They’ll be shocked to discover the Pacific Islands are in Queensland
Rugby league State of Origin headed to New Zealand for first time
Matthew Spillane
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Retired Naval Operations Analyst. Lapsed Mathematician. Fading Ranga. Inner West Sydney
They’ll be shocked to discover the Pacific Islands are in Queensland
Rugby league State of Origin headed to New Zealand for first time
I bet he’ll still vote for climate denying Nationals though
Drought cripples large swathes of southern Queensland amid severe hay shortage
To rub it in Bangladesh planning to score all their required runs in draw shots #AUSVsBAN
Americans who think taking the picture of the number plates of speeding cars is an infringement of privacy 😂
Head stops to replace bails on stumps before walking off 🤔 #AusVsBan
“the West Bank belonged to the Jewish people, and that if Palestinians don't want to accept Jewish authority, they should leave.” I thought saying this is about Jewish people rather than Israel was anti-Semitic?
The Palestinian freshwater springs being seized by Israeli settlers reut.rs/4wpyRbO
You gotta hand it to NRL, when it comes to indigenous participation and recognition they walk all over AFL
Anyone who thinks Hanson will lose a single vote by being tripped up by gotcha questions about foreign leaders’ names is delusional
Wondering what the feds and NSW will get in return for a $2.5b bail-out of an aluminium smelter? If it's normal Australian industry policy, the answer is: absolutely nothing
Nice to have a smooth stop once you’ve blacked-out after 4.5g of acceleration
I took an EV and did dumb things so I could write a column.html www.smh.com.au/traveller/re...
What happens when your EV runs low on a regional road trip? I found out
We needed to make it to Falls Creek before dark and couldn’t afford to wait. So, we made the call to wing it to the next charging point.
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"Albanese has continued to ignore or put the Greens down, despite relying on their support for legislation like gun law reform, housing legislation and changes to environmental law," writes Bob Brown. “All up, he has relied on the Greens to pass 91 Labor bills.” trib.al/8Qp9Enf
Why Anthony Albanese hates the Greens
Unlike Julia Gillard’s joint signing of the agreement on the Clean Energy Act in 2011, Albanese has never held a meeting in public with the Greens. He routinely meets Greens leader Larissa Waters, but you wouldn’t know it. It’s as if Labor won the last election outright and the Greens don’t exist.
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“National Roads and Motorists’ Association spokesman Peter Khoury said the University of Queensland research had a fatal flaw. While it analysed the costs of Australia’s car economy, it was silent as to its benefits.” www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Drive to gym to get on walking machine only to have car stolen. Hilarious
Police say hundreds of vehicles are being stolen by young thieves from gyms across Melbourne
Amazing how when there’s a shortage of fuel the PM jumps on a plane to solve it. When there’s a shortage of labor they cut immigration www.smh.com.au/business/com...
Dozens of flights out of Sydney delayed up to 80 minutes
The airline industry’s peak body says the delays are due to a shortage of air-traffic controllers.
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@SBSNews Gaza structures have been destroyed…. Amazing employment of the passive voice.
Now the farce of the World Cup in North America is over we can get back to enjoying real soccer
Land of the free www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
There are half a billion reasons why Trump will be victorious in the midterms
The Iran war is a running sore, bringing with it higher petrol prices, fertiliser shortages and pessimism. But there are half a billion reasons to believe the Republicans will win.
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Govts outsource essential services then wonder why they go to shit.. www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
‘Too good to be true’: Kiwi recruited to drive buses walks away
Lured across the Tasman by accommodation perks and a better lifestyle, Brendan Cunningham says the reality is very different.
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Why would you do this and why is precision important?
Reminded of a recent FB post where every response insisted it was safest to speed by 30km/h while overtaking as it minimised time spent on the wrong side of the road
More details emerge of a horror crash near Shark Bay that left two men dead and a woman and child seriously injured.