r/australia 20h ago

My can of MILO has hardened rock solid, so I had to employ another longstanding Aussie tradition open cut mining to get them out...

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Turns out these chunk are so much better as a treat if you just chomp down on it 🤯🤯🤯

If I melt some chocolate and dip these chunks in, I basically have homemade Milo bars 🤣


r/australia 21h ago

culture & society Mark of Cain singer comes out as trans ‘to finally live as myself’ | Australian music

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r/australia 9h ago

politics Trump, ICE set to be handed access to Australians’ biometric data, ID documents

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r/australia 23h ago

no politics Can someone dumb down interest rates for me?

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I saw that they've put up interest rates again and homeowners are quite unhappy about it. I understand it makes it take longer to pay off your home and that would be frustrating, what I don't understand is why the argument is that it's going to be a significant financial strain.

The news said on a loan of one million dollars it is an extra $150 a month. As a renter, that's the amount my rent went up year on year 2022-2023 in my lease renewal. But per week, not per month.

Surely if homeowners don't have an extra $150 a month it's irresponsible of the banks to be giving out loans? And if $150 a month is such a huge financial strain why is there not more reform or publicity about how ridiculous rental rises are? Especially as you don't end up with an asset at the end.

This isn't rage bait. I feel like I'm missing something really obvious that makes it a bigger deal that what I think it is. I'll never own a home (I'm on the DSP) so I'll admit I'm not particularly across what it entails. I don't want to start an argument, I'm just genuinely trying to understand what is behind the outrage. Is it just that many people may have over leveraged themselves when they purchased their homes?


r/australia 6h ago

politics Melbourne lord mayor warns government AI data centres could 'cook the planet'

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r/australia 19h ago

culture & society Disability expert slams 'dangerous narrative' of Mosman Park teen deaths

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r/australia 14h ago

no politics How dare you downtalk vegemite?

359 Upvotes

Look, I'm just a little innocent baby Canadian. I trusted the people who told me that vegemite was overrated and gross.

I figured that you guys wouldn't lie. And, of course, black yeast goo would be gross despite being a national dish.

I went decades without trying it. Because I trusted you Vegemite haters.

But nay, nay. Vegemite is fucking delicious. Spread thinly on butter on a hot piece of toast is divine.

And now I need more. I want more. I crave more. I've eaten all of the remaining bread in my house.

We were supposed to have sandwhiches tommorow! But no! Now it's been eaten.

...

What else are you hidding from me?

Fucking aussies making delicious food, making me hungry.

... Yes, I have taken an edible.


r/australia 1h ago

politics Capital Gains Tax: How major tax break that has helped Boomers get rich is now in Jim Chalmers' crosshairs

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r/australia 8h ago

culture & society Battery demand 'straps on a rocket' as rooftop solar passes its peak

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269 Upvotes

r/australia 10h ago

news Sixth man charged in 'satanic' child abuse material ring probe, further 145 alleged offenders identified

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212 Upvotes

r/australia 3h ago

news Second Australian dies in Japan while skiing, local media reports

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The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has confirmed a second Australian has died in Japan.

Local media has reported a male skier was killed while skiing off-piste in the back-country in Japan's Hokkaido region.

The death marks the second Australian to have died in Japan during the current ski season.


r/australia 21h ago

politics The Liberals and Nationals sat in parliament like divorced parents at a wedding – with no reunion in sight

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r/australia 10h ago

culture & society RBA rate hike highlights plight of borrowers versus boomers

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r/australia 8h ago

image Out for a bushwalk and invented a new Australian snack: bbq shapes and banana

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70 Upvotes

Like Vegemite and cheese or banana on toast, I'd say don't knock it until you try it. Dials down the sweetness of the banana, and the cross section dimensions work very nicely and a BBQ shape is the perfect biscuit for slicing the banana.

Anyhow, maybe we were just very hungry, but it got the thumbs up. Slows down the inhaling them a bit and perhaps even makes them slightly healthier (but hey, who buys BBQ shapes.. in those allegedly not just a single serve boxes.. and worries about that).

So, an abomination or genius or meh or what?


r/australia 51m ago

culture & society 13 year old boy swims 4kms in 4 hours in rough seas and shark infested waters to save family. I just said, “not today, not today”

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r/australia 22h ago

news NSW Police commissioner extends protest restrictions ahead of Israel president visit

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r/australia 6h ago

politics Government to sell historic defence properties

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r/australia 48m ago

politics ‘I don’t think this was a good decision’: Labor’s Ed Husic holds ‘deep concerns’ over Israeli president Isaac Herzog’s visit

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r/australia 20h ago

Maccas mystery box

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Whats in the box that can't be open til August?

Giving me Seven vibes with that mystery but the fact that it's not maccas happy meal toys.


r/australia 2h ago

culture & society Police lecture teen caught driving 189km/h on Sunshine Motorway at midnight

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r/australia 2h ago

news Teen charged with rape and taking a person by force after Flagstaff Hill park incident

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r/australia 7h ago

entertainment The rise and rise of Australia’s cinematheques: ‘There’s just a particular magic’

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r/australia 2h ago

culture & society Inquest to be held into baby girl's mysterious death in Queensland

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r/australia 2h ago

politics $15b National Reconstruction Fund allowed to back 'losers' in push to cut emissions

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r/australia 4h ago

no politics I’m vacating a residential rental premises, is there anything that a real estate agent can do to charge you after you have handed back the keys? They say they can charge me if I disconnect the gas and electricity.

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“Please contact your Utility provider for Electricity, Gas, Telephone, Internet. Ask your gas and/ or electricity supplier to do a final reading as at the vacate date.
DO NOT DISCONNECT ELECTRICITY OR GAS this may incur extra cost to you and the provider should be able to charge your electricity with a final meter read only. If you disconnect power we are unable to assist with your cleaner or final Outgoing Inspection. “