melbaboutown
@melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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- Comment on Permanent residents who had overseas drivers licenses transferred - your license may no longer be valid 4 days ago:
Cheers, that makes sense
- Comment on Permanent residents who had overseas drivers licenses transferred - your license may no longer be valid 4 days ago:
Yeah, that makes sense.
I just wanted to be a bro and throw this info out there so people know they may need to retake the test and sort their license.
It changed overnight and the penalties for driving without a valid license can be fines or jail.
- Comment on Permanent residents who had overseas drivers licenses transferred - your license may no longer be valid 4 days ago:
A title suggestion refused to pop up so I tried to paraphrase my imperfect understanding of this.
“The EDR allowed international citizens permanently residing in Australia to transfer their overseas licence to an Aussie one without sitting further exams. However, this will end in most states and territories across Australia on Wednesday.”
I can change it but honestly the finer points of what they’re saying are confusing to me.
I just threw this article out there so any affected people can know.
- Permanent residents who had overseas drivers licenses transferred - your license may no longer be validwww.news.com.au ↗Submitted 4 days ago to australia@aussie.zone | 8 comments
- Comment on Sydney woman who sold a cartoon cat T-shirt told to pay US$100,000 in Grumpy Cat copyright case | Australia news | The Guardian 1 week ago:
Yeah. I’d love to see what the courts have to say about everyone’s personal photos and art or writing being scraped for ai.
- Comment on From $30 parmigianas to $15 pints, can Australia still afford the pub? 2 weeks ago:
For me? lol no
- Comment on Swapping out red meat and creamy pasta sauce could significantly cut household emissions, Australian research finds 2 weeks ago:
Yes. It sucks that the onus is further being put on individuals. While companies and luxuries that consume energy or pollute on a massive scale don’t seem to face the same restrictions
- Comment on Swapping out red meat and creamy pasta sauce could significantly cut household emissions, Australian research finds 2 weeks ago:
Agreed, I’ve said this a lot. The builds are wasteful in that way
- Comment on 'Not the laws of Australia': Sex discrimination chief reacts to UK ruling on definition of a woman 2 weeks ago:
Yes. And probably. The end goal is for trans people or anyone who doesn’t neatly fit the binary to be harassed into the closet.
- Comment on Australian owner of Toronto café chain fighting Ottawa to save $8K of Vegemite 2 weeks ago:
Agreed. It’s not a great standard because fortified foods are still very useful.
It’s not even dangerous to have that added vitamin B because it’s a water soluble vitamin and the risk of overdosing is negligible
- Comment on Victoria to ban state school logos on shorts, pants, skirts and socks from next year 4 weeks ago:
They should do it for the top half too. Just have set styles and colours so parents can buy whatever is affordable
- Comment on 'Not sustainable': The heavy price your 6c tea bag is exacting on others 1 month ago:
That’s messed up. Certifications should be inspected and enforced.
Any idea which brands are ok? I see Dilmah doing a lot
- Comment on TIL: Deer are popping off down here 3 months ago:
I’m not saying the organisation is good. I’m saying the thing is happening.
- Comment on TIL: Deer are popping off down here 3 months ago:
We ate them /j
- Comment on TIL: Deer are popping off down here 3 months ago:
In America there’s a few programs that donate hunted meat to the disadvantaged. Usually called Hunt for the Hungry or Hunters for the Hungry etc.
Seems Australia is thinking along those lines too theguardian.com/…/deer-meat-for-homeless-shooters…
- Comment on TIL: Deer are popping off down here 3 months ago:
In Alaska there’s a lottery where you get permission to take a hit moose home for the freezer. I’m not kidding. It’s called the Roadkill Lottery and it’s government official.
And since one can feed a family for months people will be excited for you if you get that call.
Seems weird and I’d worry about hygiene/disease but in a place with such food shortages it would be a shame if some idiot just took the horns and left the rest to rot.
- Comment on Woolworths says it will 'do more' to celebrate Australia Day 3 months ago:
I really don’t care if they don’t stock it… I don’t buy any of that tat and don’t celebrate Australia Day beyond just appreciating a day off.
If they want to do more they could make food and basics more affordable but they won’t
- Comment on Woolworths says it has more than 40 competitors in Australia – we went looking for them 4 months ago:
But can my disabled arse get to them? Can someone with a car and a job afford to drive around for ages getting every little thing? Do they all have what you need?
Pull the other one Colesworth
- Comment on So… Australia Just Banned Kids From the Internet 4 months ago:
There’s also the possibility that faced with such steep fines and limited ability to enforce it these platforms could just block access for all Australian users.
Pornhub blocked access to users in multiple US states rather than deal with the whole age verification that came in for that.
- Comment on So… Australia Just Banned Kids From the Internet 4 months ago:
👆This
- Comment on Australia’s social media ban for kids under 16 just became law. How it will work remains a mystery 5 months ago:
It’s a mystery for sure. They won’t even tell us what does or doesn’t count to plan accordingly
- Comment on U16 Social Media Ban - Senate 1hr debate before the vote, some time tonight on the livestream 5 months ago:
If I had better earning potential I probably would have absconded to Europe
- Comment on U16 Social Media Ban - Senate 1hr debate before the vote, some time tonight on the livestream 5 months ago:
For real? I hope you still do
- One in five Australian renters are living without essential items and in poverty, peak body study findswww.abc.net.au ↗Submitted 5 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 12 comments
- Comment on U16 Social Media Ban - Senate 1hr debate before the vote, some time tonight on the livestream 5 months ago:
Last I saw the suggestions were drivers license, face scan, or digital id. They’ve probably walked that back though or will do so because hell nah
- Comment on U16 Social Media Ban - Senate 1hr debate before the vote, some time tonight on the livestream 5 months ago:
The info is still really vague but seemed to so far apply to big platforms like reddit and facebook and X - however my info might be outdated by now.
Then again it could be that the fines for non compliance might also apply to smaller platforms with less available funding than the big companies, and push them under.
The info I’ve been reading seems to be inconsistent and sometimes even conflict
- Comment on U16 Social Media Ban - Senate 1hr debate before the vote, some time tonight on the livestream 5 months ago:
This comment right here. Not a fan of this bill at all and may potentially leave any platform that demands this information and/or ‘digital id’.
- Comment on Woolworths and Coles are emphasising the threat of Aldi — is it really a competitive force to be reckoned with? 5 months ago:
Aldi is less accessible for me but I’d happily shop there as exclusively as I could. Fuck Colesworth
- Comment on 'Cooker, anti-vaxxer, sheep': The people Australia's COVID-19 response forgot 5 months ago:
Thanks, that’s good info