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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](https://au

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 Jo

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

Top 5 from Australia:

• Discussion on Concerns over Auto tl;dr bot
• Weekly Random Thread #47 21-11-2023
• Younger people now even cutting back on essentials, as older Australians spend up on cruises and restaurants
• No one can escape this housing crisis — it's coming for homeowners too
• Report critical of big four consultancies was censored by Australian government agency, academic claims

Top 5 from Aussie Enviro:

• Solar smashes more records, as coal power sent to another new low
• Clive Palmer fails in second attempt to overturn $6.5 billion coal mine refusal
• [‘Where did I go wrong?’ The scie

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

Top 5 from Australia:

• Weekly Random Thread #46 14-11-2023
• Disability pensioner charged $6,760 for renting a phone that retails for around $1,800
• Social cohesion lowest on record as Australia reels from cost of living, inequality concerns and voice debate
• McDonald's loses out in legal beef with Hungry Jack's
• [Satire] - People who build wind turbines at sea do not care if whales live or die. Monsters! | First Dog on the Moon

Top 5 from Aussie Enviro:

• El Niño is laying the foundations for unprecedented global temperatures next year
• [“Farcical:” Wind industry in shock as draft NSW guidelines say no to new wind projects](http

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

Top 5 from Australia:

• Weekly Random Thread #45 07-11-2023
• Streaming costs are rising, and there are more platforms than ever to choose between. Some people are going back to piracy
• Aussie households are spending less on streaming services, annual report reveals
• Melbourne Cup: most Australians have little or no interest in ‘race that stops the nation’, Essential poll finds
• Indefinite immigration detention ruled unlawful in landmark Australian high court decision

Top 5 from Aussie Enviro:

• Meat-loving Australia has no appetite for vegetarian diet to help planet, study finds
• [Big rise in kangaroo collisions prompts appeal to

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

Top 5 from Australia:

• Weekly Random Thread #44 31-10-2023
• YouTube Premium family plan price update ($17.99/month -> $32.99/month!)
• John Howard says he ‘always had trouble’ with the concept of multiculturalism
• Australian producers to keep prosecco, feta and parmesan as European Union trade deal doomed
• This Soldier Threatened to Sue Me - Friendlyjordies

Top 5 from Aussie Enviro:

• Rooftop PV takes a bite out of everyone’s lunch as minimum demand records tumble again
• Rare white platypus named Bloop stuns researchers as genetic abnormality found
• [Escaping underground: the eerie new age of

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

Top 5 from Australia:

• Weekly Random Thread #43 24-10-2023
• This seems to happen more and more recently
• 'Super rare, beautiful animal': White echidna spotted near Tasmania's Cradle Mountain
• The ‘Yes’ case responds: ‘It’s a white flag from Labor’
• Children and babies ‘at risk’ as childcare centres scramble for staff, insiders say

Top 5 from Aussie Enviro:

• Exhausted Queensland fire crews battle 420 bushfires in a week amid warnings of worst fire season in 70 years
• 'The public needs to know': Ecologists and climate scientists reveal devastating culture of suppression
• [“The SEC is back:” Vi

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

Top 5 from Australia:

• Weekly Random Thread #42 17-10-2023
• ‘Oh fuck, I’ve let everyone down’ local AEC staffer realises he forgot to rig the vote like everyone said he would
• Sara Lee Crumbles as company heads to voluntary administration (headliner writers must've waited their whole career for that pun)
• Scratch the surface of the Voice results, and a more complicated picture emerges — ABC News
• Fossil Fuel Voice to Parliament to Remain in Place — The Shovel

Top 5 from Aussie Enviro:

• RET is still the best: Why it’s time to renew Australia’s renewable energy policy
• [Seed bombing for native pollinators?](https://aussie.zone/po

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

Top 5 from Australia:

• Splitting off Environment, Politics and News
• Referendum Results, Congratulations, Comiserations
• Weekly Random Thread #41 10-10-2023
• ‘If they don’t comply, they die’: family of fatal NSW police shootings call for independent inquiry
• Still trying to get me

Top 5 from Aussie Enviro:

• Endangered nocturnal possum survey ‘done in daylight’
• Environment: Australia labelled a ‘Planet Wrecker’
• Tiny pocket parks make a big impact on urban living
• [Australia doing ‘very poorly’ at protecting unique plants, researchers warn](https://aussie

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

Top 5 from Australia:

• Referendum Q+A thread
• Weekly Random Thread #40 03-10-2023
• Should Australian cities adopt car-free days? - ABC listen
• Decision to allow wider truck bodies paves way for electrification of big rigs in Australia
• Why cyclists should NOT get the same fines as motorists | Car Culture 6 - Motonormativity

Top 5 from Aussie Enviro:

