#austrlia — Public Fediverse posts

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

Pension rule change for millions from tomorrow as $4 billion Centrelink cash boost arrives

The more than 2.7 million older Australians who rely on the Age Pension will he more flexibility when…
#Australia #agepension #AU #Austrlia #cashpayments #centrelink #elderfinancialabuse #fortnight #overseastravel #socialsecuritypayments
https://www.europesays.com/australia/100686/

US global trade investigation targets Australian lamb imports

The United States International Trade Commission is investigating whether to impose additional tariffs on Australian lamb. It has…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #exports #lamb #rural #sheep #sheepfarmers #sheepmeat #trade #Trump #USimports
https://www.europesays.com/australia/51153/

Solomon Islands prime minister raises Pacific security pact proposal during Australia visit

The new prime minister of Solomon Islands has floated the idea of a Pacific-wide security pact during a…
#Australia #AnthonyAlbanese #AU #AustraliaSolomonIslandsrelationship #Austrlia #ChinainfluenceinPacific #MatthewWale #pacificislandsforum #pacificsecuritytreaty #PennyWong #securitypact #SolomonIslandsnewprimeminister #tedo'brien
https://www.europesays.com/australia/32037/