Australia

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (SGLMG) members have voted to cancel the Mardi Gras Police Accord and abolish the controversial decency inspections. At the December 9 SGLMG Annual General Meeting (AGM), an amended motion six, which removed the sentence calling for police abolition, but cancelled the Police Accord, was approved.

The officers issued him an official warning after determining his actions were not racially motivated.

Internode used to be a high quality home internet brand.

My understanding is that loyalty is never rewarded for competitive subscription services (gas, eletricity, water, internet, insurance, etc).

I wonder how long until AussieBB enshitifies?

The federal Coalition has declared at the Cop28 climate summit that it will back a global pledge to triple nuclear energy if the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, becomes prime minister, but will not support Australia tripling its renewable energy.

Speaking on the sidelines of the conference in Dubai, the opposition’s climate change and energy spokesperson, Ted O’Brien, also said a Coalition government would consider supporting Generation III+ large-scale nuclear reactors, and not just the unproven small modular reactors it has strongly touted.

The statement at the global summit confirmed the Coalition was on a markedly different path to Labor. The Albanese government last week joined more than 120 countries in backing a pledge to triple renewable energy and double the rate of energy efficiency by 2030, but did not sign up with 22 countries that supported tripling nuclear power by 2050.

While only 11% of countries at the talks – mostly nations that already have a domestic nuclear energy industry – backed the nuclear pledge, O’Brien declared “Cop28 will be known as the nuclear Cop”

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The head of the government watchdog for the NDIS swore and said she might have to resign after she discovered she had made a mistake in telling Four Corners the regulator had shut down a program where children with disabilities were abused, court documents allege.

The fearful reaction to the high court decision that people cannot be held in indefinite detention is a classic example

These were the top posts across Aussie Zone at the end of this week

Top 5 from Australia:

• Weekly Random Thread #49 05-12-2023
• Parking isn't as important for restaurants as the owners think it is
• After all those dole diaries and ‘mutual obligations’, it turns out Australia’s privatised employment services don’t work | Van Badham
• Catholic Education Tasmania head takes issue with mandatory consent education
• As a trans man, Max Simensen says he has unique insights everyone could learn from

Top 5 from Aussie Enviro:

• Andrew Forrest calls for fossil fuel bosses' 'heads on spikes' in extraordinary outburst
• Greed trumps climate as Origin bid voted down by dividend hungry shareholders
• Son of farmer who murdered environmental officer ordered to pay $405k land-clearing fine
• Windfarm plans in choppy waters as Coalition and One Nation whip up doubts
• Interested in studying climate change or sustainable living online for free?

Top 5 from Australian News:

• Faced with 'certain death', Professor Richard Scolyer is having an experimental treatment
• Greens move to establish Senate inquiry into allegations of price-gouging by Coles and Woolworths
• Outrage in Ballarat at white supremacist march, 15yo questioned over banned Nazi salute
• Man arrested in Arizona over religiously motivated terror attack at Wieambilla sent shooters 'end of days' ideological messages
• Catholic Education Tasmania head takes issue with mandatory consent education

Top 5 from Australian Politics:

• Queensland premier to receive almost $50k pay bump as politicians granted 11 per cent salary increase over three years
• NZ has already held a supermarket study. Did it disrupt their duopoly?

Top 5 from World News:

I assume this is the genesis of a Five Eyes cloud platform.

Questions for me are which commercial partners are in the mix, and how will they ensure TS-level security?

I guess we'll never truly know, but it's hard not to worry about the implications of this.

Alleged politicisation of the public sector - Media Release

G'day all! Just thought I'd chuck up this random thread for a bit of a yarn. You know, sometimes it's nice to have a chinwag about anything and everything – could be your latest DIY project, a recipe you're stoked about, or even just how your day's been. It's all about sharing the good vibes and having a fair dinkum chat. So, what's the goss? Jump on in and let's have a good old chit-chat, like a bunch of mates sitting 'round the table. Cheers!

Is anyone shocked Catholics wouldn’t want to teach consent.

Watchdog says Services Australia and the Department of Social Services ‘did not act promptly’ to address the issue and calls on agencies to apologise

I rent an apartment in a big subdivided house, I live on the ground floor. An aircon unit just fell out of my upstairs neighbours window and landed just outside my own window. This was a bit alarming because not half an hour earlier I was poking my head out that window to water my plant (the plant is fine thankfully). There's a whole row of aircons sitting outside windows that could all also fall out which is also concerning.

I'm curious if there's anything I can do in the way of complaining to anyone about my landlord not providing a safe living environment?

I'm doubtful, but wanted to ask, just in case.

These were the top posts across Aussie Zone at the end of this week

Top 5 from Australia:

• Weekly Random Thread #48 28-11-2023
• Employers push for staff to return to the office after working from home as commercial property values plunge
• Sleeper trains are making a comeback. Why are ours being axed?
• Yes, ‘Australian sushi’ exists. Get over it, argues Adam Liaw
• Elon Musk’s X is betting that Australia is too weak to protect its elections

Top 5 from Aussie Enviro:

• Case for gas as transition fuel falling apart on both economic and environmental costs
• 'It's basically dead': AI reveals the legacy of decades of logging
• “Outrage economy:” Sky News and Alan Jones in global list of climate misinformation
• CDS VIC - Victorian Container Deposit Scheme Xpost Aussie Frugal Living
• Homebuilders urged to flick electric switch as new gas connection ban looms | Riotact

Top 5 from Australian News:

• Federal government moves to ban Nazi salute after spike in anti-Semitism, racism
• From today voluntary assisted dying will be allowed in NSW. Mark wants to be one of the first to access it
• Bruce Lehrmann's defamation action was set to be a re-run of his trial, but some key evidence is unravelling
• Casket holding Cleveland Dodd's body lowered into the ground on Yamaji country after boy's death in custody
• Two protesters fined after more than 100 climate change protesters charged after blockade at Port of Newcastle

Top 5 from Australian Politics:

• How are younger workers expected to compete with 'Generation Landlord'?
• Legalise Cannabis Party member waves cannabis in NSW parliament during bill introduction
• Powerful Home Affairs boss Mike Pezzullo sacked after investigation into backchannel lobbying
• Peter Dutton demands apology from Anika Wells after breakfast television 'paedophile protector' comments
• Australians Are Poor Now? - FriendlyJordies

Top 5 from World News:

• If this was supposed to be an Israel-Hamas ceasefire, strap yourself in

They’re back!!

It sounds like he already has the world record, he just needs to prove it.

This is the text of 2023 John Barry Memorial Lecture in Criminology, given at the University of Melbourne on 18 October 2023.

An AI-based analysis of 20 years of logging by VicForests, shared exclusively with the ABC, shows for the first time, the potential scale of failed regeneration in Victoria's state forests.

Vehicles should be banned from driving on beaches. Change my mind.