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Community housing tenants more likely to face eviction threat than those in public housing

Soolin McCauley moved 10 times after she was evicted from her community housing unit of five years, crisscrossing…
#Australia #.Tenants #AU #Austrlia #communityhousing #eviction #evictionapplication #homelessness #housing #housingpolicy #NCAT #NewSouthWales #NSWCivilandAdministrativeTribunal #publichousing #socialhousing #tenantsunion #victoria
https://www.europesays.com/australia/103886/

Man pleads guilty after crashing car into home causing $180k damage then fleeing on foot

An unlicensed driver who crashed his car through a power pole and into a north-west Victorian home metres…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #court #crash #damage #destruction #guilty #leggeditnumberplate #merbein #pauljenkins #police #powerpole
https://www.europesays.com/australia/103854/

City of Perth plunged into more turmoil as CEO Michelle Reynolds sacked

Tell us about your experience. The trouble-plagued City of Perth, which is under investigation by the local government…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #brucereynolds #cityofperth #cityofperthceosacked #councildysfunction #MichelleReynolds #michellereynoldssacked #perthcouncil #perthnews #wanews #wapolitics #wapols
https://www.europesays.com/australia/103740/

SA government offers $1 million reward for information about Gus Lamont

Wed 23 Sep 2026 at 1:30pmWed 23 Sep 2026 at 1:30pm Reward request ‘one of the easiest’ to…
#Australia #anniversary #AU #Austrlia #boy #darrenfielke #disappearance #Gus #guslamont #joshlamont #JosieMurray #missing #sapolice #sapol #ShannonMurray
https://www.europesays.com/australia/103706/

SA government concedes condition of Ridley Road near Mannum ‘not acceptable’

Tell us about your experience. The South Australian government has admitted that the quality of a stretch of…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #midmurraycoucil #poorroadquality #Pothole #regionalroads #roadcontractors #roadhazard #roadmaintenance #roadworks #southaustraliangovernment #southaustralianroadnetwork
https://www.europesays.com/australia/103444/

Vulnerable residents feeling ‘distress’ as Mildura power outage heads towards third day

A power outage in the north-west Victorian city of Mildura is set to enter a third day, raising…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #birdwoodton #cameras #cctv #electricity #Mildura #outage #power #powercor #Security #securitycameras #sunraysia
https://www.europesays.com/australia/103274/

Royal Children’s Hospital beds to go unused with no funding to staff them

Tell us about your experience. Victoria’s major children’s hospital will not be able to use 20 new beds…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #emergencydepartment #funding #RoyalChildrensHospital #staffshortages #victoriangovernment
https://www.europesays.com/australia/103080/

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/

Aftermath of 2021 Hillcrest jumping castle tragedy sparked hospital protocol changes, inquest told

The Hillcrest Primary School jumping castle tragedy triggered an emergency response at a level not seen at a…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #castle #court #deaths #Hillcrest #inquest #jumping #jumpingcastle #paulahyland #primary #school #tas #tasmania #THS
https://www.europesays.com/australia/102956/

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/

Husband of Rehana Parvin charged with bribing Bangladeshi officials as wife’s suspected murder investigated

A Queensland man is accused of bribing Bangladeshi officials to remove his name from police records as detectives…
#Australia #afp #AU #AustralianFederalPolice #Austrlia #bangladesh #bribery #homicide #murder #police #QLD #Queensland
https://www.europesays.com/australia/102684/

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/

Maldon tree among finalists in National Trust 2026 Victorian Tree of the Year competition

Tell us about your experience. The owner of a central Victorian home with a Victorian Tree of the…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #nationaltrust #tree #victoriantreeoftheyear
https://www.europesays.com/australia/102572/

Dating app harms fuel calls to extend digital duty of care to platforms

Women are being forced to act as their own safety system on dating apps where experiences of sexual…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #Bumble #datingappdangers #digitaldutyofcarebill #Hinge #howtostaysafewhileonlinedating #internetcensorship #internetsurveillance #minderoofoundation #Tinder
https://www.europesays.com/australia/102512/

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/

Homes could be without power in Mildura ‘for days’ after car hits power pole

More than 2,700 homes and businesses in Mildura and surrounds will be without power for “a number of…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #crash #electricity #Mildura #outage #power #powercor
https://www.europesays.com/australia/102160/

Man killed after partner’s ex allegedly douses couple in petrol and sets home alight in SA’s Redhill

A man has been killed and his partner seriously injured after her former partner allegedly doused the couple…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #crime #Fires #news #SANews #sapolice
https://www.europesays.com/australia/102120/

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/

WA government wants to buy back state’s freight rail network, but price is unclear

Twenty-six years after Western Australia’s freight rail network was privatised, the WA government is finally making headway on…
#Australia #ARC #AU #Austrlia #CBH #network #rail #ritasaffioti #Tier3 #tonyseabrook #trains #wanews #WestAustralianGovernment
https://www.europesays.com/australia/100742/

