#austrlia — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #austrlia, aggregated by home.social.
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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
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Digital Duty of Care bill: Is Labor’s plan to regulate social media algorithms world leading?
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#Australia #AU #Austrlia
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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‘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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Auditor-general finds nearly half of Victoria’s roads in very poor condition and billions needed to fix it
A new report from Victoria’s auditor-general has found almost half of Victoria’s road network is in poor condition…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #highway #politics #repairs #report #roads #vehicles
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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
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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
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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
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Rare photographs of historic Pilbara strike camps shown for first time
The glint in Captain Wilson’s eye softens as he looks at the decades-old image. Warning: Aboriginal and Torres…
#Australia #Aboriginal #aboriginalrights #aboriginalstrike #AU #Austrlia #Indigenous #indigenoushistory #Perthart #Perthexhibition #pilbaranews #Pilbarastrikes #wavehillwalk-off
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Fears for social cohesion in Australia as survey shows declining support for cultural diversity
Adut Atem had picked up her children from school and was stopped at a red light when she…
#Australia #ACT #anti-immigration #attacks #AU #Austrlia #canberra #fears #hope #immigration #localstories #lowyinstitute #Monoculture #multiculturalism #PaulineHanson #racism #report #socialcohesion
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Police charge 23 men in operation targeting members Rebels outlaw motorcycle gang
Queensland police have charged 23 men in a statewide operation targeting the Rebels outlaw motorcycle gang. In a…
#Australia #arrests #AU #Austrlia #bikie #charges #Cocaine #firearms #offences #outlawmotorcyclegang #QueenslandPoliceService #rebels #troypukallus #vests
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Former NSW Police officer alleges she was raped by senior colleague
When Amy joined the NSW Police Force in the 1990s, she wanted to stand up for those who…
#Australia #1800RESPECT #AU #Austrlia #crime #justicesystem #nsw #nswpolice #NSWPoliceAct #nswpoliceculture #nswpolicesexualassaults #rape #Rohypnol #SARO #sexualassault #sexualassaultbyseniorcolleague #SexualAssaultReportingOption #sexualviolence #Sydney #victimsupport
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AFL live: Sydney Swans win both games in SCG double-header after some fans boycott men’s clash over scandal
Both the men’s and women’s squads for the Sydney Swans have won their games in a double-header at…
#Australia #AFL #AFLW #AU #aussierules #AustralianRules #Austrlia #HawthornHawks #liveblog #season #SydneySwans #WestCoastEagles
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Binders bring gender-diverse people ‘trans joy’ but are safe they for exercise?
AFLW player Tilly Lucas-Rodd remembers the “trans joy” they felt the first time they wore a chest binder.…
#Australia #AdamBrownhill #AU #Austrlia #binder #binding #CurtinUniversity #exercise #genderaffirming #genderdiverse #genderdysphoria #KaiSchweizer #research #study #TheKidsResearchInstitute #ThrivinginMotion #TillyLucas-Rodd #Trans #UniversityofWesternAustralia
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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
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School student Hera Sheppard runs for seat in Victorian election
Eighteen-year-old Hera Sheppard is expecting her schedule to be jam-packed over the next few months. In between the…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #elections #herasheppard #socialists #Teenagers #victorianstateelection #youngpoliticians #youth
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Older people open to downsizing but undersupply and stamp duty among barriers
As 78-year-old Eleanor Shearing looks over the cluttered boxes around the place she’s lived in for 50 years,…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #babyboomers #Construction #downsizing #housing #HousingMarket #olderpeople #planning #smallerhomes #stampduty #zoning
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NT government splits public opinion with plan to reduce minimum suburban block sizes
The Northern Territory government has divided public opinion with a proposal to reduce block sizes in suburban areas,…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #costofliving #density #housing #housingcrisis #minimumblocksize #NorthernTerritory #nt #rental #rentalmarket #subdivision
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Government looks at encouraging turning empty shops into regional housing
As small businesses along regional main streets close, there are calls to turn empty CBD premises into living…
#Australia #ageing #andrewbeer #AU #Austrlia #convertingshopstohousing #density #housing #infill #limestonecoast #MountGambier #NickChampion #regionalcbdliving #regionalcommunities
https://www.europesays.com/australia/43359/