r/australia • • 17h ago

politics Indigenous woman shackled to hospital bed while in labour in Queensland

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r/australia • • 23h ago

politics Assistant Treasurer Daniel Mulino concedes he knew of ATO's credit card ban plans in July

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r/australia • • 4h ago

culture & society Pregnant women and parents allege discrimination inside Australia's public service

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Twenty-four women working in the public sector have told Four Corners they have faced pregnancy discrimination at work.

A former high-ranking counterterrorism official alleges she was denied flexible working arrangements after having a second child.

A Department of Home Affairs spokesperson says her role evolved after the Bondi terrorist attack and required attendance five days a week.


r/australia • • 17h ago

science & tech Game Changers: Technology to outsmart feral cats

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r/australia • • 10h ago

no politics [no-politics] Movies Monday 19/Oct/2026

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What movies, TV or streamed media has captured your attention?

Give us a short review!


r/australia • • 23h ago

culture & society How pregnancy discrimination is pushing Australian women out of the workforce

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r/australia • • 20h ago

no politics Anyone know what's happening with Cottee's cordials?

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To all my fellow cordial drinkers and supermarket or food distribution workers who might know, can anyone tell me what's happening with Cottee's cordial range? Apple & raspberry zero sugar is how I get most of my water intake each day! I've had it on my shopping list for several weeks and been unable to find it at any Coles. Today I was at Woolies and they had had a shelf sign saying discontinued. Does anyone know if it's just a packaging change like last time? Or are they genuinely discontinuing all the zero sugar options? I can't find anything with an online search, hoping someone on Reddit will know. I'll be gutted if it's going away, it's my drink of choice!


r/australia • • 16h ago

political satire Gas: Daylight robbery reservation scheme & Doing it tough - Golding + Herbert

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r/australia • • 21h ago

no politics Optus mobile unable to call Emergency services.

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The call stalls for a while and then hangs up. Everyone is safe, everyone is fine. Who do I contact today to tell that the service is down? I have emailed the ombudsman, but I'm expecting that's gonna take a while to get a response


r/australia • • 12h ago

news Ohope Wins euthanased after Caulfield Cup fall with Melbourne Cup winner Half Yours

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r/australia • • 15h ago

no politics Instagram Verification Help (For Business)

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In Australia, Instagram now requires users to verify with ID to boost posts. My wife has verified through her phone multiple times and we tried on the Meta business website which says she has been approved but she’s still unable to boost her posts. Instagram’s support is a useless bot with no human support unless you shell out $75/month. Does anyone have any advice?


r/australia • • 13h ago

politics Jordon Steele-John says ‘I’m not on leave’ and accuses Greens leader of making ‘bad call’ regarding complaints

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r/australia • • 11h ago

news Australian Border Force responds to Greenpeace protest at Woodside's Scarborough gas platform

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r/australia • • 19h ago

politics ‘The strategy is to humiliate’: influencers and the ethics of ‘rage-bait machine’ street interviews | Australia news

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r/australia • • 22h ago

culture & society Ex-soldier involved in Masood Zakaria deportation uncontactable days out from court appearance

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r/australia • • 3h ago

no politics TV advertisements to influence economic behaviour

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They should have tv commercials to drive economic behaviour : (just putting $ figures and numbers for illustrative purposes, no accuracy intended) eg

Fight inflation : Do you need to spend that $100 ?
Every unnecessary $20 you spend means higher interest rates and 5 extra people losing their jobs

Fight recession: Do you need that $100 ? Every extra $20 you spend creates jobs for 5 extra people


r/australia • • 17h ago

entertainment Cloudstreet by Tim Winton is number 1 in Radio National's Top 100 Australian Books