High demand for new Spirit of Tasmania ferries temporarily crashes website ahead of inaugural sailings

The Spirit of Tasmania website has crashed this morning as highly-anticipated tickets for the new Spirits IV and…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #crash #newferries #spiritoftasmania #tasmaniangovernment #ticketsales #website
https://www.europesays.com/australia/97550/

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
https://www.europesays.com/australia/91841/

Spirit of Tasmania ferry operator TT-Line to be in debt until 2052, inquiry hears

The operator of the Spirit of Tasmania ferries is expected to remain in debt until 2052, a parliamentary…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #debacle #debt #ferry #garyswain #newferries #operator #rockliffgovernment #spirit #spiritoftas #spiritoftasmania #spirits #tas #tasmania #tasmaniangovernment #tt-line #ttline
https://www.europesays.com/australia/90507/

Dramatic scenes as Australian rescuers winch Canadian sailor to safety in remote Indian Ocean

A precarious search and rescue mission has unfolded over some of Australia’s most isolated waters, with a Canadian…
#Australia #amsa #AU #AustralianMaritimeSafetyAuthority #Austrlia #canadiansailor #canadiansailorsaved #helicopterrescue #IndianOcean #lawofthesea #maritimerescue #pilbaranews #RAN #RoyalAustralianNavy #wanews
https://www.europesays.com/australia/90041/

Tasmanian public servant’s pro-stadium opinion piece had close involvement of football club, builders’ lobby

Less than two months before a final vote in parliament on the Macquarie Point stadium, Tasmania’s coordinator-general, John…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #coordinatorgeneral #Hobart #johnperry #macquariepoint #Opinion #publicservant #stadium #stateservice
https://www.europesays.com/australia/87273/

The collapse of Bell Bay Aluminium smelter could destroy George Town’s local economy

George Town was meant to be reliant on manganese and aluminium smelting jobs for decades to come. Houses…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #bellbayaluminium #hydrotasmania #michaelcavanagh #RioTinto #tasmaniangovernment
https://www.europesays.com/australia/86961/

Islanders slam Qantas luggage cuts and price rises for Indian Ocean territories

When you live on a speck of land in the Indian Ocean a kilogram of essential supplies makes…
#Australia #Airfares #AU #Austrlia #diving #farzianzainal #flights #IndianOcean #indianoceanterritories #luggageallowance #Qantas #Travel #wanews
https://www.europesays.com/australia/86779/

Woolworths confirms it will no longer buy Tasmanian beef from 2027

Tasmanian beef cattle farmers have been dealt a blow as Woolworths confirmed it would no longer sell Tasmanian…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #beef #cattle #cow #farmers #jerrodnichols #mince #scottsdale #sell #stop #tasmania #Tassie #woolies
https://www.europesays.com/australia/82113/

Political staffer alleges she was ordered to campaign for Liberal candidate

A former Liberal government staffer has told a parliamentary committee she was required to undertake “significant political campaign…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #dpac #integrity #IntegrityCommission #janehowlett #jeremyrockliff #LiberalParty #tasmaniangovernment
https://www.europesays.com/australia/62455/

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/

As swift parrots kept breeding in this forest, the government realised it had a problem

The Tasmanian government’s own advice was saying that native forest logging practices needed to be urgently reviewed. But…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #ecology #forestry #forestrypractices #fpa #landmanagement #Logging #nativeforests #sustainabletimbertasmania #swiftparrot #swiftparrots #tas #tasmania #tasmaniangovernment #timber
https://www.europesays.com/australia/49236/

Aboriginal health: Bush medicine and cultural safety are vital lessons for NT doctors

Richard Fejo takes a bite of a bush passionfruit, scientifically known as Passiflora foetida.(ABC News: Tiffany Parker) Aboriginal…
#Australia #askthespecialist #AU #Austrlia #bushmedicine #bushtucker #culturalmedicine #doctor #healingnature #larrakialand #menzies #menziesschoolofhealthresearch #nature #racistmedicine #research #richardfejo
https://www.europesays.com/australia/44788/

Premier Jeremy Rockliff confirms legal fees have been used by two former ministers to fight Integrity Commission

Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff has confirmed in parliament that the half a million dollars in taxpayer-funded legal fees…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #cabinet #government #janehowlett #jeremy #join #minister #resign #rockliff #rogerjaensch #tas #tasmanian
https://www.europesays.com/australia/32887/

Premier Jeremy Rockliff confirms legal fees have been used by two former ministers to fight Integrity Commission

Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff has confirmed in parliament that the half a million dollars in taxpayer-funded legal fees…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #cabinet #government #janehowlett #jeremy #join #minister #resign #rockliff #rogerjaensch #tas #tasmanian
https://www.europesays.com/australia/32871/