Australia's only silicon manufacturer to leave the US market due to extra tariffs there. youtu.be/AkyzxOg7-jE

Australia's only silicon manufacturer to exit US after extra 40% tariff | The Business | ABC NEWS

YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)

youtu.be

Behind adverts for suspiciously cheap AI subscriptions for Anthropic's Claude, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Cursor, Gemini, etc., is an ecosystem of fakery and fraud. Okta Threat Intelligence profiled the account signup fraud TTPs and took disruptive action: www.okta.com/en-gb/blog/t...

Free tokens for sale: How fake signups drive AI fraud

Bad actors are registering fake accounts to resell discounted and trial AI services from Anthropic, Google and Amazon for profit. Here's the lowdown.

okta.com

In the room. My @smh @theage cartoon.

“The English-world is TERRIBLE at building transit. This is why,” explains Sharath. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIET...

The English-world is TERRIBLE at building transit. This is why.

YouTube video by Building Beautifully

youtube.com

“Hello bsky pals, we hope you had an ok Monday & now a better-than-ok Monday walkies!” 🧵

Yup. You're right! "The report notes that FCAI – chaired by Toyota and dominated by the major international car makers [...] and has repeatedly lobbied policymakers to lock in climate rules that are significantly weaker than similar international policies." thedriven.io/2023/05/29/r...

Revealed: How Australia's fossil car industry ganged up to stop electric vehicles

New report uncovers 500 pages of unseen documents showing how the petrol and diesel car lobby has been undermining Australia's EV policies.

thedriven.io

If BYD succeeds in knocking off Toyota, that will huge. The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries is the peak industry body for car makers in Australia and has been dominated by Toyota forever—an industry person once joked to me how the FCAI office was Toyota's Canberra outpost.

The Driven@thedriven.io · 3d ago

BYD has announced a new driveaway offer on its best-selling EV in Australia as it seeks to chase down Toyota to be the country’s biggest seller of new cars https://thedriven.io/2026/08/02/byd-slashes-price-of-sealion-7-premium-model-as-it-chases-down-toyota-to-be-countrys-best-selling-car-company/

Australian electric vehicle sales more than double since outbreak of war in Iran

New data shows fuel crisis triggered record EV sales in Australia

Nearly one in every two new vehicles sold was either electric or hybrid across April, May and June. 

abc.net.au

We recognise the impact of Lily D’Ambrosio MP, Australia’s longest serving Energy and Climate Minister following the announcement that she’s retiring from politics. Under her leadership, she helped to quadruple the share of renewables in Victoria. The Climate Council thanks Minister D’Ambrosio.

Chinese & German carmakers have stepped up cooperation on autonomous driving despite wider trade tensions BYD, Geely, SAIC, Xpeng, Xiaomi, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, VW, Porsche met in Beijing to discuss common standards for smart cars, automated parking, cross-border data

Federal government’s green bank expands partnership with big-four bank offering discounted finance for business to invest in solar, battery storage, EVs and energy efficient equipment https://ow.ly/bT7w50ZuTy9

Green bank expands discount finance offer as businesses pile into solar, EVs and bill-saving equipment

Federal government's green bank expands partnership with big-four bank offering discounted finance for business to invest in solar, battery storage, EVs and energy efficient equipment.

ow.ly

A new report out today from the International Energy Agency shows that sales of electric vehicles in Australia have doubled since February. Australians know that EVs are a good cost of living choice in difficult international times

Global EV leaders, domestic laggards: What Asia giants tell Australia - and the world - about its future car market bsky.app/profile/prof...

Prof Ray Wills@profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 7d ago

Global EV leaders, domestic laggards: What Asia giants tell Australia about its future car market    Australia no longer makes cars, but it is still shaped by the countries that do. That matters more than ever as the global car industry is reordered by electrification.  thedriven.io/2026/07/29/g...

