#austrlia — Public Fediverse posts

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/

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/

‘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/

Aussie city’s 12-month road rule change sparks warning to drivers

Drivers in Australian cities could be forgiven for being confused about road rules. Every week, new restrictions are…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #Brisbanestreets #cityintersection #GoogleMaps #Liverpool #provisionaldrivers #roadmarkings #roadrule #roadrules #royalhobarthospital
https://www.europesays.com/australia/91977/

Andrew Hastie demands One Nation delete cartoon calling him a ‘traitor’

Opposition frontbencher Andrew Hastie has called Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce “lying cowards” in an escalating stoush over…
#Australia #AndrewHastie #andrewhastiecalledatraitor #AU #Austrlia #barnabyjoyce #benroberts-smith #Canning #onenationcartoon #PaulineHanson
https://www.europesays.com/australia/91937/

Company admits steel supports behind fatal Curtin University roof collapse were faulty

A company that provided steel supports for a roof that collapsed at Perth’s Curtin University, killing a worker,…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #collapsedroof #CurtinUniversity #death #ElsdonPtyLtd #fines #JonnieHartshorn #perthcourts #perthnews #Sentence #StantecAustraliaPtyLtd #wacourts #wanews #worksafe
https://www.europesays.com/australia/91859/

Tasmania’s upper house votes down visitor tax on short-stay accommodation

A Tasmanian government push to introduce a visitor tax on short-stay accommodation has been defeated in the state’s…
#Australia #5percent #5% #accommodation #accomodation #airbnb #AU #Austrlia #Hobart #labor #shortstaylevy #short-stay #tasmania #tasmaniangovernment #upperhouse #vote
https://www.europesays.com/australia/91841/

Melbourne mosque community mourns children killed in crash

A community is mourning the deaths of 11-year-old Ossama El Hawli and seven-year-old Sarah El Hawli in a…
#Australia #accident #AU #Austrlia #crash #death #el-hawli #fatal #landcruiser #road
https://www.europesays.com/australia/91705/

Most of us remember Chopper Read as a loveable bogan, but revisiting his story is eye-opening

To say that we’re currently living through an era of backlash seems bleedingly obvious. The cigar-smoking, private-jet flaunting,…
#Australia #andrew #AU #Austrlia #chopper #deadcan'tsue #Podcast #READ #tate #tristan
https://www.europesays.com/australia/91589/

Suspect images released as police offer $1 million reward over cold case murders

Police have offered a $1 million reward for information that leads to the conviction of suspects in two…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #coldcase #FrederickHughRosson #murder #reward #StewartHodd #TweedHeads
https://www.europesays.com/australia/91469/

Government to stop perpetrators accessing victims’ superannuation

Five years after her former partner left her with tax and other debts worth more than $12 million,…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #corecion #directorpenalties #domesticviolence #familyviolence #financialabuse #financialcounsellors #fraud #selfmanagedsuperfunds #taxabuse #taxfraud
https://www.europesays.com/australia/91299/

Australian student visa refusal rate hits 10-year high amid government crackdown

Read the story in bahasa Indonesia Angelica Felincia has dreamed of studying in Australia since her first year…
#Australia #Agents #application #Asia #AU #Austrlia #crackdown #DepartmentofHomeAffairs #immigration #immigrationpolicy #India #indonesia #Internationalstudent #lawyer #Nepal #refusal #rejection #studentvisa #visa
https://www.europesays.com/australia/91255/

Aussie suburb on high alert over mysterious works near power-hungry new facility: ‘Seeking advice’

Residents are raising concerns over huge new power poles being installed across Melbourne’s west, saying the works began…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #Jemena #NEXTDC #NEXTDCM3 #Semra #TheBacklashAgainstDataCenters #TheCityofMaribyrnong #WestFootscray #YahooNewsAustralia
https://www.europesays.com/australia/91151/

‘Scrap the cap’: Veterans demand Defence Personnel Minister Matt Keogh abandon the proposed $5k health limit

Veterans have demanded the Albanese government abandon its planned $5,000 allied-health threshold in an emotional press conference on…
#Australia #adf #albanese #AU #Austrlia #defence #Keogh #Protest #veterans
https://www.europesays.com/australia/91147/

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation surges to top of Pulse as Labor plunges to record low

One Nation has surged past Labor in the latest News24.com.au/YouGov poll, recovering its position as the most popular…
#Australia #Albanesegovernment #AngusTaylor #AnthonyAlbanese #AU #auspol #australianpolitics #Austrlia #coalition #labor #news24pulse #onenation #OneNationsurgestotopofpollsasLaborplungestorecordlow #PaulineHanson #politicalpoll
https://www.europesays.com/australia/91115/

Solo Canadian sailor rescued by AMSA, Navy off Western Australia after boat sinks en route to Christmas Island

An international sailor left to the mercy of the Indian Ocean when his catamaran began sinking has been…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #Darwin #defence #DisasterandEmergency #news #NTNews #politics #wanews
https://www.europesays.com/australia/91103/