• WA banishes loggers from old growth native forests
• It's estimated there are between 250 and 400 of these birds left in the wild — but there's no plan to save them
• [Cadmium at 50,000 times the legal level found next to farm near disused gold mi

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

Top 5 from Australia:

• Banner Photo
• Weekly Random Thread #39 26-09-2023
• Major car brands accused of trying to write 'loopholes' into Australia's looming fuel efficiency laws
• Australia’s wealthiest 20% worth 90 times the country’s poorest, new report reveals
• [Australia] Government to overhaul privacy laws, including opting out of advertising, a right to be forgotten, and new rules for small businesses

Top 5 from Aussie Enviro:

• A farmer set a trap to catch whatever was killing his chooks. He caught a quoll extinct in SA for 130 years
• [Koala lover here still looking for any discussions on conserving koala habitat](https://au

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

Top 5 from Australia:

• Weekly Random Thread #38 19-09-2023
• Rooftop solar eats up all demand in South Australia, world’s most renewable grid
• Scientists take out full-page New York Times ad calling on Australia to end ‘climate annihilation’
• Australian journalist calls her baby ‘Methamphetamine Rules’ as a test of naming regulations
• Tens of thousands of Australians hit the streets in support of the October 14 referendum

Top 5 from Aussie Enviro:

• Australians support fossil fuel industry paying for the costs of climate change
• [Fenced in from predators, these numbats are thrilling ecologists as they repopulate the Eyre Peninsul

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

Top 5 from Australia:

• Weekly Random Thread #37 12-09-2023
• Keeping cats indoors is a rare solution where everybody wins
• Hundreds of Aboriginal children likely buried in unmarked graves at three WA missions
• Came across this guy catching some rays in Sydney today
• Intergenerational Report 2023: Australian economy built on rent seekers who produce nothing

Top 5 from Aussie Enviro:

• Bit by bit microplastics from tyres are polluting our waterways
• Australia's iconic eucalyptus was shipped across the globe. Now, this flammable tree has 'gone feral'
• ["Complete habitat destruction" - scientists

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

Top 5 from Australia:

• Weekly Random Thread #36 05-09-2023
• Hundreds of Aboriginal children likely buried in unmarked graves at three WA missions
• Rise of draconian anti-protest laws in Australia is highlighted by UN Special Rapporteur
• Australia’s export of fossil fuels like selling drugs to ‘maintain’ lifestyle, former top fire chief says
• Energy $prices DOWN! Who's looking forward to the massive drop in the cost of their next electricity bill?

Top 5 from Aussie Enviro:

• Australia has highest per capita CO2 emissions from coal in G20, analysis finds
• [Northern Land Council slams "outrageously low" fine for illegal land cleari

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

Top 5 from Australia:

• Weekly Random Thread #36 05-09-2023
• Hundreds of Aboriginal children likely buried in unmarked graves at three WA missions
• Rise of draconian anti-protest laws in Australia is highlighted by UN Special Rapporteur
• Australia’s export of fossil fuels like selling drugs to ‘maintain’ lifestyle, former top fire chief says
• Energy $prices DOWN! Who's looking forward to the massive drop in the cost of their next electricity bill?

Top 5 from Aussie Enviro:

• Australia has highest per capita CO2 emissions from coal in G20, analysis finds
• Northern Land Council slams "outrageously low" fine for illegal land clearing
• [4WD owner and towing company fi

Here's your weekly roundup of top posts from across Aussie Zone

Top 5 from Australia:

• Weekly Random Thread #36 05-09-2023
• Hundreds of Aboriginal children likely buried in unmarked graves at three WA missions
• Rise of draconian anti-protest laws in Australia is highlighted by UN Special Rapporteur
• Australia’s export of fossil fuels like selling drugs to ‘maintain’ lifestyle, former top fire chief says
• Alan Joyce to leave Qantas after tumultuous week to make room for 'renewal'

Top 5 from Aussie Enviro:

• Australia has highest per capita CO2 emissions from coal in G20, analysis finds
• Northern Land Council slams "outrageously low" fine for illegal land clearing
• [4WD owner and towing company fined after treating wetlands as 'pla

Here's your weekly roundup of top posts from across Aussie Zone

Top 5 from Australia:

• Weekly Random Thread #36 05-09-2023
• Hundreds of Aboriginal children likely buried in unmarked graves at three WA missions
• Rise of draconian anti-protest laws in Australia is highlighted by UN Special Rapporteur
• Australia’s export of fossil fuels like selling drugs to ‘maintain’ lifestyle, former top fire chief says
• Alan Joyce to leave Qantas after tumultuous week to make room for 'renewal'

Week in pictures: 8-14 July 2023

A selection of striking images from around the world, taken over the past seven days.