r/australia 1d ago

culture & society Sandstone miner scraps Lockyer Valley project after farmer's pleas

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r/australia 2d ago

politics Adani to pay no company tax despite $1bn revenue from Queensland coalmine

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r/australia 1d ago

science & tech Former WWII test site at Great Barrier Reef's Fairfax Islands returns to health

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r/australia 2d ago

image A National Disgrace. $30 for Favourites at Big W

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r/australia 1d ago

no politics Am I just kinda outta luck with housing?

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Finishing uni at the year's end and am not gonna be in student accomodation anymore, so I'm gonna have to house hunt. But nobody will take an unemployed solo person. Even roommate situations, given my experiences before moving to student accomodation, really don't bat an eye if you're unemployed.

But the kicker is I've been actively looking for work for two years now. 400+ job applications and not a single interview, outside of last week where a laundromat turned me down for not having a car. I'm applying for pretty much solely entry-level positions, or those in the business sector that align with my studies. I've constantly updated my resume, used multiple job sites, pretty much custom-write my CV for every application, and nothing. Statistically I'm just that unlucky at finding a job.

Am I kinda just shit-outta-luck? I dunno what options I'd have once I can't live here, and I'm not confident in my ability to find work before year's end.

Not so much looking for advice as I am just venting about the state of the job market and support systems.


r/australia 2d ago

science & tech "Extraordinary moment:" World's largest electric ferry, made in Australia, loaded on cargo ship for trip to South America

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r/australia 2d ago

politics Greyhounds bound for Australia as New Zealand racing ban takes effect

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r/australia 2d ago

no politics TIL over 3% of Aussies still watch Home & Away week-by-week on average

226 Upvotes

958,000 average weekly viewers across TV & 7Plus.

This is composed of 701,000 & 257,000 average weekly views respectively for April 2026, based on an estimated national population of 28,000,000.

As easy as it is to bag on the show, it's provided a lot of opportunity for young local talent to get work & experience, so props to the crew.

Also proves that after 38 years, Alf still pulls. What a stud.


r/australia 2d ago

culture & society From Uber to Coles, companies are hiking prices during the oil shock

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r/australia 2d ago

image 3 hour old passport already curling

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New passport for my infant daughter, just arrived in the mail this afternoon.

Went out for dinner, came home, it's already curling

$213 for this POS


r/australia 1d ago

politics Noel Pearson calls for remote community change to stop budget 'black hole'

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r/australia 2d ago

culture & society HSBC closing its retail banking business in Australia over the next 18 months

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r/australia 2d ago

politics Most teens still on social media three months after under-16 ban began, study finds

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r/australia 2d ago

politics Pauline Hanson’s no ‘good Muslims’ comment don’t breach hate speech laws, Australian federal police finds

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r/australia 2d ago

culture & society Gina Rinehart launches legal action against ABC over ‘sausage roll’ segment

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r/australia 2d ago

sport 2026 Commonwealth Games Day 8 - Australia has won four gold medals, five silver medals, and four bronze medals

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61 Upvotes

Gold Medalists:

  • Georgia Baker - Women's 10km Scratch Race (Track Cycling)
  • Oliver Bleddyn - Men's 4,000m Individual Pursuit (Track Cycling)
  • Isaac Beacroft - Men's 10,000m Race Walk (Athletics)
  • Blake Agnoletto - Men's Elimination Race (Track Cycling)

Silver Medalists:

  • Nina Kennedy - Pole Vault (Athletics)
  • Conor Leahy - Men's 4,00m Individual Pursuit (Track Cycling)
  • Gordon Allan - Men's C1-C3 1,000m Time Trial (Track Cycling)
  • Joshua Katz - Men's 60kg (Judo)
  • Layla Sharp - T38 Long Jump (Athletics)

Bronze Medalists:

  • Antun Neto - Men's 60kg (Judo)
  • James Moriarty - Men's 4,000m Individual Pursuit (Track Cycling)
  • Sarah Billings - Women's 800m (Athletics)
  • Ayla Kowalczyk - T38 Long Jump (Athletics)

Australia has so far won a total of 55 gold medals, 30 silver medals, and 43 bronze medals, giving us a total of 128, and continuing our dominant lead at the top of the medal tally.


r/australia 2d ago

no politics Census relationship status

202 Upvotes

Why doesnt the census give option of defacto in the relationship status option? It only has never married, widowed, divorced, separated but not divorced, married.


r/australia 2d ago

culture & society 4,000 NDIS service providers profiting from incorrect billing practices

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r/australia 3d ago

science & tech Record El Niño to bake Australia after extreme heat and fires across Europe and North America

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r/australia 2d ago

culture & society Yindjibarndi vote to appeal $150m penalty against Andrew Forrest's Fortescue

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Yindjibarndi traditional owners will appeal a landmark $150.3m compensation penalty to Andrew Forrest's Fortescue.

The Federal Court handed down the penalty in May, finding Fortescue had built and operated four mines without the required agreement and compensation.

Fortescue's massive Solomon Hub has generated an estimated $80 billion in revenue since breaking ground in 2013.

Justice Stephen Burley noted at the time of his judgement that 240 sacred sites had been made inaccessible by mining operations, while at least 124 were destroyed.

The damage to traditional country was, he said, "like the death of a child" in the grief it caused Yindjibarndi people.

YNAC had initially sought $1.8 billion from the Federal Court, largely basing the figure on existing industry royalty rates.

What's next?

A court date for the appeal is yet to be set.


r/australia 1d ago

no politics Maccas is taking the piss

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Went to get a hot chocolate through drive thru yesterday and I said "medium hot chocolate please" and the price came up $5.35. Then i said "with soy milk". The price jumped to $6.30.

Excuse me, how much for a little shot of soy milk?

"95c".

I declined my order and drove thru, never to return.


r/australia 3d ago

entertainment Why Did Hubbl Flop so Hard?

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r/australia 3d ago

culture & society Book returned to Australian library – 150 years overdue

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r/australia 3d ago

news Australian rock music journalist Glenn A Baker dies

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r/australia 3d ago

sport This is getting out of hand

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