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’.
Imagine being the engineers in the middle of this. It’s one thing that your incident is so bad it makes the news, it’s another entirely when it is so bad the CEO resigns.
Ok, so here’s my newest phobia. Happily driving along a bridge I’ve crossed over a thousand times before, only tonight I’m suddenly in the dark waters below!
I don’t think this movement really got off the ground in WA, we never really had the lock-downs and remote working culture introduced through the pandemic that the Eastern states got. Still, this makes for fascinating reading.
Match Thread: Semi Final :Australia v England
If I start the thread before kick-off, maybe there will be more than two of us commenting on the game as it happens this time!
While the news has been all about lemm.ee reaching second-largest status in the Fediverse, check out aussie.zone comment counts (the-federation.info)
We aren’t really a big instance. We don’t even make the top-20. Where we really hit above our weight though is our comment count....
We compared the finances of 30-year-olds now, to 30-year-olds 30 years ago (www.abc.net.au)
I’m sure this whole article comes as a shock to nobody, but it’s nice to see it recognised like this.
As a trans man, Max Simensen says he has unique insights everyone could learn from (www.abc.net.au)
Facebook ate and then ignored the news industry. It's hard, but we should leave it be (www.abc.net.au)
Try and get past the fact that this is sort-of about Facebook. Because it’s more about the demise of news than it is about Facebook, specifically....
Why Australia's biggest city has a problem with 'forced car ownership' (www.abc.net.au)
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in hospital (www.bbc.co.uk)
I hope it isn’t anything too serious. Get well soon, Woz.
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’.
You can't block this ad
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Australian producers to keep prosecco, feta and parmesan as European Union trade deal doomed (www.abc.net.au)
Optus says changes after a 'routine software upgrade' to blame for nationwide service outage (www.abc.net.au)
So it turns out that the cause was indeed a rogue change they couldn’t roll back as we had been speculating....
Optus CEO resigns in wake of nationwide outage (www.abc.net.au)
Imagine being the engineers in the middle of this. It’s one thing that your incident is so bad it makes the news, it’s another entirely when it is so bad the CEO resigns.
Nuclear energy is more expensive than renewables, CSIRO report finds (www.abc.net.au)
A mere 57 mega polluters produce 80 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, new analysis shows (www.abc.net.au)
On the one hand, it makes it really hard to stay motivated with the teeny contribution I make to reducing emissions....
Authorities rush to contain blaze near famous Perth staircase Jacob's Ladder in Kings Park (www.abc.net.au)
I run up Jacob’s daily. Today, I had to take the Kokoda trail. 😥
Liberals's preselected candidate for Morrison's former seat vows to move into area within days (www.abc.net.au)
That’s right Cronulla, your likely next local member isn’t actually local. But, he promises he will be real soon!...
Australia's most painful creatures (www.abc.net.au)
Bridge in US city of Baltimore collapses after ship hits it, sending vehicles into water (www.abc.net.au)
Ok, so here’s my newest phobia. Happily driving along a bridge I’ve crossed over a thousand times before, only tonight I’m suddenly in the dark waters below!
Western Australia's lower house of parliament now has equal representation between men and women for the first time in its history (www.abc.net.au)
I think this is likely the first time it has happened anywhere in Australia.
Matildas demolish Philippines 8-0 in second Olympic qualifier in Perth (www.abc.net.au)
Well, that was fun, and more than a little brutal. Sorry any Filipino friends.
Tony was fired for remotely working two jobs (www.abc.net.au)
I don’t think this movement really got off the ground in WA, we never really had the lock-downs and remote working culture introduced through the pandemic that the Eastern states got. Still, this makes for fascinating reading.
World Lemmy Map (lemmymap.feddit.de)
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Apple is making a Murderbot series starring Alexander Skarsgård (www.theverge.com)
It's hot (aussie.zone)
Summer is early this year.
Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 23/1/2024
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