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Transport expert calls for Bendigo, Geelong to join light rail resurgence

Almost 20 years ago, transport expert and Professor of Sustainability Peter Newman recommended that the City of Greater…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #BendigoHeritage #lightrail #publictransport #tracklesstrams #trams
https://www.europesays.com/australia/94275/

Digital Duty of Care bill: Is Labor’s plan to regulate social media algorithms world leading?

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#Australia #AU #Austrlia
https://www.europesays.com/australia/94263/

Tiwi Island teenagers reflect on changes to NT child protection laws

Surrounded by the ocean, where eucalypt forest stretches from the sand to meet the sky, the Tiwi Islands…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #childplacementprinciple #childprotection #NTlaws #out-of-homecare #sue-annehunter #tiwiislands
https://www.europesays.com/australia/94251/

Bill Kelty on One Nation’s ‘giant tax avoidance scheme’

One Nation wants to let workers take money out of their super to help pay rent and mortgages.…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia
https://www.europesays.com/australia/94247/

NSW police seize 36 illegal ebikes on northern beaches that are now destined for the crusher | Ebikes

Dozens of high-powered and illegal ebikes have been seized by police on Sydney’s northern beaches just weeks after…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia
https://www.europesays.com/australia/94231/

Queensland breach bail, go to jail laws face heavy criticism in parliament submissions

Proposed bail overhauls will expose more children to inhumane conditions, increase pressure on jails and courts, worsen reoffending…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #BreachBailGotoJail #breachbaillaws #debfrecklington #debbiekilroy #katherinehayes #lnp #lnpqueensland #Queenslandcrime #queenslandgovernment #sistersinside #youthcrime #youthjustice
https://www.europesays.com/australia/94225/

Bandidos motorcycle gang member charged over Melton blaze that left man fighting for life

An outlaw motorcycle gang member has been charged as part of an investigation into several suspicious fires, including…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #ballaratarea #bandidosoutlawmotorcyclegang #charges #Fires #suspicious #TaskforceEcho #victoriapolice
https://www.europesays.com/australia/94219/

Mexican murder trial hears how bodies of Australian brothers were recovered

Mexican authorities have revealed how they found the bodies of two Australian brothers and their American friend after…
#Australia #AU #australiansurfers #Austrlia #BajaCalifornia #Callum #CarterRhoad #IrineoFrancisco #Jake #JesúsGerardo #Mexico #Mexicomurder #robinsonbrothers #trial
https://www.europesays.com/australia/94127/

Court says NSW South Coast tiny home needs development approval

After a lengthy court battle, a couple have lost their legal fight to remain in their “dream” tiny…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #begavalleyshirecouncil #caravan #court #dismissed #GordonKelly #housing #housingcrisis #JoshHeins #judgement #landandenvironmentcourt #ManuBohn #tinyhome
https://www.europesays.com/australia/94083/

Genuine conviction politicians cut through in the age of large language models

People who lead us in public life can often sound like one of those dead-eyed “large language models”…
#Australia #AI #AndrewHastie #AU #auspol #Austrlia #ausvotes #convictionpoliticians #onenation #PaulineHanson #superannuation
https://www.europesays.com/australia/94069/

Pack the umbrella just in case, as cooler days and showers loom for Queensland

After sweltering days across parts of the state, a cool change has begun for the weekend. Senior meteorologist…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #bom #Cairns #forecast #Queensland #rain #temperatures #weather #weekend
https://www.europesays.com/australia/94043/

What Australia can learn from 165 years of migration data

The story of Australia since colonisation is a story of migration, and the country’s immigration system is once…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #boom #charts #covidpandemic #growing #immigration #massmigration #Migration #records #stats #trends
https://www.europesays.com/australia/94007/

Former Irymple teacher Harley James Caldwell spared jail after requesting stories about underage boys

A former teacher from a north-west Victorian secondary school has avoided jail after admitting to soliciting child abuse…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #childabusematerial #communityorder #harleycaldwell #irymple #jail #stories #teacher
https://www.europesays.com/australia/93683/

Is it OK to clean your pet’s bed in the same machine as your clothes?

