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Australia @aussie.zone vividspecter @lemm.ee Honest Government Ad | How To Vote 2025
See also: https://www.buildaballot.org.au/
The questions there are a little biased but the results were generally in line with how I'd vote.
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Australia @aussie.zone vividspecter @lemm.ee www.smh.com.au Welcome to Country is not an election issue, so why are we talking about it? I think I knowIf this Welcome to Country furore has shifted your vote, perhaps it’s time to come clean on your motivations.
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Australia @aussie.zone zero_gravitas @aussie.zone www.anglicare.org.au Anglicare’s Rental Affordability Snapshot 2025 | AnglicareAnglicare Sydney's 2025 Rental Affordability Snapshot reveals worsening rental crisis, with fewer affordable options than ever. Discover key findings about Australia's declining rental market.
Of 13,334 advertised rental properties...
6 Were affordable and appropriate for a couple on the Age Pension
2 Were affordable and appropriate for a family with 2 children on JobSeeker
21 Were affordable and appropriate for a single person on the minimum wage single parent
0 Were affordable and appropriate for a single parent on Parenting Payment
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Australia @aussie.zone eureka @aussie.zone Got plans for May Day tomorrow?
I'm headed for the MUA march in town, it's great having a yarn with all the other workers in the pub afterwards.
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Australia @aussie.zone melbaboutown @aussie.zone Changes to drivers license rules for permanent residents
Edit: The rules are changing for permanent residents - see article.
Temporary residents are allowed to keep using their overseas license.
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Australia @aussie.zone Christobootswiththepher @lemmy.world Housing, we all know
It seems a good time to remember, in amongst the rhetoric of election campaigns that all parties will keep house prices where they are.
The way back to affordability is 10-20 years of marginal house price growth, to enable housing to come into line with long term trends. Fluctuations that are radical pose radical problems for politics. So they opt for the sustained. This is what I think Australia's (and others) future housing comes down to the (continued) debasement of currency through broad (stealth) taxation.
What a game.
I suspect voting preferences will swing around the late 30s quite bad :-/
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Australia @aussie.zone mary_hulbert @aussie.zone What does Funeral Celebrants do?
I want to know that what does funeral celebrants do, what their actual roles are?
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Australia @aussie.zone x4740N @lemm.ee Does anyone know which sweet potato in Australia is closest to Japanese sweet potato?
Trying to make this recipe
https://www.justonecookbook.com/wprm_print/baked-japanese-sweet-potatoes-yaki-imo
But it doesn't turn out as good with regular orange sweet potatoes and I live in a regional town and I don't know if my local Asian stores will have them because they don't have websites I can check so I'm wondering is anyone knows which sweet potato type here in Aus is closest to the Japanese sweet potato.
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Australia @aussie.zone Fallstar @mander.xyz Sydney woman who sold a cartoon cat T-shirt told to pay US$100,000 in Grumpy Cat copyright case | Australia news | The Guardian
www.theguardian.com Sydney woman who sold a cartoon cat T-shirt told to pay US$100,000 in Grumpy Cat copyright caseAlda Curtis, who earned US$1 for the T-shirt she sold on RedBubble, had US$600 removed from her PayPal account without explanation
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Australia @aussie.zone vividspecter @lemm.ee 
www.theguardian.com A minority Labor government could be truly progressive – and the conservatives know it | Lenore TaylorAdvance and Better Australia are running twin scare campaigns against the Greens and teals, and the very idea of minority government
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Australia @aussie.zone MHLoppy @fedia.io Fossil fuel subsidies in Australia 2025 (chart is millions of dollars)
A few weeks ago for uni I had to write a 750 word policy briefing based on a report of the same name by the Australia Institute, so now that I've been assessed I figured I might as well plagiarize myself a little here.
(the chart is millions of dollars for FY2024-25)
The report estimates that across federal and state/territory governments combined, Australia provided $14.9 billion in fossil fuel subsidies during FY2024-25. These were categorized as “wholly”, “primarily”, or “partly” dedicated to fossil fuel industries. Health and environmental effects / costs were not considered.
Total expenditure is dominated by federal subsidies of $12.5 billion (83.6% of all subsidies), with federal subsidies overwhelmingly comprised of tax concessions rather than direct spending. Federal concessions are in turn dominated by $10.2 billion for the Fuel Tax Credits Scheme (81.7% of federal subsidies) – t
theconversation.com Friday essay: ‘War has made me a pacifist’. Why are we so reluctant to acknowledge Australia’s anti-war veterans?
From the first world war to the invasion of Iraq, left-wing soldiers have questioned our involvement in wars. Yet we rarely hear these dissenting veteran’s voices.
From the first world war to the invasion of Iraq, left-wing soldiers have questioned our involvement in wars. Yet we rarely hear these dissenting veteran’s voices.
theconversation.com Why AUKUS remains the right strategy for the future defence of Australia
Nuclear submarines will allow Australia to project maritime power far from our shores. This is critical for an island nation heavily dependent on trade by sea.
Nuclear submarines will allow Australia to project maritime power far from our shores. This is critical for an island nation heavily dependent on trade by sea.
This is a counterpiece to Security without submarines: the military strategy Australia should pursue instead of AUKUS, which was published (and posted here) about a week ago.
www.abc.net.au What might our future power grid look like? This illustrated guide explains
Our energy system is evolving at breakneck speed. Here we look at how our power grid works, what more renewables mean for energy prices, how nuclear fits into the picture, and how we might build a grid fit for the future.
Our energy system is evolving at breakneck speed. Here we look at how our power grid works, what more renewables mean for energy prices, how nuclear fits into the picture, and how we might build a grid fit for the future.
Pro-Palestine educators send teachers new classroom resource challenging ‘Anzac mythology’
www.theage.com.au Pro-Palestine group sends teachers classroom guide challenging ‘Anzac mythology’
Teachers for Palestine want schoolchildren taught about Australian soldiers acting as “enforcers of Empire” in post-WWI Egypt.
De-paywalled archive: https://archive.is/aaC2D
Google Drive link for this year's booklet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z71OI0fDwLIT4e7LzjhKhBXpTy7jrF2c/view
Google Drive link for last year's booklet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FzMIZo-GZLtrakJKkdITx5zhzRSvnPeK/view
Council votes again to dump public EV fast charging station after TV news report
thedriven.io Council votes again to dump public EV fast charging station - then changes its mind
Corrected: A Queensland council voted - again - to end eight years of work to install a public EV charger. Then changed its mind.
🤣 Literally bumpkins