Calls for $641 fine refunds after major road camera error discovered: ‘Extremely embarrassing’

Calls are growing for drivers issued fines for seatbelt offences in the nation’s capital to be refunded, after…
#Australia #ABC #ABCRadioCanberra #AccessCanberra #AU #Austrlia #Rynehart #theLegislativeAssembly #TheQueenslandAuditOffice
https://www.europesays.com/australia/91095/

‘Exciting’ signs of survival as quolls and bandicoots reintroduced to outback

Bec West has been involved in the Wild Deserts project for a decade.(ABC News: Bill Ormonde) It has…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #Bilbies #Burrowingbettongs #Crest-tailedmulgara #GoldenBandicoots #NSWNationalParks #Re-wildingnativeanimals #SharkBaybandicoot #SturtNationalPark #UniversityofNewSouthWales #westernquolls #WildDesertsproject
https://www.europesays.com/australia/91081/

Boyup Brook’s vow to never forget the WWII horrors of Sandakan

The last words 101-year-old June Edwards has from her brother Bill Beard are a scrawled note sent from…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #BillBeard #boyupbrookwarmemorial #japanwarcrimes #japanesewarcrimes #POW #prisonerofwar #sandakan #sandakandeathmarch #southwestnews #wanews #warmemorial #WWIIatrocity #WWIIremembrance
https://www.europesays.com/australia/91051/

Court releases photos from trial of Bogie triple-murderer Darryl Young

Photos from the trial of killer grazier Darryl Valroy Young paint a picture of his failed attempt to…
#Australia #attemptedmurder #AU #Austrlia #Bogie #DarrylYoung #exhibits #photos #schwarz #TIGHE #trial #triplemurder
https://www.europesays.com/australia/91021/

Dramatic arrest at Ballina Byron Airport as police allegedly seize weapons

A man will remain in custody after a dramatic arrest during which a knife and saw were allegedly…
#Australia #airportsecurity #arrest #AU #Austrlia #aviation #byronairport #ByronBay #carpark #weapons
https://www.europesays.com/australia/84921/

Victorian Premier Ben Carroll promises 10 free public dental clinics

Premier Ben Carroll has committed to opening 10 free public dental clinics if re-elected in November, in a…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #BenCarroll #dentalclinics #electionpromise #freedentalcare #greens #labor #premier #re-electionpitch #walk-inclinics
https://www.europesays.com/australia/77608/

The ‘Little Blue Boat’ brought back to life thanks to labour of love by volunteers and students

Sporting a fresh shade of blue, Hobart’s beloved ‘Little Blue Boat’ is set to return to the water…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #boat #centre #codyhorgan #ColinAttrill #feelgood #franklin #littleblueboat #montrose #MontroseBay #Restoration #RobinAttrill #SeaBreeze #wooden #woodenboatcentre
https://www.europesays.com/australia/69848/

Family calls for aged care system overhaul after struggling to find facility for mother with dementia

Valma Cupitt is the cherished matriarch of four generations of her family. But when the 86-year-old’s husband and…
#Australia #ACT #agedcare #application #AU #Austrlia #beds #canberra #Carers #complex #death #elderly #funding #health #system #universalsystem
https://www.europesays.com/australia/58501/

ACT Integrity Commission Campbell Primary contract investigation finds ‘serious corrupt conduct’

A years’ long ACT Integrity Commission investigation has made serious corruption findings against territory government officials. The investigation…
#Australia #ACTEducationDirectorate #ACTIntegrityCommissioninvestigation #AU #Austrlia #CampbellPrimarySchool #Lendlease #Manteena #OperationKingfisher
https://www.europesays.com/australia/56589/

Cyclist rushed to hospital after eastern brown snake trapped in bike chain bites rider in Burringbar

A woman enjoying one last bike ride before heading home from her holiday was rushed to hospital after…
#Australia #Animals #AU #Austrlia #ByronBay #Lifestyle #Medicine #news #NSWNews #nswpolice #PublicHealth #snakes #SocialMedia #Technology #Wildlife
https://www.europesays.com/australia/52132/

Why we cannot name high-profile Queensland man at centre of Cairns extortion case

There is a highly secretive and unusual court case playing out behind closed doors in Far North Queensland…
#Australia #abcinvestigations #AU #Austrlia #brydiebilic #Cairns #cairnsmagistratescourt #extortion #highprofilequeenslandman #marriedman #michaelfinch #prominentqueenslandman #QueenslandPoliceService
https://www.europesays.com/australia/30574/

Scientists discover 149 new marine species off Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands

More than 100 new species have been recorded and catalogued for the first time in some of Australia’s…
#Australia #AU #AustralianMuseum #Austrlia #christmasisland #cocosisland #CSIRO #deepsea #deepseacreatures #indianoceanterritories #ocean #pilbaranews #science #seabed #wanews
https://www.europesays.com/australia/28870/