australia
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A place to discuss Australia and important Australian issues.
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- The Environment, post it to Aussie Environment
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- When posting news articles use the source headline and place your commentary in a separate comment
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Moderation
Since Kbin doesn’t show Lemmy Moderators, I’ll list them here. Also note that Kbin does not distinguish moderator comments.
Additionally, we have our instance admins: @lodion@aussie.zone and @Nath@aussie.zone
- It took years to come up with a plan to cut road deaths, and just 11 days to kill itwww.smh.com.au ↗Submitted 4 weeks ago by Zagorath@aussie.zone | 18 comments
- Australia’s roads are full of giant cars, and everyone pays the price. What can be done?theconversation.com ↗Submitted 4 weeks ago by vividspecter@aussie.zone | 63 comments
- Tony Burke celebrates Kaz Hamad's arrest as illicit tobacco expert warns it may leave a power vacuumwww.abc.net.au ↗Submitted 1 week ago by Yeho@sh.itjust.works | 1 comment
- ‘The whole thing disgusts me’: Australians ditch US travel as new rules require social media to be declaredwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 1 month ago by hanrahan@piefed.social | 2 comments
- Rise in holiday measles infections sparks health alerts in NSW, SA and Victoriawww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago by inal@lemmy.world | 5 comments
- Victorian premier declares state of disaster in 18 areas as bushfire crisis continueswww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 1 week ago by Vasny@lemmy.world | 0 comments
- "Intifada is what the kid is doing. Terrorism is what the tank is doing." -Palestine Action Group Sydney on IGlemmy.ml ↗Submitted 4 weeks ago by rcbrk@lemmy.ml | 8 comments
- Meta blocked nearly 550,000 accounts in first days of Australia’s under-16s social media banwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 1 week ago by Vanasi@sh.itjust.works | 2 comments
- In Queensland tens of thousands of cattle die of thirst and hunger encircled by fresh water and grasswww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 1 week ago by Awao@lemmy.world | 4 comments
- Submitted 5 weeks ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world | 75 comments
- Submitted 2 weeks ago by Deceptichum@quokk.au | 0 comments
- Meta says it shut down nearly 550K accounts in Australia to comply with its under-16 social media ban, including 330,639 Instagram and 173,497 Facebook accountswww.bloomberg.com ↗Submitted 1 week ago by noumenon@lemmy.world | 3 comments
- Australia’s Social Media Ban Was Pushed By Ad Agency Focused On Gambling Ads It Didn’t Want Bannedwww.techdirt.com ↗Submitted 5 weeks ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de | 34 comments
- Submitted 2 weeks ago by zero_gravitas@aussie.zone | 0 comments
- Submitted 1 week ago by Vasny@lemmy.world | 0 comments
- Submitted 1 week ago by Yeho@sh.itjust.works | 0 comments
- Submitted 1 month ago by Zagorath@aussie.zone | 57 comments
- Specialist doctor fees are forcing Australians into ‘impossible choices’. Advocates say urgent change is neededwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago by Wuli1@lemmy.world | 0 comments
- Submitted 4 weeks ago by maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone | 3 comments
- Happy Public Domain Day 2026 - the first time since 2005 that authors and artists have entered the public domain in Australiawikimedia.org.au ↗Submitted 3 weeks ago by zero_gravitas@aussie.zone | 3 comments
- Submitted 3 weeks ago by SarahFromOz@lemmy.world | 10 comments
- Submitted 4 weeks ago by okwithmydecay@leminal.space | 18 comments
- The stats don’t lie. Australia’s tax system is designed to benefit the wealthiest and the rest of us pay for itwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 5 weeks ago by kwero@sh.itjust.works | 7 comments
- Submitted 2 weeks ago by rcbrk@lemmy.ml | 0 comments
- Russia’s war in Ukraine carries a warning for Australia: prepare for possible conflict in the Asia-Pacificwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 1 week ago by Sepia@mander.xyz | 3 comments
- China-linked Salt Typhoon hackers ‘almost certainly’ in Australia and New Zealand’s critical infrastructurewww.smh.com.au ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago by Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org | 1 comment
- Common household rat poisons found to pose unacceptable risk to wildlife as animal advocates push for banwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 3 weeks ago by Veneto@lemmy.world | 1 comment
- Indonesian fishermen who 'should have known better' jailed after repeat offences in Australian waterswww.abc.net.au ↗Submitted 1 week ago by Yeho@sh.itjust.works | 0 comments
- Submitted 3 weeks ago by Tau@aussie.zone | 7 comments
- Submitted 2 weeks ago by zero_gravitas@aussie.zone | 1 comment