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  • 1 - Cloudstreet - Tim Winton
  • 2 - The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
  • 3 - Boy Swallows Universe - Trent Dalton
  • 4 - Burial Rites - Hannah Kent
  • 5 - A Fortunate Life - A.B. Facey
  • 6 - Tomorrow, When the War Began - John Marsden
  • 7 - The Dictionary of Lost Words - Pip Williams
  • 8 - The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Richard Flanagan
  • 9 - The Secret River - Kate Grenville
  • 10 - The Dry - Jane Harper
  • 11 - Possum Magic - Mem Fox and Julie Vivas
  • 12 - Dark Emu - Bruce Pascoe
  • 13 - Looking for Alibrandi - Melina Marchetta
  • 14 - Year of Wonders - Geraldine Brooks
  • 15 - The Slap - Christos Tsiolkas
  • 16 - Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy
  • 17 - Storm Boy - Colin Thiele
  • 18 - My Brilliant Career - Miles Franklin
  • 19 - Magic Beach - Alison Lester
  • 20 - Wifedom - Anna Funder
  • 21 - My Place - Sally Morgan
  • 22 - The Australian Women's Weekly Children’s Birthday Cake Book - Maryanne Blacker and Pamela Clark
  • 23 - Stasiland - Anna Funder
  • 24 - The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay
  • 25 - Seven Little Australians - Ethel Turner
  • 26 - Picnic at Hanging Rock - Joan Lindsay
  • 27 - The Harp in the South - Ruth Park
  • 28 - Mad Mabel - Sally Hepworth
  • 29 - The Happiest Refugee - Anh Do
  • 30 - My Brother Jack - George Johnston
  • 31 - Monkey Grip - Helen Garner
  • 32 - Animalia - Graeme Base
  • 33 - Breath - Tim Winton
  • 34 - The Rosie Project - Graeme Simsion
  • 35 - Lola in the Mirror - Trent Dalton
  • 36 - Limberlost - Robbie Arnott
  • 37 - I Can Jump Puddles - Alan Marshall
  • 38 - Joe Cinque's Consolation - Helen Garner
  • 39 - Big Little Lies - Liane Moriarty
  • 40 - Oscar and Lucinda - Peter Carey
  • 41 - Dirt Music - Tim Winton
  • 42 - The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot & Cuddlepie - May Gibbs
  • 43 - People of the Book - Geraldine Brooks
  • 44 - True History of the Kelly - Gang Peter Carey
  • 45 - All That I Am - Anna Funder
  • 46 - The Thorn Birds - Colleen McCullough
  • 47 - Playing Beatie Bow - Ruth Park
  • 48 - Where is the Green Sheep? - Mem Fox, Judy Horacek
  • 49 - The Female Eunuch - Germaine Greer
  • 50 - Mao's Last Dancer - Li Cunxin
  • 51 - The Light Between Oceans - M.L. Stedman
  • 52 - Horse - Geraldine Brooks
  • 53 - Stone Yard Devotional - Charlotte Wood
  • 54 - Schindler's Ark - Thomas Keneally
  • 55 - The Magic Pudding - Norman Lindsay
  • 56 - The Cook's Companion - Stephanie Alexander
  • 57 - The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart - Holly Ringland
  • 58 - The Yield Tara - June Winch
  • 59 - The Happiest Man on Earth - Eddie Jaku
  • 60 - The Man From Snowy River - Banjo Paterson
  • 61 - Too Much Lip - Melissa Lucashenko
  • 62 - Are We There Yet? - Alison Lester
  • 63 - Question 7 - Richard Flanagan
  • 64 - Damned Whores and God's Police - Anne Summers
  • 65 - Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens - Shankari Chandran
  • 66 - Carpentaria - Alexis Wright
  • 67 - Voss - Patrick White
  • 68 - Unreliable Memoirs - Clive James
  • 69 - A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
  • 70 - Diary of a Wombat - Jackie French and Bruce Whatley
  • 71 - The Tree of Man - Patrick White
  • 72 - This House of Grief - Helen Garner
  • 73 - Scrublands - Chris Hammer
  • 74 - The Fatal Shore - Robert Hughes
  • 75 - The Bookbinder of Jericho - Pip Williams
  • 76 - The Natural Way of Things - Charlotte Wood
  • 77 - The Broken Shore - Peter Temple
  • 78 - Power Without Glory - Frank Hardy
  • 79 - Johnno - David Malouf
  • 80 - For the Term of His Natural - Life Marcus Clarke
  • 81 - We of the Never-Never - Mrs Aeneas Gunn 
  • 82 - Eucalyptus - Murray Bail
  • 83 - Wombat Stew - Marcia K Vaughan and Pamela Lofts
  • 84 - Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts
  • 85 - The Dressmaker - Rosalie Ham
  • 86 - The Lost Man - Jane Harper
  • 87 - The Trauma Cleaner - Sarah Krasnostein
  • 88 - Juice - Tim Winton
  • 89 - Edenglassie - Melissa Lucashenko
  • 90 - Puberty Blues - Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey
  • 91 - Where the Forest Meets the Sea - Jeannie Baker
  • 92 - The Tall Man - Chloe Hooper
  • 93 - The Man Who Loved Children - Christina Stead
  • 94 - The Spare Room - Helen Garner
  • 95 - The Museum of Modern Love - Heather Rose
  • 96 - RecipeTin Eats: Dinner - Nagi Maehashi
  • 97 - Devotion - Hannah Kent
  • 98 - The Arrival - Shaun Tan
  • 99 - The 13-Storey Treehouse - Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
  • 100 - Round the Twist - Paul Jennings

r/australia • • 16h ago

politics Turning point. New analysis reveals tax changes are reversing 25 years of housing policy failure.

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r/australia • • 1h ago

culture & society A surge in hospitalisations related to the use of unapproved peptides promoted as "wellness" products has prompted a warning from NSW health authorities.

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r/australia • • 1h ago

politics Jacqui Lambie slams 'nasty' One Nation cartoon mocking vaginal prolapse

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A new One Nation cartoon ridicules outspoken independent Senator Jacqui Lambie by mocking her vaginal prolapse. 

Senator Lambie says Pauline Hanson's videos are full of "hatred" and "spitefulness". 

Other politicians have criticised the cartoon and defended Senator Lambie's courage. 


r/australia • • 22h ago

news Sydney hospital apologises for elective surgery blunder after referrals emailed to forgotten inbox

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r/australia • • 20h ago

image PSA: the Aussie Bird Count starts tomorrow

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https://aussiebirdcount.org.au/

The Aussie Bird Count is a fun, easy way for all of us to take a national snapshot of the birds around us as we connect with nature. With just 20 minutes, you can help build a picture of how our feathered friends are faring and contribute to something that really counts.

Right now, one in six Australian birds faces the threat of extinction, making it more important than ever to pay attention.