r/australia • • 17h ago

no politics [no-politics] Random Discussion Thread 15/Oct/2026

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Just a random non-political discussion thread. Memes, lame questions, etc are welcome.


r/australia • • 6m ago

no politics Why do I have to drain my chicken after I cook it

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I’m currently cooking a kg of chicken breast from Woolworths. It has been in the pan for 5 minutes and is currently borderline being boiled by the amount of water that has seeped out of it. I swear this was not a thing 10 years ago.


r/australia • • 1h ago

news Home Affairs 'unlawfully' jailed Australian citizen for 945 days, Ombudsman reports

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r/australia • • 2h ago

science & tech French fridge hacks could 'absolutely' happen in Australia

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r/australia • • 2h ago

no politics 100 Million

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Are you in it tonight?

Are you in a syndicate? Are you just a quick picker, or do you have your set numbers to play?

I personally have a quick pick and also a power hit with my numbers

Good Luck everyone, for tonight's draw


r/australia • • 3h ago

politics Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John on leave after allegations of inappropriate comments

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The Greens have confirmed WA senator Jordon Steele-John has taken leave from the party room after reports from the Sydney Morning Herald about allegations of inappropriate comments towards women.

Greens leader David Shoebridge said the party was taking the situation seriously.


r/australia • • 4h ago

no politics Optus hiking their prepaid prices again... any recommendations for a cheaper (or better) provider?

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When I first started with optus, the 365 prepaid deal was $180, now its going up to $395.

I just want a decent deal with a decent amount of data that doesn't cost a ridiculous amount.

Cost of living is killing me man


r/australia • • 5h ago

politics Labor and Coalition block bill that would ban incarcerated women being shackled in childbirth

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r/australia • • 6h ago

culture & society Unemployment rate at 4.7% in September

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r/australia • • 6h ago

culture & society Wadeye, Peppimenarti women's group works to break domestic violence cycle

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r/australia • • 7h ago

science & tech A Team of Australian Researchers Wants to Bring Attribution Science to the Masses

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Attribution science is increasingly being used to link individual companies to specific climate harms. A new, free tool aims to make it even easier.

As the tobacco industry learned, these efforts may prove akin to trying to hold back the tide, especially as public awareness of the field grows and access widens—as one Australian research team is attempting to do with the Carbon Impacts Tracer. Professor Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, a climate scientist with Australian National University and a coordinating lead author for the next IPCC report, leads the team that sought to expand on the work in the October 2025 study published in the journal Climate Action that looked at Australian petroleum giant Woodside’s contribution to climate change. She says the goal was to make the latest attribution science free and easy to access.

“The field of attribution has grown rapidly in the last 20 years,” Perkins-Kirkpatrick says. “It’s had an evolution and this is the next phase of the evolution. Finally, we can show with a reasonable degree of certainty how every tonne of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere does really matter.”

The tool, funded by the Australian National University, the Lethal Humidity Global Council and 21st Century Weather, is intended for use by anyone—journalists, campaigners, planners, government assessors, litigators, activists, and even fossil fuel companies. The Lethal Humidity Global Council is financially supported by the Minderoo Foundation, the personal charity of Australian iron ore billionaire Andrew Forrest.


r/australia • • 9h ago

news Patient accused of setting man alight at hospital

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r/australia • • 10h ago

news Gymnastics coach Jamie Cannon fined after assaulting two teen athletes

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r/australia • • 11h ago

politics Hospitality industry warns of critical workers shortages as migration cuts loom

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r/australia • • 18h ago

culture & society Dolly doctor - what's available for teens today, and tracking down the books

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Hi all,

I have a preteen daughter. I was looking to get her a subscription to a magazine that had something similar to the dolly doctor section, but from my search nothing like this exists anymore and instead everything is just pushed to be online.

There were compilation books published years ago, but these are no longer in print.

Dr. Melissa Kang who wrote Dolly Doctor for years also has the series "Welcome To..." Though it's not quite the same as a monthly magazine that kids can write into with their own questions, and also chunks content to a small manageable amount to engage readers.

What resources are people in Aus buying or subscribing to for their kids today in this space?

Orrrr if anyone has any of the dolly doctor complication books they're happy to sell I would like to buy!


r/australia • • 18h ago

science & tech Flying foxes in NSW and Victoria face mass starvation amid food shortages

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r/australia • • 20h ago

politics Putting destitution on display for Anti-Poverty Week distracts from the true purpose of welfare policy

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"For decades, academics and policymakers have focused on individual responsibility for improving material conditions. The social security system has intentionally been designed to reflect the manufactured view that if you’re in poverty, it’s your own fault, and if you remain there, it’s because you’re not trying hard enough to get out.

What we really need is a government that will invest in secure public housing where people aren’t treated like disposable commodities, as they are in “community” housing. What we need is lower energy bills provided at cost by a public retailer and not corporations designed to enrich CEOs and shareholders. We need supermarkets that sell groceries we can afford, not foodbanks who prioritise their own existence over people’s needs.

The solutions are right in front of us. They will benefit the whole community, not just those in poverty. And the price? Saving untold numbers of lives.

Jay Coonan is an anti-poverty activist and co-coordinator at the Antipoverty Centre."


r/australia • • 20h ago

culture & society Michelin Guide dishes out first stars in Australia to array of SA restaurants

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r/australia • • 20h ago

entertainment "And that's finance" - Alan Kohler

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r/australia • • 20h ago

no politics Watching a debate on SBS: is not having kids selfish? Where do you sit?

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Personally I imagine myself with kids and a family one day, but it's hard right now. I'm in my early 30s, living in a crappy single bedroom apartment and it's about the best I can do right now. I'm burnt out from putting my best into work and I only just feel like I'm treading water. After work I barely have the energy to put myself out there and go meet people.

I'm finding the "not having kids is selfish" group to have pretty weak arguments overall, it mostly seems to boil down to talking over the child free crowd with "I'm a parent therefore you are wrong".

The only thing I can agree with is that our replacement rate is low. But I certainly don't think that obligates anyone to have kids for the country.

Are you watching the debate? What do you think about it?


r/australia • • 21h ago

politics As Australia considers copyright reforms, Pope Leo's AI adviser Father Paolo Benanti issues a warning

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r/australia • • 21h ago

no politics Moths drinking game

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Is anyone else playing the drinking game where you have a sip of your drink every time the moths on the tv screen land in the actor's mouths?


r/australia • • 23h ago

news Urgent South Australia milk recall for Tweedvale Dairies reduced fat milk with October 21 use-by date

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r/australia • • 1d ago

politics Live: Coalition, Greens team up to throw private health bill out of parliament

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r/australia • • 1d ago

news Investigation underway after recording device found in cabin of HMAS Leeuwin navy ship

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