and social contribution of migrants

On any given day in the township of Naracoorte, the main street echoes with different accents, sporting clubs…
#Australia #Afghanistan #AU #AustralianMigrantResourceCentre #Austrlia #Business #Community #countryfireservice #kiribati #lions #naracoorte #StateEmergencyService #tuvalu
https://www.europesays.com/australia/39757/

Seasonal alpine staff seek alternative work amid lack of snow in NSW

The start of the snow season in the NSW Snowy Mountains has slowed to a crawl due to…
#Australia #alps #AU #Austrlia #charlottepass #Jindabyne #lack #nswalps #Perisher #poorseason #seasonalworkers #selwyn #skiseason #snow #snowymountains #thredbo #weather #winter
https://www.europesays.com/australia/34363/

Burrowing bettongs returned to outback decades after local extinction

A football-sized relative of kangaroos, the burrowing bettong once thrived across much of Australia’s arid and semi-arid interior.…
#Australia #Animalrewilding #AU #Austrlia #Bilbies #Burrowingbettong #Burrowingbettongs #Cameroncorner #FortGrey #GoldenBandicoots #rewilding #UniversityofNewSouthWales #unsw #WildDeserts #WildDesertsproject
https://www.europesays.com/australia/32322/

Scientists share discoveries about Australia’s polar past and the dinosaurs that roamed

It is 100 million years ago, parts of Australia are in the Antarctic Circle and dinosaurs roam a…
#Australia #Allosaurus #AU #australiandinosaurs #Australovenator #Austrlia #cretaceous #dinosaurs #jurassic #Leaellynasasaura #megaraptor #ornithopod #sauropod #theropod
https://www.europesays.com/australia/30170/