#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/

Coalition re-ignites super debate by floating ideas to lift home ownership

The Coalition has entered the political fray over super, re-litigating the argument that the retirement savings scheme should…
#Australia #andrewbragg #AU #Austrlia #homeownership #housing #JimChalmers #onenation #superannuation #TimWilson
https://www.europesays.com/australia/102722/

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/

In Pattaya, the death of a teenage girl has exposed a party city’s dark underbelly

It was the message that Gigi had waited for all night. She had flirted, sashayed and loitered along…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #Pattaya #prostitution #sexindustry #sexwork #sexworkers #simoncarman #thaitourism #Thailand #tourism
https://www.europesays.com/australia/102592/

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/

Authorities suspend rare catch-and-kill order for Sorrento Beach shark that mauled Perth dad Greg O’Neil

Authorities have called off the rare catch-and-kill order for a shark that killed a Perth dad at Sorrento…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #DisasterandEmergency #news #sharks #wanews
https://www.europesays.com/australia/102054/

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/

Short-stay provider to pay compensation after refusing woman with guide dog

A Queensland man has been ordered to pay compensation to a legally blind woman he kicked out of…
#Australia #AIsmartglasses #anti-discriminationcase #AU #Austrlia #BasicRightsQueensland #brendanfarrugia #guidedog #Guidehearingandassitancedogsact #janicewhittle #legallyblind #qcat #samtracy #short-stay #sunny'spieceofparadise
https://www.europesays.com/australia/101638/

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/

Sorrento shark attack: Tributes for Greg O’Neill as Cook Government defends catch-and-kill order

Sorrento Surf Life Saving Club has paid tribute to the “much-loved” grandfather killed in a fatal shark attack,…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #DisasterandEmergency #news #sharks #wanews
https://www.europesays.com/australia/101334/

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/

MP Julian Leeser tries to call on government to extend antisemitism royal commission

A bid to extend the timeline of the royal commission on antisemitism and have the prime minister front…
#Australia #antisemitism #AU #Austrlia #Bondi #bondibeach #braveconversations #CommissionerVirginiaBell #danielheller #faridzaid #inquiry #Jewishcommunity #JulianLeeser #monashuni #royalcommission #submissions #terrorattack #tonyburke
https://www.europesays.com/australia/74492/

Taylor is using the melon saga to mount an all-out assault on Albanese’s character

Today marks six months since Sussan Ley was dumped by her colleagues. She’s been on an unusual journey…
#Australia #AngusTaylor #AnthonyAlbanese #AU #Austrlia #bushdeep #japan #melons #Podcast #SussanLey
https://www.europesays.com/australia/70562/

Sussan Ley left Australia after being axed as Coalition leader. On America’s ‘road to nowhere’ she found herself

After 276 days as the first female leader of the Coalition, Sussan Ley was axed as Opposition leader.…
#Australia #AngusTaylor #AU #Austrlia #coalition #donaldtrump #Greyhoundroadtrip #LiberalParty #MAGAUSA #MakeAmericaGreatAgain #onenation #SarahFerguson #SussanLey #usa
https://www.europesays.com/australia/69612/

Aussie tradies making $300,000 in ‘blue collar gold rush’ as new building trend set to boom

As the industry calls for government help to get more construction workers into the country, experienced tradies able…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #constructionsector #constructionworkers #datacentre #MichaelWright #TimCullen #tradie #youngworkers
https://www.europesays.com/australia/67256/

Melton councillor Ashleigh Vandenberg suspended after arbiter finds she insinuated corruption

A councillor in Melbourne’s outer-west plans to continue in her role, despite being handed a two-month suspension for…
#Australia #AshleighVandenberg #AU #Austrlia #Council #localgovernment #Melton #misconduct #SimonVallone
https://www.europesays.com/australia/37621/

How One Nation turned a small country town orange

In just a few short weeks, a small country town became One Nation heartland. Annette Smith didn’t want…
#Australia #Ashby #AU #Austrlia #by-election #communitydivision #Country #DavidFarley #Farrer #Hay #immigration #Migration #millthorpe #onenation #PaulineHanson #polling #ruralregional #Support #SussanLey #Swing
https://www.europesays.com/australia/34717/