Have you ever run a pet bed through the family washing machine and found your favourite jumper covered…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #bed #bedding #canyouwashadogbedinthewashingmachine #catbed #cleaning #dogbed #hygiene #pet #washingmachine
https://www.europesays.com/australia/93627/

Queensland’s credit rating downgraded for first time since 2009

Queensland’s credit rating has been downgraded for the first time in almost 20 years, putting pressure on the…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #budget #creditratingdowngrade #davidjanetzki #JimChalmers #politics #QLD #qldpolitics #Queensland
https://www.europesays.com/australia/93561/

Bandidos member arrested in police investigation over Melton tobacco store fire

Police have arrested several men at a Bandidos outlaw motorcycle gang clubhouse in Ballarat as part of an…
#Australia #arrest #arson #attack #AU #Austrlia #bandidos #bikies #crime #echo #illicit #OMCG #organisedcrime #police #taskforce #tobacco
https://www.europesays.com/australia/93541/

NSW premier’s top staffer James Cullen in High Court showdown over potential arrest powers

A showdown between the New South Wales premier’s top staffer and the upper house has played out in…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #ChrisMinns #ChrisMinns'schiefofstaff #CourtofAppeal #HighCourt #HighCourtshowdown #JamesCullen #Legal #legalcase #nsw #NSWgovernment #nswparliament #NSWPremier #stategovernment
https://www.europesays.com/australia/93415/

Months-long unpaid rates saga ends with sale of 33 outback homes

Kerry Major had spent months wondering how she would find out if her Mount Isa home had been…
#Australia #.Tenants #AboriginalandTorresStraitIslanderCorporationforWelfareServices #ATSICFWS #AU #Austrlia #housingcrisis #indigenoushousing #mountisacitycouncil #propertyauction #rentalhousing #socialhousing #unpaidrates
https://www.europesays.com/australia/93367/

Greens co-founder weighs in on party split over koala park carbon credits

Australian Greens founding figure Bob Brown has backed the three senators who took the rare step of crossing…
#Australia #AndrewMcLachlan #AU #Austrlia #bobbrown #carboncredits #greatkoalanationalpark #greenskoalapark #greenssenatorscrossfloor #jordonsteele-john #joshwilson #larissawaters #NickMcKim #theGreens #vanessableyer
https://www.europesays.com/australia/93323/

Gold boom sparks accommodation crunch for visitors to Kalgoorlie-Boulder

The ongoing gold boom is starting to prove a headache for tourism in one of Australia’s landmark mining…
#Australia #accommodation #accommodationshortage #AU #Austrlia #gold #goldmines #goldmining #goldfields #GoldfieldsNews #hotelshortage #kalgoorlieaccommodation #kalgoorlieraceround #kalgoorlierentals #kalgoorlie-boulder #placestostaykalgoorlie #tourism #visitors #wanews
https://www.europesays.com/australia/93251/

Tasmanian man may wait up to a year for procedure after positive bowel cancer screen

When Tony* returned a positive test result in June from a bowel cancer screening kit, he was told…
#Australia #’wait #AU #Austrlia #Bowelcancer #bowelcanceraustralia #bridgetarcher #colonoscopy #DepartmentofHealth #electivesurgery #endoscopy #gastroscopy #healthminister #launcestongeneralhospital #LGH #PublicHealth #publichospitals #scopes #tasmania #TasmanianHealthService #waittimes
https://www.europesays.com/australia/93047/

Queensland set for credit rating downgrade, sparking blame game between Canberra and LNP state government

Queensland is on the brink of a credit rating downgrade, piling further pressure onto the state’s spiralling multi-billion-dollar…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #creditrating #davidjanetzki #debt #downgrade #JimChalmers #Laborgovernment #liberalgovernment #Queensland #queenslandcreditrating #queenslandgovernment #ShaneOliver
https://www.europesays.com/australia/92993/

Dookie residents relieved as government walks back renewable zone plans

Residents in the tiny country Victorian town of Dookie are celebrating after the state government canned plans to…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #CentralNorthREZ #Dookie #energyminister #JaclynSymes #JodyFleming #petition #protests #RenewableEnergy #solarfarms #WendyLovell
https://www.europesays.com/australia/92969/

Joyce struggles on super sell, Albanese takes swing amid golf membership grants saga

Welcome back to your weekly federal politics update, where Courtney Gould gets you up to speed on the…
#Australia #algorithm #AndrewHastie #AngusTaylor #AnthonyAlbanese #AU #Austrlia #barnabyjoyce #coalition #digitaldutyofcare #dutyofcare #federalpolitics #GinaRinehart #MarrickvilleGolfClub #onenation #parliamenthouse #PaulineHanson #superannuation
https://www.europesays.com/australia/92863/

