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NSW police responding to reports of shooting at Sydney’s Bondi beach – follow latest

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… and twenty percent of the web.

WA Labor senator Glenn Sterle has criticised a proposal to reduce speed limits on unsigned roads.

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One man was arrested in Melbourne, with police deploying crowd control measures including OC (or pepper) spray, flash-bangs and rubber bullets during a tense stand-off with counter protesters.

How are those privacy laws going for ya now?

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This shit has been going on for many decades in the horticulture industry here, and already came to a head years ago: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-14/australias-farm-industry-seasonal-workers-exploited-labour-short/100687182

This is a wise step for Australia in terms of deterrence as much as I don’t trust Boeing or my government, it is has been pretty strange seeing some countries look at the Apache like it is outdated when it is probably one of the most successfully forward thinking weapon systems from the Cold War especially with the longbow radars and it has only become more relevant as an integrated central node to coordinate air defense against things such as mass drone waves.

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I'm really interested to know whether this crime was racially motivated. I really think we need a reckoning in Melbourne over this growing tide of alt-right fascism and racism. We've also had the attack on Camp Sovereignty within the last month.

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Thousands of people across Australia and from across the political spectrum rallied on Saturday, marching through the streets of capital cities.

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ABC coverage: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-08/bondi-beach-pro-palestine-pro-israel-protest-scuffle/105747036

De-paywalled archive link: https://archive.is/OFTpW

In Western Australia, a rally in Albany, on the state's south coast, has drawn low numbers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olG8wvK8SpA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20250827-softbank-needs-openai-to-stay-alive-no-matter-what - podcast

Australia Post has suspended most postage to the US ahead of new tariffs on low-value parcels, with businesses wanting to ship to American customers now unable to use the government-owned carrier.

Resignation comes after Media Watch revealed a German defence company bidding for an Australian contract paid for him to visit its shipyards

cross-posted from: https://pawb.social/post/30213065

Australia Post has temporarily suspended transit shipping to the US ahead of new tariffs due to come into effect next week.

Government to split early intervention supports for children up to nine out of NDIS into a new program

A far-right Israeli politician, who has described Gazan children as “enemies” and called for Israel’s total control of the West Bank, has been denied entry into Australia ahead of an upcoming “solidarity tour”.

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Police were largely powerless to stop a neo-Nazi march through the Melbourne CBD, during which officers escorted the group of masked men to “maintain community safety”.

Only passengers flying with Qantas from Auckland or Queenstown in New Zealand are eligible and must complete a declaration digitally before they fly.

The legality of the system designed to penalise jobseekers has been thrown into doubt after the commonwealth ombudsman found a government department’s automatic system unlawfully cancelled payments.

The ABC understands the educator was allegedly observed by the childcare centre grabbing the child by the neck and head, repeatedly smothering his face with a cot mattress and pillow, pulling his head back, hitting him on the head, putting her foot on his face and kicking him across the floor.

I came across this after someone I know made some claims about pedophilia prevalence I found unbelievable. Leading me to the survey.

Business, universities, and investors have jointly urged the federal government to commit to cutting the cost of red tape by 25% by 2030,

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Several Australian women allegedly forced to submit to invasive strip searches at Doha's Hamad airport have been given the go-ahead by the federal court to sue Qatar Airways after a "long and stressful struggle".

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