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The future of aussie.zone...
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Yeh. Chuck up a link and I’ll happily chip in $5 a month.
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The future of aussie.zone...
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Yeh. Chuck up a link and I’ll happily chip in $5 a month.
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Why are people protesting across Europe?
I hope our local overlords take heed.
People are sick and tired of the inequality. Across all sectors of our society.
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'This is not minor': Peptide warning after surge in NSW hospital visits
Yeh I was happy to experiment with pills and powder. But drew a line at sticking needles into myself.
At least with pills and powders you can self test small doses. To see what affect they have.
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World’s worst measles outbreak [in Bangladesh] a ‘warning’ to other nations [FULL ARTICLE IN POST]
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Or the scenario I have to deal with: A bunch of kids are placed in a field. Protected by guards as they grow up. No one gets taken by the wolves prowling outside. The kids then grow into adults. Have kids of their own. Decide the guards cost to much. And were clearly not needed since they never got taken by wolves as they grew up. So they sack all but one security guard….
And the wolves close in…
All the while the adults go on holidays and moan how hard they had it. And still managed to get ahead by pulling on some bootstraps.
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The Australian housing challenge not being solved
That same demographic was also affecting the persistent inflation issue with post retirement spending. But of course that little bit of information keeps getting pushed out of the way.
And why would anyone who owns a large home with little to no mortgage want to downsize? Where’s the incentive? I have family and some older work colleagues who are in this exact situation. And they just bitch on about how terrible Labor is. All the while decrying the stalled house prices.
It’s like a social sickness.
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How Israeli firm’s ‘zero-click’ malware attack poses global security risk
This is excellent news!
Why?
Because if advertising becomes a real danger to the end user. Actively blocking advertising will become essential. As it stands it’s an optional extra. And not widely used.
In the case of businesses and governments. They’ll be forced to tighten their security by baking strong ad blocking into their systems.
This can only be a win for us, end users. Who have had to deal with a tidal wave of advertising over the last decade.
Anything that forces us all to actively blocking advertising can only be a good thing.
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Anti-renewables groups still spending big on Meta – and met with near silence by green energy industry
And yet it will all come to nothing.
Renewables have already turned a corner within the population. And the high fuel prices have just sped its general acceptance up.
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Blood supplies plunge 60% to their lowest level in a decade as Lifeblood issues critical call for 16,000 donors
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I tried twice last year. They knocked me back both times. Apparently being dehydrated caused my veins to be hard to see. Fucking annoying when I wasn’t dehydrated. Just fat.
The pathologist managed to take blood for sampling. But the blood donor centre didn’t even bother trying.
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Anti-renewables groups still spending big on Meta – and met with near silence by green energy industry
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‘In some regional areas.’ - Yep. And it won’t change a thing. There’s no political power in those regions anymore. It’s all consolidated in and around the main population hubs.
That said. It would be good governance to subsidise farmers to switch to renewables. As they do most of the heavy lifting when it comes to keeping us fed and watered…👍
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Why are rough sleepers dying a stone’s throw from luxury waterfront houses in Victoria?
Well given that state and federal governments would rather build houses to sell on the open market. And avoid actually owning housing to house their underprivileged population. It’s no wonder this is the outcome.
Governments are there to support the population of their respective communities. When they only support sections of that community. They are, by definition, failing to uphold their fundamental role.
What this country needs is a fuck load of government owned housing. Until that happens. Nothing will change.
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When a tobacco shop opened next door, a Melbourne couple’s dream cafe went up in smoke: ‘It felt like a warzone’
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/20/tobacco-shops-attacks-melbourne-ntwnfb
A long bow. I’ll admit. But not hard to join the dots. That said; Insurance doesn’t pay out while there is ongoing police investigations so they may be waiting a while for a yay or nay.
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Discussion Thread 📚 Tuesday 13 October 2026
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Crumpets with golden syrup! 😁
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How Israeli firm’s ‘zero-click’ malware attack poses global security risk
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Totally true. But people are, by and large, lazy. When not directly affected by something.
Hopefully this will inject some urgency into the issue.
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Calls for Australia to ban live streaming of US firing squad execution
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Don’t forget Al-Qaeda and Hồ Chí Minh! Both products of US intelligence agencies training, and equipping. Until they were dropped. And left to get angry at those same agencies that used them!
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Card surcharge ban used as ‘cover’ for larger price increases by Australian businesses, experts say
Yeh no shit.
Anyone with half a brain could see the removal of 1.5% of a price tag. Doesn’t equal an increase of 5%+ on that same price tag.
But the Murdoch press, Libs, and anyone else hating on Labor decided it was a good enough reason to cry.
It’s a fucking disgrace watching - yet again - the anti positive narrative been fed, and swallowed, by a population that forgets what eight years under those same Libs got us.
But it’s always the same. Libs fuck what Labor fixes. And on we go.
And watching those same libs in parliament. Blaming inflation on Labor is ludicrous.
I actually feel sorry for Chalmers at the moment. He’s doing good work. But the fucking seppo wanker completely fucked it up for him. Who could have actually seen an attack on Iran happening the way it did. Or the subsequent world inflation problem caused by the lack of oil supply? I idly wonder how much better the Libs would have done if they were the ones in the hot seat?
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When a tobacco shop opened next door, a Melbourne couple’s dream cafe went up in smoke: ‘It felt like a warzone’
Additionally: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-15/criminal-gangs-making-fake-plain-packaging-cigarettes/107267606
Seems our industrious crime syndicates are setting up factories in Cambodia. Manufacturing cheap ciggies with the correct plain packaging…🤣
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Calls for Australia to ban live streaming of US firing squad execution
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Yes. At the very least it will be heavily cut and blurred.
It’s only platforms like YouTube that will be able to stream it censor free.
And therein lies the rub. Most are aware of this. And so they call for it to be stopped. Even as they ponder the ability/outcome of censorship…
It’s almost like the movie Idiocracy was an actual prophecy..🤣
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You know it's spring in Perth because.....
I got my first swim of the new season at the beach yesterday.
It was fucking cold!
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When a tobacco shop opened next door, a Melbourne couple’s dream cafe went up in smoke: ‘It felt like a warzone’
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Insurance is refusing to pay out. It’s the in the article…
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Card surcharge ban used as ‘cover’ for larger price increases by Australian businesses, experts say
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Or a hose apparently.