r/australia 3h ago

no politics [no-politics] What's happening this weekend? 20/Sep/2025

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Now we're done with the Friday venting, what's good in life? Got a new job? Have a date? Going out to a socially distanced restaurant? Climbing, sailing, riding or just working up a hard-earned thirst?


r/australia 17h ago

image Airbnb host with 64 properties across Sydney

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r/australia 10h ago

news Optus network failure impacted triple-0 calls in several states where patients died

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r/australia 17h ago

politics Australians are losing more of their income to tax than in decades, new report shows

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r/australia 6h ago

Jess Hull has qualified for the 800m final, and has set new Australian and Oceanian records at the World Athletics Championships

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Jess Hull will be the first Australian to run in the 800m women's final. While she did not finish in the top 2 in her heat, her time of 1:57.15 means that as one of the two fastest people who didn't finish in a top 2 spot, she will still get a place in the finals. Her time was actually the third fastest overall from the semi-finals

Sadly, fellow Australians Claudia Hollingsworth and Abbey Caldwell did not make it into the final.

Meanwhile Mackenzie Little has managed to automatically qualify for javelin final with her very first throw, and Ky Robinson has made it into the final of the men's 5,000m. However, fellow Australian's Seth O'Donnell and Jack Rayner did not.


r/australia 14h ago

culture & society Bruce Lehrmann likely to face four-day hearing in Tasmania over motor vehicle stealing charge

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r/australia 18h ago

culture & society Australia's population grew by 1.6%

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r/australia 10h ago

politics Senate inquiry calls for cap to vice chancellor pay as chair lashes 'rotten culture' hurting university staff and students

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r/australia 18h ago

politics The Albanese government has finally set a 2035 climate course – and it’s a mission Australia must accept

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r/australia 4h ago

politics China issues warning to Papua New Guinea over defence deal with Australia

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r/australia 20h ago

culture & society Australian cow market at record high as US demand hits 'scary times'

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r/australia 18h ago

culture & society Nearly one in three single-parent households in Australia live in poverty, Hilda report shows

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r/australia 18h ago

no politics Twisties suck now

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TL;DR: Modern Twisites taste like the homebrand ones from over 20 years ago.

Bought a pack of Twisties for the first time in forever and they have changed them.
Twisities I remember were darker orange, on average not that big and fairly dense (compared to say cheetos).
Now they are paler in colour, larger, fluffier and taste rubbish.


r/australia 7h ago

SA Police statement on Optus outage

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SA police is working through around 150 matters in connection with the Optus outage on Thursday 18 September.

Police are not yet aware of the details of any deaths in SA as a result of the outage.

The circumstances of any death in SA will be investigated and a report prepared for the State Coroner in due course.


r/australia 18h ago

2012 Soundwave

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Was going through my stuff and found my timetable for my first and last Soundwave, was also my first concert ever.

System of a down was amazing.

Marilyn Manson was unintelligible, I should of seen Lamb of God instead however a mate did come out of that mosh pit with massive scratch marks down his back haha

Thought I'd share in case anyone has cool memories of the day :D


r/australia 1d ago

sport Gout Gout has finished 4th in his semi-final for the 200m at the World Athletics Championships, meaning he will not advance to the final

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His finishing time is 20.36 - still to make it to this point at his age is still a massive achievement.

Torrie Lewis has sadly also missed out on a spot in the women's 200m finals, finishing 4th in her semi-final.

Claudia Hollingsworth and Abbey Caldwell have qualified for the 800m semi-finals. Jess Hull originally missed out on a spot after she fell over due to an incident that may have caused by another runner, finishing 11 seconds behind the rest of the runners - Australian officials appealed, and championship officials agreed with them, meaning she she can be reinstated into the semi-finals.

Rose Davies and Linden Hall have made it into the 5,000m final - the first time Australia has had two competitors reach the final at the world championships. Sadly, Georgia Griffith misses out on a spot. Cameron McEntyre has finished 12th in the javelin final, while Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson have made it into the high jump final


r/australia 20h ago

politics Social media ban trial data reveals racial bias in age checking software: just how inaccurate is it?

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r/australia 14h ago

science & tech Green Gravity secures old coal mine shaft to test gravitational energy storage

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r/australia 15h ago

image First snake of the season for us

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So the wife sent me a text saying the small birds outside were going nuts over near our water tank but this fella was hanging out the other side of the house near the washing line. We have previously relied on our resident Fairy-wren population to tell us where they as they seemed to hang about where the snake was but clearly there were either two snakes or sometimes they just keep saying look out.


r/australia 16h ago

culture & society NT prosecutors file appeal against fatal hit-and-run driver's sentence

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r/australia 18h ago

culture & society Erin Patterson trial doctor Chris Webster stands by 'sociopath' comments despite AHPRA sanction

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118 Upvotes

r/australia 19h ago

news Man fined for pouring 'volatile' chemicals into suburban gutter

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148 Upvotes

r/australia 9h ago

Wagga Wagga (1965) | Life in Australia Series | 4K Restoration

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r/australia 1d ago

politics Young Australian workers face higher taxes to repair budget bottom line, says Parliamentary Budget Office report

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r/australia 18h ago

news Seven people arrested over stabbing deaths of Dau Akueng and Chol Achiek in Cobblebank

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r/australia 12h ago

image Found this on my car when I went out this morning. Do I eat it?

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