Victoria’s upper house votes to defer Carroll Government’s work-from-home laws

Victoria’s upper house has referred Premier Ben Carroll’s work-from-home laws to a parliamentary committee, in a major blow…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #BenCarroll #draftlegislation #JessWilson #parliamentarycommittee #PropertyCouncil #victoriangovernment #wfh
https://www.europesays.com/australia/92823/

Rebates for long GP consults should be increased, long-awaited Medicare review says

Patients who need longer GP appointments, particularly women with complex health needs, are being short-changed by inadequate Medicare…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #generalpractitioner #GPs #longconsults #medicare #medicareadvisorycommittee
https://www.europesays.com/australia/92727/

Regional Victorian communities call for return of passenger rail services

Regional Victorian residents and public transport advocates are pushing for the return of passenger rail services along crucial…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #Ballarat #Geelong #horsham #Mildura #milduratrain #overland #publictransport #railrevivalalliance #stategovernment #trains #victorianelection #vline #Wimmera
https://www.europesays.com/australia/92641/

Labor, Coalition in immigration talks as Malinauskas warns against ‘race to the bottom’

The federal government says it is in discussions with the opposition over immigration as South Australian Premier Peter…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #federalgovernment #immigration #Malinauskas #NOM #politics
https://www.europesays.com/australia/92561/

Former VicRoads staff say privatisation to blame for Victoria’s crumbling roads

The upcoming Victorian election is shaping up to be a poll on potholes. Political parties have set out…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #BenCarroll #jeffmoran #johnlambert #vicroads #victoriapotholes #victoriaprivatisation #victoriaroadmanagement #victoriaroadquality #victorianauditorgeneral
https://www.europesays.com/australia/92453/

Culling of brumbies in Yuraygir National Park on pause as court considers ruling

The future of aerial culling in a northern New South Wales national park could hinge on whether the…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #brumby #court #cull #NPWS #YuraygirNationalPark
https://www.europesays.com/australia/92327/

‘ISIS bride’ Zeinab Ahmad again denied bail over alleged slavery offences

A Melbourne woman accused of owning a slave while supporting the Islamic State group in Syria has had…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #bail #bride #ISIS #islamicstate #ZeinabAhmad
https://www.europesays.com/australia/92313/

Prosecutors allege man used AI to ‘scrape’ court website, then asked ChatGPT for legal help

A Sydney man charged over a massive data breach involving a NSW courts website allegedly used generative AI…
#Australia #AI #aicourtsdatabreach #AU #Austrlia #chatgpt #databreach #nswcourts #nswcourtsdatabreach #sydneycrime #sydneycrimenews #sydneynews
https://www.europesays.com/australia/92293/

Jury hears woman told Hunter Valley country footballers ‘no’ before alleged rape

A New South Wales jury has been told a woman repeatedly said “no” and “stop” before she was…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #court #HaydenCharlesTopliss #rape #RyanMatthewHawkshaw #sexualassault #trial
https://www.europesays.com/australia/92267/

Bird flu’s spread to foxes prompts calls for ‘major rethink’ on how city dwellers deal with pest

The spread of H5 bird flu into foxes on Australia’s mainland has prompted calls for a “major rethink”…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #birdflu #cancatsordogscatchbirdflu #canfoxescatchbirdflu #canpetscatchbirdflu #foxesinthecity #H5birdflu #haveanymammalscaughtbirdflu #howmanyanimalsdofoxeskilleachyear #howmanyfoxesarethereinaustralia #howmanynativeanimalsdofoxeskill #urbanfoxes
https://www.europesays.com/australia/92131/

Spirit of Tasmania ferry operator TT-Line to be in debt until 2052, inquiry hears

The operator of the Spirit of Tasmania ferries is expected to remain in debt until 2052, a parliamentary…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #debacle #debt #ferry #garyswain #newferries #operator #rockliffgovernment #spirit #spiritoftas #spiritoftasmania #spirits #tas #tasmania #tasmaniangovernment #tt-line #ttline
https://www.europesays.com/australia/90507/

