#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/

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/

Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue appeals $150 million Pilbara native title compensation

Australia’s largest ever native title payout will face appeals from three sides, with mining billionaire Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest’s…
#Australia #andrewforrest #AU #Austrlia #fmg #FMGnativetitlepayment #fortescue #ironore #michaelwoodley #MiningNews #pilbaranativetitle #pilbaranews #SolomonHub #twiggyforrest #wanews #yindjibarndi
https://www.europesays.com/australia/99030/

Man accused of killing Australian surfers was an assassin, witness tells Mexican murder trial

One of the men accused of killing Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their American friend in…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #BajaCalifornia #callumrobinson #CarterRhoad #jakerobinson #Mexico
https://www.europesays.com/australia/96437/

Wheelchair user refused taxi at Canberra’s Parliament House

It was Rosie Putland’s first week in Canberra in a new job, but the week was marred by…
#Australia #ACT #AU #Austrlia #canberra #localstories #taxi #uber #wheelchair
https://www.europesays.com/australia/95859/

What does a downgraded credit rating mean for everyday Queenslanders?

Queensland’s credit rating has been downgraded for the first time in 17 years, adding pressure on the state’s…
#Australia #AA+ #aaarating #AU #Austrlia #creditrating #davidjanetzki #downgrade #JimChalmers #QLD #Queensland #Queenslandbudget #s&pglobalratings
https://www.europesays.com/australia/94077/

Qantas backflips to fund broken wheelchair as advocate bemoans ‘drastic’ efforts

Qantas has backflipped and says it is now planning to replace an expensive powered wheelchair broken beyond repair…
#Australia #accessibility #airlinereimbursement #AU #Austrlia #disability #discrimination #JetSTar #Qantas #wheelchair #wheelchairbrokenonflight
https://www.europesays.com/australia/93115/

Trial begins for men accused of killing brothers Jake and Callum Robinson in Mexico

Witnesses have been intimidated in the lead-up to the trial for three men accused of killing two Australian…
#Australia #AU #australianbrothersmurderedmexico #australiansurfers #Austrlia #callumrobinson #jakerobinson #mexicomurdertrial
https://www.europesays.com/australia/90571/

Parents of Australian brothers killed in Mexico to attend trial in Central America

The parents of Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson are travelling to Mexico for the trial of the…
#Australia #ÁngelJesús #AU #Austrlia #BajaCalifornia #callumrobinson #DebraRobinson #Ensenada #IrineoFrancisco #jakerobinson #JesúsGerardo #MartinRobinson #Mexicomurder #perthnews #trial #wanews
https://www.europesays.com/australia/89165/

First-time mother scared to feed her daughter after varying advice from multiple practitioners

Maddy Barrett wanted more than anything to feel “empowered” enough to make informed decisions after becoming a first-time…
#Australia #atenatalcare #AU #Australianstandardsforpostnatalcare #Austrlia #birth #Breastfeeding #Clancytrial #Cope #gidgetfoundation #latching #newborns #Post-patrumpsychosis #Postnatalcare #Postnataldepression #postpartum #postpartumanxiety #pregnancy
https://www.europesays.com/australia/89083/

Celebrating 60,000 years of Indigenous fatherhood

Across Australia this Father’s Day, children will hand over homemade cards, families will crowd around breakfast tables and…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #dads #Father'sDay #fathers #FirstNationsDads #Indigenousdads #Indigenousfathers #Parenting #Stereotypes
https://www.europesays.com/australia/89031/

Mobile phones are ‘Trojan horses’ for germs. Here’s how to clean them

I’ve never cleaned my mobile phone, but after chatting with experts for this story, it was the first…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #bacteria #cleaningphones #germs #handwashing #hygiene #mobilephones
https://www.europesays.com/australia/77207/

What we do and don’t know about guns in Australia

The number of firearms nationwide is significantly higher than before the Port Arthur massacre. But there’s also a…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #bondishooting #buyback #buybackscheme #ChrisMinns #gunbuybackscheme #guncontrol #gunlaws #gunownership
https://www.europesays.com/australia/75130/

Farmers, sporting shooters and gun shops angry about NSW buyback scheme

Farmers, sporting shooters and gun sellers are reacting angrily to the New South Wales government’s buyback scheme. In…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #buy-back #firearms #gun #guncontrol #gunlaws #weapon
https://www.europesays.com/australia/73852/

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd says Pauline Hanson has no answers on policy

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd says One Nation leader Pauline Hanson would have no concept of how to…
#Australia #AnthonyAlbanese #AU #aukus #Austrlia #China #donaldtrump #kevinrudd #onenation #PaulineHanson #Taiwan #VictorGao #XiJinping
https://www.europesays.com/australia/64885/

Socceroos match shows where Labor’s gambling ad laws fall short

There should be rules against jumping on the World Cup bandwagon to illustrate a political point, but the…
#Australia #advertising #AU #Austrlia #football #gambling #Onlinegambling #pokies #Soccer #Socceroos #worldcup
https://www.europesays.com/australia/44387/

Funding in NSW budget for ‘world-class’ robotic surgery in Orange

Whistleblower doctors in regional NSW have won a long-running campaign to ensure they can continue to deliver “world-class”…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #doctors #hospital #nswbudget #orangehealthservice #roboticsurgery #roboticsurgicalequipment #surgeons #surgery
https://www.europesays.com/australia/37139/

The surprising link between gambling and family violence in Australia

Last financial year, Australians lost $32 billion on the punt. That makes Australia literally the per capita world…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #pokies
https://www.europesays.com/australia/35439/

Andrew Forrest will not review Fortescue’s traditional owner dealings after $150m compensation loss

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has denied his agreements with Indigenous people need to be reworked after a landmark…
#Australia #Aboriginal #aboriginalrights #AU #Austrlia #compensation #fmg #fortescue #Indigenous #perthnews #twiggyforrest #wanews #yindjibarndi
https://www.europesays.com/australia/30790/