#austrlia — Public Fediverse posts

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/

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/

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/

Police allege sheep were ‘deliberately injured’ and killed at Canberra property

Police are investigating after multiple sheep at a Canberra property were allegedly rounded up and injured, causing two…
#Australia #ACT #ACTpolicing #animalcruelty #attack #AU #Austrlia #Burglary #canberra #crime #dashcam #deliberately #holdingpen #injured #investigation #localstories #police #property #ransacked #robbery #rural #sedan #sheep #tuggeranong #witnesses
https://www.europesays.com/australia/100478/

Tasmania’s Justice Department to review AI use in parole board decisions

Tasmania’s Justice Department will undertake a review of past parole board decisions to understand the extent to which…
#Australia #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AU #Austrlia #decision #estcourt #justicedepartment #neill-fraser #parole #ParoleBoard #review #Sue #SupremeCourt #susan #tasmania
https://www.europesays.com/australia/100452/

How an abandoned water park became a lightning rod for the Canberra community

If you grew up in Canberra, you might have fond memories of the capital’s only outdoor water park,…
#Australia #ACT #actgovernment #AU #Austrlia #belconnen #BigSplash #canberra #chrissteel #closed #Colliersrealty #Macquarie #Purdon #SaveBigSplash #TaraCheyne #TranslinkManagementGroup #waterpark
https://www.europesays.com/australia/100384/

Farmers fear Working Holiday Maker visa changes will cause worker shortages and food insecurity

Agricultural industries warn changes to working holiday visa migration policy could threaten crops and Australia’s food security. On…
#Australia #Agriculture #application #AU #Austrlia #backpackers #Berries #citrus #cropping #crops #Dairy #food #government #harvest #industry #mango #Migration #policy #process #renew #Security #shortage #summer #visa #worker #workingholiday
https://www.europesays.com/australia/100302/

Girl, 15, charged after 18-year-old teenager stabbed six times during Deer Park brawl in Melbourne

Warning: Graphic content A teenage girl has been charged after another girl was allegedly stomped on, punched, and…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #Courts&Justice #crime #CrimeMelbourne #Melbourne #news #VICNews #victoriapolice
https://www.europesays.com/australia/100126/

Union eyes TAFE funding fight as research shows Victoria trailing the nation

Early education teacher Elizabeth Chiarelli loves training the next generation of childcare workers in her TAFE classes. “You…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #educationvictoria #freetafe #learning #melbournetafe #skillscrisis #students #tafefunding #tafevictoria #vicpols
https://www.europesays.com/australia/99886/

Markets live updates: RBA warns inflation risks starting to materialise, ASX edges down

RBA Michele Bullock says the war in Middle East has made Australia poorer, and the RBA can’t respond…
#Australia #ASX #AU #AustralianDollar #Austrlia #bitcoin #dollar #DowJones #liveblog #liveupdate #Markets #Nasdaq #NYSE #S&P #sharemarket #stocks #WallStreet
https://www.europesays.com/australia/99590/

Queensland 18-year-old charged with promoting violent extremist content on social media

An 18-year-old Queenslander has been charged with extremist offences after allegedly running social media channels supporting violence against…
#Australia #antisemitism #AU #Austrlia #childabuse #court #crime #extremist #extremistmaterial #Islamophobia #racism #SocialMedia #terrorism
https://www.europesays.com/australia/99612/

South Australian government commits $109 million to help struggling wine industry

Tell us about your experience. The South Australian government has announced a $109 million support package for the…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #government #package #sa #Support #vineyard #wine #wineaustralia #wineexports #wineindustry
https://www.europesays.com/australia/99574/

Premier orders cost review of Western Renewables Link hours after environmental approval

Victoria’s premier has ordered a cost review of a controversial $1.5 billion transmission line project, the same day…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #costreview #environmentaleffectsstatement #labor #onenation #RenewableEnergy #theCoalition #transmissionline #VictorianFarmersFederation #vniwest #westernrenewableslink
https://www.europesays.com/australia/96892/

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/

Artificial intelligence company Firmus plans to use state-owned agricultural irrigation water

An artificial intelligence data centre company “inadvertently published” an “internal” note on its FAQ page, saying it plans…
#Australia #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AU #Austrlia #cooling #datacentre #farmers #Firmus #irrigation #olivercurtis #rockliff #tasmania #tasmanianirrigation #wateruse #wesleyvale
https://www.europesays.com/australia/55509/

Concerns over AI and data centres a dangerous force Labor must confront

If you want to work out where the next frontier of political and social conflict will come from,…
#Australia #AI #AndrewHastie #AnthonyAlbanese #AU #Austrlia #DataCentres #davidpocock #davidshoebridge #onenation #PaulineHanson #politics #theCoalition #theGreens
https://www.europesays.com/australia/35637/