Engineered stone will be banned in Australia in world-first decision (www.abc.net.au)
David McBride: former army lawyer sentenced to five years for stealing and leaking Afghanistan war documents (www.theguardian.com)
Complete bullshit. Regimes that punish whistleblowers harder than war criminals reveal themselves as dreaming of tyranny....
Police stopped Brad on his morning walk for wearing a hoodie. Ten minutes later, he was dead (www.abc.net.au)
Alternative title: NSW cops murder a kid because he ran home when 4 people in plain clothes pile out of a car and accost him. For wearing a hoodie.
Nine digitally altered female MP into 'more revealing' outfit (www.abc.net.au)
oh dear. i thought it was a belt, not the addition of a mid rift top…...
Federal government moves to ban Nazi salute after spike in anti-Semitism, racism (www.abc.net.au)
Key points:...
Indigenous communities overwhelmingly voted yes to Australia’s voice to parliament (www.theguardian.com)
Australia’s voice to parliament Polling catchments where Indigenous Australians form more than 50% of the population voted on average 63% in favour of the voice
Australian man says border force made him hand over phone passcode by threatening to keep device indefinitely (www.theguardian.com)
Neo-Nazis walk free from court, spared further jail time over attack on Victorian hikers (www.abc.net.au)
In short: Neo-Nazis Thomas Sewell and Jacob Hersant have avoided further jail time after they were convicted of a 2021 attack on hikers at a Victorian state park. County Court Judge Kellie Blair wished the pair luck and said she believed the prospects of both men being rehabilitated were good. Sewell and Hersant maintained their...
Lawyer for driver in Daylesford crash says man is insulin-dependent diabetic who needed immediate treatment (www.abc.net.au)
Front page of yesterday's West Australian (aussie.zone)
An interesting take: the government is proposing minimum wage standards for gig workers. The paper went with ‘Now you might have to pay up to $15 to get fast food delivered’.
Fears lives could be lost due to lack of volunteer rural firefighters during 'traumatic fire season' (www.abc.net.au)
I think for what the Rural Fire Service does they should be paid, what kind of first world country do we live in where we don’t pay all of our emergency services
Decades ago, I learned the perks and pitfalls of paid work. So what do today's young Australians want from employment? (www.abc.net.au)
Bruce Lehrmann revealed as high-profile man charged with Toowoomba rape (www.theguardian.com)
[satire] Guy who says unemployment should rise weirdly doesn’t want to lose his own job (chaser.com.au)
Woman who cooked suspected poisoned meal details where she bought mushrooms from (www.abc.net.au)
Young people dominate pro-Palestine protest attendance (www.abc.net.au)
Study finds increasing pressure on high school students to attend university, compounding mental ill-health (www.abc.net.au)
The Optus outage has thrown our cashless society into question, but experts say there's no going back (www.abc.net.au)
Wrongfully jailed for 20 years, Australia’s ‘most hated woman’ likely to receive record compensation. Kathleen Folbigg was considered country’s worst female serial killer and spent two decades in jail (www.theguardian.com)
Only 2% of freight between Melbourne and Sydney goes by rail – putting Australia’s emissions targets at risk (www.theguardian.com)
Dutton threatens to pull Australia from [international] criminal court (www.aap.com.au)
Mr Dutton says the Albanese government should pressure the court “to make sure that they reverse this terrible decision”....
Proton Mail founder vows to fight Australia’s eSafety regulator in court rather than spy on users (www.theguardian.com)
Australia's 3G network shutdown begins this Friday. Here's what you need to know (www.abc.net.au)
Nomophobia is the fear of being without your phone. And many of us have it - ABC Everyday (www.abc.net.au)
From today voluntary assisted dying will be allowed in NSW. Mark wants to be one of the first to access it (www.abc.net.au)