Meat industry faces worker shortage after visa policy changes

West Australian abattoirs and pork producers say recent visa changes and the near impossibility of attracting local employees…
#Australia #abattoir #AU #australiaimmigration #australiavisa #Austrlia #immigrationpolicy #migrantworkers #piggery #skilledmigration #skilledvisas #visa #visachanges #WesternAustralia #workers
https://www.europesays.com/australia/86701/

Regional WA playground shut following detected levels of metal after dust investigation

A playground in regional Western Australia has been closed after low levels of the metal thallium were detected…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #CityofGeraldton #dust #FraserGregoryParkPlayground #Geraldton #JerryClune #MidWestPortAuthority #Mining #playground #playgroundclosed #thallium
https://www.europesays.com/australia/78294/

What to know about David Brat, Trump’s pick for US ambassador to Australia

The United States has appointed a new ambassador to Australia, with the US Senate confirming David Brat for…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #canberra #davidbrat #diplomat #embassy #republican #USambassador
https://www.europesays.com/australia/68120/

Landholders still rebuilding 12 months after deepest snowfall in ‘living memory’

When New South Wales Northern Tablelands residents woke up to a snowfall last August, they couldn’t have imagined…
#Australia #animalrescue #animalsanctuary #AU #Austrlia #communityrecovery #Farm #farmrecovery #Farming #fruitorchard #naturaldisaster #snowdamage #snowrecovery #Snowstorm
https://www.europesays.com/australia/67574/

Almost $140 million in unpaid fines written off by Queensland government in past financial year

Almost half a million unpaid fines were written off by the Queensland government’s debt collector last financial year,…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #debt #debtcollection #fines #government #lnp #parliamentarycommittee #queenslandgovernment #sper #state #unpaidfines #victimsofcrime #writeoff
https://www.europesays.com/australia/64379/

ABC radio personality and former Manly Sea Eagle John Gibbs diagnosed with cancer

Former Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles halfback and ABC Sport rugby league commentator John Gibbs has been diagnosed with cancer.…
#Australia #abcradio #ABCSport #AU #Austrlia #JohnGibbs #ManySeaEagles
https://www.europesays.com/australia/64209/

Sandstone miner scraps Lockyer Valley project after farmers’ pleas

Daniel Storey never wanted to be an activist. Mention the word and the 29-year-old regional Queensland landholder still…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #criticalminerals #junction #land #lockyer #Mining #propertyrights #Queensland #rosehill #sandstone #view
https://www.europesays.com/australia/63041/

Parks Victoria plan proposes full closure of about 100 Arapiles climbing routes

Parks Victoria has announced a proposed amendment to the management plan at the Mount Arapiles-Tooan State Park that…
#Australia #Aboriginal #arapiles #AU #Austrlia #climb #climbing #climbingvictoria #culturalheritage #dyurrite #ParksVictoria #rockart
https://www.europesays.com/australia/57245/

Why more Australian men are choosing to be childfree

Ian was 13 when his dad moved out. He says it was about then he first thought having…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #childfree #childless #family #kids #men'shealth #men'swellbeing
https://www.europesays.com/australia/54904/

Queensland government crime statistics compare ‘apples to oranges’ amid timeframe inconsistency

Lies, damned lies, and statistics. The oft-quoted phrase describing types of falsehoods felt relevant in Queensland politics this…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #crime #data #davidcrisafulli #electionpromise #johnmickel #QLD #Queensland #statistics #victims #victimsofcrime
https://www.europesays.com/australia/52968/

Queensland farmers oppose proposed sandstone quarry on family farm

There is no phone reception at Junction View, just cattle moving through paddocks and wind sweeping across sandstone…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #junction #lockyer #mine #Mining #quarry #rosehill #sandstone #view
https://www.europesays.com/australia/42909/

New parents struggling with anxiety and depression urged to seek free counselling services

After Chenzi Dong gave birth to her baby boy last year, she found herself on the brink of…
#Australia #anxiety #AU #Austrlia #barrier #cald #child #counselling #depression #freeclinic #gidgetfoundation #mentalhealth #mother #panda #parents #PerinatalAnxietyandDepressionAustralia #postpartum
https://www.europesays.com/australia/39895/

The fastest human-powered Everest ascent from sea level

Brisbane man Oliver Foran set out to break the record for the fastest human-powered ascent of Everest from…
#Australia #ascent #AU #Austrlia #Brisbane #climb #everest #guinness #mentalhealth #oliverforan #QLD #Queensland #worldrecord
https://www.europesays.com/australia/39779/