Even the man stubbornly fights the man in Australia This is the KFC reaction to a postal worker getting fired after an unauthorised KFC break (other stuff too, but everyone likes a good tale)

The first passenger run of the new G class tram today. And what a morning! Starting at Essendon Depot there was a media conference and gathering of politicians, project staff, drivers and many others to celebrate the big day. The first new tram class for […] [Original post on aus.social]

"Countries that electrify quickly at home are also the countries building momentum in EV exports."

The Driven@thedriven.io · last wk.

Australia isn’t in the world’s club of car makers anymore, but it can decide which future it chooses and imports https://thedriven.io/2026/07/29/global-ev-leaders-domestic-laggards-what-china-and-thailand-tell-australia-about-its-future-car-market/

Okta Threat Intelligence obtained from a sensitive source a "vishing" kit used to hijack enterprise accounts. This is a rare peek inside the software that cybercriminals have developed for themselves in order to scale identity-based attacks: www.okta.com/blog/threat-...

Behind the scenes of a vishing operation

okta.com

Walked past this mystery EV (or PHEV?) during my lunch break. Wonder what could it be? 😂

Blog: Lots of pics of the new #Melbourne G-class tram, coming soon

G-class trams coming soon

Lots of pics of Melbourne's newest tram

danielbowen.com

Bedfellows. My @smh cartoon.

Classic Australian film The Castle gets adapted for the stage

'Straight to the pool room': Film classic The Castle goes onstage

The feature film responsible for Australian sayings such as ''Tell him he's dreaming'' is being launched as a stage production. 

abc.net.au

Do you remember the Commonwealth Games mascots of 2006? This stunning series from our collection was used in the planning of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games opening and closing ceremonies. These drawings can be ordered for viewing in our reading room: prov.vic.gov.au/archive/VPRS...

Ah. I used all three brands of tumeric which tested positive for lead chromate. Fabulous www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

From eggs to seafood to spices and spirits, testing reveals truth behind labels

A Four Corners investigation has uncovered products whose labels did not match independent scientific testing, raising serious questions about the integrity of Australia's food supply.

abc.net.au

in 2024 i wrote a freelance piece explaining why australia's EV adoption was lagging behind some other western nations insideevs.com/news/718504/... just two years later it's almost (viable fully-electric utes aside) completely irrelevant. just two years!

Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · last wk.

‘A new trajectory’: EVs now almost quarter of Australia’s new car sales as fuel crisis bites

The story of yet another "hard to decarbonise" sector getting on with decarbonising. We need to realise that *everything* is going to end up being cheaper electrified and design industrial strategy around that fact, otherwise we're going to be continually surprised that China has got there first.

Dave Vetter@davidrvetter.bsky.social · 3w ago

"If we keep reading China only as 'weak demand for oil' instead of as 'strong supply of electric freight solutions,' we will mis-diagnose the transition and mis-design our response."

There are hidden/disguised oil wells in Los Angeles. Some are active, some are capped (no longer active) while others are just idle/unused. It's crazy that there's idle ones that are still spewing toxic fumes while being located near or under schools/parks/homes etc. youtu.be/wPL4mNxY3Tw

How LA hides thousands of oil wells in plain sight

YouTube video by DW Planet A

youtu.be

“French authorities have ordered the evacuation of the entirety of the Cap Ferret peninsula on the south-west coast, with hundreds of people escaping the area by boat.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

Tens of thousands evacuated from France's Cap Ferret peninsula as wildfires spread

The fire has raged in the region for several days with officials now ordering the evacuation of the entire Cap Ferret peninsula.

bbc.com

First suspected positive case of H5 bird flu detected in Queensland

Breaking: First suspected positive case of H5 bird flu detected in Queensland

It's the first wild, migratory seabird in Queensland to return a suspect positive case for H5 bird flu.

abc.net.au

Personal and banking details among customer data stolen in Origin Energy hack

Personal and banking details among customer data stolen in Origin Energy hack

Hackers access Australian customers’ names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers and some bank account details, company says Origin Energy customers’ addresses, phone numbers and partial bank account data have been accessed in a hack, the company has confirmed. The company has 4.8m customer accounts in Australia, providing electricity, natural gas, LPG, and internet services to homes and businesses. Continue reading...

theguardian.com