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  1. 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
    europesays.com/australia/94069/

  2. 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
    europesays.com/australia/93683/

  3. 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
    europesays.com/australia/93627/

  4. 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
    europesays.com/australia/93561/

  5. 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
    europesays.com/australia/93541/

  6. 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
    europesays.com/australia/93415/

  7. 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
    europesays.com/australia/92993/

  8. 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
    europesays.com/australia/92969/

  9. 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
    europesays.com/australia/92823/

  10. 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
    europesays.com/australia/92727/

  11. 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
    europesays.com/australia/92641/

  12. 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
    europesays.com/australia/92561/

  13. ‘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
    europesays.com/australia/92313/

  14. 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
    europesays.com/australia/92293/

  15. 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
    europesays.com/australia/92267/

  16. 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
    europesays.com/australia/91937/

  17. 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
    europesays.com/australia/91859/

  18. 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
    europesays.com/australia/91841/

  19. 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
    europesays.com/australia/91705/

  20. 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
    europesays.com/australia/91589/

  21. 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
    europesays.com/australia/91469/

  22. Scientists optimistic despite losing 14,000 tagged bogong moths

    Every year, billions of bogong moths migrate across the country to New South Wales’s Snowy Mountains to escape…
    #Australia #AU #Austrlia #bogongmoths #invertebratesaustralia #kosciuszko #nswalps #researchers #scientists #snowymountains #tagged #tracked
    europesays.com/australia/88969/

  23. Push for high income earners to cop Medicare surcharge hike to protect pensioners in rebate changes

    Australia’s largest private healthcare providers are calling for high income earners to pay extra tax after the Albanese…
    #Australia #AU #Austrlia #healthcover #healthinsurance #highincomeearners #howardgovernment #medicare #MedicarelevySurcharge #privatehealthcover
    europesays.com/australia/81681/

  24. Call to transform abandoned caravan park into free campsite as ‘street of despair’ grows

    As Australia sees a surge in people sleeping rough, there are growing calls to transform vacant land into…
    #Australia #AU #Austrlia #CaravanPark #Rockingham #sleepingrough #temporaryaccommodation #temporaryhousing #VangeyBaker #WesternAustralia
    europesays.com/australia/72114/

  25. Inside the ADF mess halls cooking tens of thousands of meals for Exercise Pitch Black military personnel

    Inside the Royal Australian Air Force Airmen’s Mess in Darwin, dozens of chefs from all over the world…
    #Australia #armymesshall #AU #Austrlia #cooking #defencechefs #defenceforce #internationalchef #kitchen #mealpreparation #militarychefs #pitchblack
    europesays.com/australia/69836/

  26. Man accused of Coles Bay home invasion and arson pleads not guilty

    One of the three men accused of attacking a 76-year-old on Tasmania’s east coast last month has pleaded…
    #Australia #aggravatedassault #AU #Austrlia #colesbay #grantwhelan #guntheft #jasonrobertburns
    europesays.com/australia/68616/

  27. Funeral to be held in Donald on Friday for allegedly murdered teenager Layla Jeffery

    Donald teenager Layla Jeffery will be farewelled at a public funeral on Friday, the same day a 16-year-old…
    #Australia #allegedmurder #AU #Austrlia #court #crime #donald #funeral #LaylaJeffery #regional #teen #westernvictoria
    europesays.com/australia/59321/

  28. Families of tourists killed in Sea World helicopter crash speak on final day of inquest

    The family of a British couple who died in a Sea World helicopter crash in 2023 say their…
    #Australia #accident #AU #Austrlia #fatal #goldcoast #helicoptercrash #inquest #mainbeach #SeaWorld
    europesays.com/australia/57607/

  29. Hundreds attend police meeting about Donald teen Layla Jeffery’s alleged murder

    More than 300 people filled the Donald Memorial Hall in western Victoria last night for an emotional public…
    #Australia #AU #Austrlia #Community #communitymeeting #death #donald #donaldmemorialhall #graememilne #jodiehollis #LaylaJeffery #meeting #police #safety
    europesays.com/australia/54712/

  30. Three men arrested over Coles Bay robbery and arson in which victim had to watch home burn down

    Police have arrested three men over a violent armed robbery and house fire at Coles Bay, on Tasmania’s…
    #Australia #assault #AU #Austrlia #burntdown #charges #colesbay #fire #grantwhelan #guns #house #robbery #stolen #tas
    europesays.com/australia/52172/

  31. Grant Whelan, victim of violent robbery on Tasmania’s east coast, describes attackers as ‘pure evil’

    The victim of a violent robbery on Tasmania’s east coast has described the people who attacked him as…
    #Australia #armedrobbery #arson #AU #Austrlia #cabletied #cctv #colesbay #crime #firearm #guns #homeinvasion #house #investigation #police #tasmania #witnesses
    europesays.com/australia/51311/

  32. Coles Bay man recovering in hospital after home invaders tie him up and burn down his house

    As an avid fisherman and a history buff living on a block of land on Tasmania’s pristine east…
    #Australia #arson #AU #Austrlia #colesbay #grantwhelan #guns #homeburntdown #robbery #stolen #tas #tasmaniapolice #tiedup
    europesays.com/australia/49280/

  33. Tasmanian man tied up with cable ties, house burnt down as thieves steal 9 guns, car

    Tasmania Police are investigating an early morning burglary on Tasmania’s east coast, which involved a man being tied…
    #Australia #AU #Austrlia #Burglary #burntdown #colesbay #firearms #guns #home #setonfire #stolen #tas
    europesays.com/australia/48512/

  34. BBL to play first overseas match in India as Scorchers face Renegades

    The historic BBL game in India is every chance to be a one-off spectacular, with officials reluctant to…
    #Australia #AU #Austrlia #bbl #BBLIndia #bigbash #cricket #India #MelbourneRenegades #PerthScorchers
    europesays.com/australia/48060/

  35. Aussie family forced to live in tent along ‘street of despair’ as illegal camping doubles

    An Australian family of five with nowhere else to go are among hundreds of homeless people living at…
    #Australia #7News #AU #Austrlia #Deb #MemorialDrive #Rockingham
    europesays.com/australia/47236/

  36. More funerals than birthdays: How grief taught this teenager about life

    WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this article contains images and names of people…
    #Australia #abcheywire #AU #Austrlia #familygrief #fosterfamily #grief #Loss #Marilyn
    europesays.com/australia/26174/