Inside the plan that could rein in vice chancellor salaries and overhaul uni boards (www.smh.com.au)
Captain Cook gave this island [Magnetic Island] the wrong name, but somehow got it right (www.brisbanetimes.com.au)
Archive/non-paywall link.
Elon Musk vs Australia: global content take-down orders can harm the internet if adopted widely (theconversation.com)
Do Australian courts have the right to decide what foreign citizens, located overseas, view online on a foreign-owned platform?...
Gold Coast City Council under investigation after major sewage spill into Albert River (www.abc.net.au)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/8904479...
Australian prime minister labels Elon Musk ‘an arrogant billionaire who thinks he is above the law’ (www.theguardian.com)
Australia’s prime minister has labelled X’s owner, Elon Musk, an “arrogant billionaire who thinks he is above the law” as the rift deepens between Australia and the tech platform over the removal of videos of a violent stabbing in a Sydney church....
Australia's first solar garden sprouts in Grong Grong, taking the renewables boom to the community (www.abc.net.au)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/8872514...
'Nothing short of horrifying': Rental affordability in Australia the worst it's ever been, report says (www.abc.net.au)
In short: The 2024 Anglicare Australia Rental Affordability Snapshot has recorded its lowest ever amount of affordable rentals across the country....
Aurora Australis goes 'berserk' across South Australian and Tasmanian skies (www.abc.net.au)
In short: The southern lights were visible to stargazers in Adelaide in the early hours of Saturday....
No issues with climate change or Cost of Living then huh ? (www.brisbanetimes.com.au)
Australian travellers are taking to the skies in record numbers, outstripping pre-pandemic levels for the first time....
There's a baby drought in Australia. Maybe we should fund IVF? (www.abc.net.au)
Maybe, just maybe it shouldn’t cost close to 10k to even TRY to have a kid through IVF? More like 15k out of pocket costs till the Medicare rebate anyway....
Sydney church stabbing: Australian bishop forgives alleged attacker (archive.ph)
4th Place! - Lemmyvision - The Results Are In!! (jlai.lu)
cross-posted from: jlai.lu/post/6041838...
Teenager accused of church attack received good behaviour bond for knife crime (www.abc.net.au)
Once again, someone who gave clear warning signs they were a risk was released into the community and the community has paid the price. When someone tells you who they are, you listen. Unless you’re a judge apparently? Why do personal freedoms seem to trump the risk to the greater public?
Man in custody, four people injured in alleged stabbing incident at Sydney church (www.abc.net.au)
A man is in custody after at least four people were injured in an alleged stabbing incident at a church in Sydney’s south-west on Monday night.
Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins in Parliament House, judge finds on balance of probabilities (www.theguardian.com)
Anthony Albanese has praised a lone police officer who pursued a man on a stabbing spree through a shopping mall, saying ‘there is no doubt that she saved lives through her action’ (www.theguardian.com)
The senior officer, Amy Scott, was conducting routine duties nearby when she was directed to head to Westfield shopping centre following reports a man was using a “massive” knife to stab shoppers....
Proposed new Australian broadcast rules: how much sport will you be able to watch for free? (www.theguardian.com)
Trial finds cashless gaming makes little difference to gambling behaviour on pokies (www.abc.net.au)
In short: One of the first cashless gaming trials in NSW found the technology made little difference to the behaviour of gamblers....
Forrest’s Facebook fight dropped by Australian prosecutors (www.watoday.com.au)
Man, first the Stokes Stoush, now the facebook right hook. Twiggys making enemies with all the big media companies....
Chris Uhlmann joins Sky News as analyst and contributor (www.theguardian.com)
Uhlmann said:...
Molly the magpie is homeward bound, but carers barred from using bird for commercial gain (www.abc.net.au)
In short? Authorities say Molly the magpie will be returned to its original carers on the condition they make no commercial gain from the bird....
Nick Powell [horticulturalist] speaks up about Bunnings (www.youtube.com)
Just like colesworth suppliers, plant nurseries and other suppliers suffer the same way as highlighted in recent news and inquiries into the supermarket sector.
Great Barrier Reef suffering ‘most severe’ coral bleaching on record as footage shows damage 18 metres down (www.theguardian.com)
Ward said the impact of bleaching had been extensive across 16 sites that she visited in the reef’s southern section, affecting coral species that had usually been resistant to bleaching. Some coral had started to die, a process that usually takes weeks or months after bleaching occurs....
Australian fossil car industry spends over $500 per vehicle on advertising (thedriven.io)
I'm Alive (as of April 2024) - FriendlyJordies (www.youtube.com)
