These were the top posts across Aussie Zone at the end of this week
Top 5 from Australia:
- Weekly Random Thread #45 07-11-2023
- Streaming costs are rising, and there are more platforms than ever to choose between. Some people are going back to piracy
- Aussie households are spending less on streaming services, annual report reveals
- Melbourne Cup: most Australians have little or no interest in ‘race that stops the nation’, Essential poll finds
- Indefinite immigration detention ruled unlawful in landmark Australian high court decision
Top 5 from Aussie Enviro:
- Meat-loving Australia has no appetite for vegetarian diet to help planet, study finds
- Big rise in kangaroo collisions prompts appeal to country drivers: Don’t leave them dying
- Coalition’s nuclear SMR poster boy cancels flagship project due to soaring costs
- The world has experienced its hottest 12 months on record, and El Niño is set to drive temperatures higher
- Researcher says feral bees face extinction as deadly mite spreads in swarms
Top 5 from Australian News:
- This psychologist groomed her client, then married her. Now 20 years of deception are coming undone
- After the driest September-October on record, much of Australia to cop severe thunderstorm activity
- Lawyer for driver in Daylesford crash says man is insulin-dependent diabetic who needed immediate treatment
- Aussie breaks world record by paddling in to surf 13-metre wave
- The inside account of how Commonwealth Bank tried to bury the scandal that sparked a royal commission
Top 5 from Australian Politics:
- They risked their livelihoods to speak up, but these whistleblowers are warning others to stay silent
- Small modular nuclear reactor that was hailed by Coalition as future cancelled due to rising costs
- Greens stage Senate walkout in protest for Palestinians, call on government to support Israel-Gaza ceasefire
- White man’s dark money: Meet the No campaign bankrollers
- CheckMate: Are koalas being clubbed to death to make way for a Queensland wind farm?
Top 5 from World News:
Here’s the top posts from some of our major cities:
Top 5 from Melbourne:
- Daily Discussion Thread: Sun 12 Nov 2023
- Melbourne man first to be charged under new law banning Nazi salute in Victoria
- (Belated) Greens join union, workers at rally outside Coles AGM to stop supermarket price gouging | Australian Greens Victoria
- Beautiful day to have lunch by the Yarra
- Daily Discussion Thread: Wed 08 Nov 2023
Top 5 from Brisbane:
- Daily Discussion Thread - Sat Nov 11 2023
- Mystery surrounds secret study into the impact of Queen’s Wharf casino [as the study ends prematurely without any findings being released]
- Two toddler boys dead after being found in Aboriginal community of Woorabinda, south-west of Rockhampton
- Case of daycare worker facing child sex abuse charges may bypass lower court through ex officio indictment
- ABC Radio Interview: Rent freeze for Brisbane [Jonathan Sriranganathan]
Top 5 from Sydney:
- Daily Discussion Thread - Sun Nov 12 2023
- BlueFloat pulls llawarra wind farm plans submitted before offshore zone declared
- Daily Discussion Thread - Wed Nov 08 2023
- Daily Discussion Thread - Fri Nov 10 2023
- Daily Discussion Thread - Thu Nov 09 2023
Top 5 from Perth:
- Spectacular aurora australis turns night sky hot pink from Tasmania to Western Australia
- Quokkas dodging friendly fire – Environment News | Particle
- ‘Not going to do anything’: Businesses bemoan government’s $10,000 Airbnb incentive
- Beyond Juukan Gorge: how First Nations people are taking charge of clean energy projects on their land
- WA government announces $24m rent relief program to help tenants at risk of eviction
Top 5 from Canberra:
- Daily Discussion Thread - Sun Nov 12 2023
- Daily Discussion Thread - Mon Nov 06 2023
- Daily Discussion Thread - Sat Nov 11 2023
- Daily Discussion Thread - Fri Nov 10 2023
- Daily Discussion Thread - Thu Nov 09 2023
Top 5 from Adelaide:
