australia incidents

https://www.theage.com.au/national/katie-hopkins-dropped-from-big-brother-vip-after-quarantine-comments-20210718-p58aps.html :thumbsup:

Google deceived some Australian mobile users about collection of location data, court finds

One presumes that Google blocking its search engine in Australia will have no affect on Google accounts or emails. Google says it will pull its search engine from Australia if it is forced to pay news publishers to host their content... Google insisted during a parliamentary inquiry that it...

Sorry about the title. It fits the general theme though. It happened in Melbourne, Australia yesterday. https://www.9news.com.au/national/epping-arrest-man-allegedly-kicked-in-the-head-by-police-officer/7b6ef2e6-eca5-4a45-ad6e-9d6417a017bf A couple of disclosers. I know the family involved...

Big cat caught on film in Otways, fueling belief that panthers roam our wild places tl;dr It's a cat. At best, it's an unusually large black feral cat. But people will still claim that it's a panther. Something about hoofbeats and zebras comes to mind.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mine-giant-devastates-ancient-aboriginal-culture-site-7l062f9lq?

Australian Reptile Park warns of funnel-web spider 'bonanza' due to wet weather CW for arachnophobes, obvs.

A bit of local news. William Slim Drive to be renamed following Government review into place names So what do you think? Should things be renamed if the people they were named after are discovered to have been terrible people?

Sounds nasty 4 dead https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-48510881

I had to get in first with this. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-46425950 An Australian journalist has been banned from parliament for baring arms in parliament. Apparently there is a rule about this. The explanation is that Strine for sleeveless shirts is 'wife-beater', clearly...

'Exorcist, demonologist, ghost hunter' killed to 'protect family', court hears

You have to love a good Royal Commision. No "right to remain silent" here. A Royal Commission can be a political hackjob when misused or go off like a firecracker when the Commision gets on to a totally unexpected direction. If you ever wondered just how badly run banks are, here is the...

Every Australia Day this award has been given. There are far too many sportspeople, a country and western singer and, to our eternal shame, con man, thief and jail bird Alan Bond. But last year it went to a Biomedical Scientist and this year to Michelle Simmons...

Werribee man charged with terrorism offences over alleged Federation Square massacre plot The man could not obtain a gun. Think about that for just a moment. In Parliament today, the Justice Minister Michael Keenan had this to say:

The Australian Human Rights Commission has launched a new series of adverts designed to combat racism and stir debate in the community. Unfortunately I think they have taken the easy path and they are going to stir up the wrong kind of debate, why, because I think the best anti-racism talk I...

Andrew Bolt, is a right wing pundit, things like this only give people like him ammunition. http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/andrew-bolt-says-he-wasnt-going-to-be-humiliated-during-unprovoked-attack/ar-BBCgJz3?li=AAgfIYZ&ocid=mailsignout

Is anybody here being affected by this? Winds up to 270kph. As of now 65km east of Bowen, due to hit landfall within an hour or two. Keep safe guys. :thumbsup:

A less contentious controversy, but still an important issue, how do we encourage healthy eating, without alienating people... https://au.news.yahoo.com/sa/a/34344998/food-police-shame-pre-schooler-for-snacking-on-piece-of-chocolate-cake/#page1

Australian Stuntman killed in music video filming Link: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jan/24/friends-pay-tribute-to-stuntman-shot-dead-in-bliss-n-eso-video Incident seems very similar to the Brandon Lee (The Crow ) death. Just curious as to how this could happen, how could...

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11740898 The rest of the article is more shocking

Australia's 5 yearly census is the first time that Australians had to fill out online (although people could still get a paper form on request). In spite of the Australian Bureau of Statistics promising that it could handle the demand and spending $325,000 to test the load on the system, the...

I'd say if it looks like a terror attack, using explosives and a vehicle, combined with hateful graffiti, it's a terror attack. Police suspect homegrown Australian terrorism. Mainly because the target was a mosque full of muslins...

http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/parramatta-shooting-police-raid-mosque-in-shooting-investigation-abc-understands/ar-AAf4QH1?li=AAabC8j And before anyone states that this proves that Gun Control does not work, nobody ever guaranteed that it would stop people shooting one another, it just...

We've had another case of a racist rant caught on camera, this time the person doing it claimed to be an Aboriginal Australian... http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/police-charge-rebecca-blessington-over-racist-rant-on-sydney-train/story-fni0cx12-1226891868970 If she is as she claims...

One of the most shameful political decisions in recent years was the one by the former Liberal government to require religious education classes, despite our constitution holding that education shall be "secular and free" (it isn't free either). The Labor government, not wanting to upset the...

http://www.news.com.au/national/police-use-pepper-spray-on-anti-islamic-film-protesters-in-sydney-at-the-us-consulate/story-fndo4bst-1226474744811 I know we have had a few threads on the round of protests against the US, but this one is different. Australia is not some stone age Muslim den of...

I couldn't understand the hatred of her at the time. A dingo is a wild dog, they eat things. When the forensic evidence came up saying that there were holes in their story, I accepted the evidence, but wasn't completely convinced. When it turned out the forensic evidence was pile of horse...

http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/08/world/asia/australia-swimmer-gun-photos/index.html?hpt=wo_c2 Is Australia really that ridiculous about guns? Any Australians care to shed some light on the stupidity of the outrage?

This is weird... http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2012/02/dingo-baby-case-reopened-australia-outback-inquest

Tourist to Australia are familiar with the range of deadly beasts we have roaming the country. Do those same tourists realize you are NEVER safe. Getting bitten down under just took on a whole new meaning :p...