Australia

Don’t post pictures of yourself online doing illegal shit.

Who the hell is referring to a modern quarantine facility as a “white elephant”?! We were furious at the start of Covid that we didn’t have suitable quarantine facilities. I’m still mad about it.

Worth listening to. About 47mins. Lowenstein is an Australian Jewish journalist who does not avoid the difficult questions.

We haven’t looked at this situation in this community (at least that I’ve seen) and it is really important imv.

cross-posted from: https://jlai.lu/post/37372548

I find it very hard not to feel angry about the unfairness, and intransigence of the wealthy in this country.

Turns out our wages don’t go far at all (I’m sure you won’t be surprised). We are not even on the list!

Australians are less trusting of each other than they were five years ago, according to new data that also reveals shifting attitudes towards cultural diversity.

…perhaps the current crisis is an opportunity to discuss an alternative to the economic orthodoxy of constant growth.

cross-posted from: https://jlai.lu/post/37035115

Melbourne is one of Australia’s two global cities — consistently ranked among the world’s most liveable — and historically one of the country’s strongest property markets. But it is now trailing other capitals. Could that be about to change?

Australians spend more money per capita on education than most comparable nations. We should have high levels of literacy – but we don’t.

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Screen time is convenient, but continues to be linked to developmental concerns when overdone. Reading remains the gold standard, but for many families, finding the time and energy to sit down and read aloud can be difficult.

After 8 years of negotiations, Australia has secured a landmark trade deal with the European Union, the world’s second largest economy.

Australia’s schooling system is among the most highly segregated in the OECD. Public schools educate the majority of disadvantaged students, while there is concentrated advantage in private schools.

With all our natural resources Australia’s sovereign wealth fund (Future Fund) should be a lot higher. We have given away our wealth and not to those who need our help but to those who make profits which end up hurting most of us.

Voting is now open for Lemmy Vision 3. The Social Webs premiere music competition.

It’s why I stood to be arrested on Friday, and why I wanted to write to you today; to encourage ongoing, collective resistance in this long tradition. This repression will continue unless we demonstrate massive and popular opposition… You need not get arrested, but we must fight back.

It’s time for us to nominate our /c/rage’s Lemmyvision 3 song!

Australia’s human rights commissioner has said the Chinese student who was allegedly jailed for six years by Chinese authorities for joining protests in Sydney underscores the “very real and growing risks of transnational repression affecting people in Australia – including international students”.

A new proposal to force social media platforms to pay for their use of news has been criticised by Meta, Google and ByteDance, while Australian media welcomed the changes.

England has been overtaken as Australia’s top overseas country of origin for the first time since records began.

Thirty years after the Port Arthur massacre, rising gun numbers are testing Australia’s gun laws and public safety approach.

The sort of laws that prevent the obtaining, possessing and disseminating of the hidden cruelty and brutalisation involved in the animal agricultural industry are commonly referred to as ag-gag laws.

Regional areas will be hit hardest by the price rises, as more fuel is required to transport goods further distances from metropolitan distribution centres.

In February, mining company Alcoa was hit with a $55 million penalty for illegally clearing about 2,000 hectares of WA’s Northern Jarrah Forest.