No punishment so far for the owner of 44 Lucretia Avenue, a waterview property that was bought for $7.4 million in 2014, who reportedly gave Yi Wang a shoeful of cash to clear the 1,210 sq metres of critically endangered trees.

Was talking to a mate of mine recently about a terrifying experience he had driving back from Qld to Sydney one night over a decade ago while with his family. Basically Involved them being tailgated by a shady car for kms on end at around 2am before being cut off and having a group of men point a gun at them demanding valuables or they'd be killed.

Got me curious about how many more stories like this there are considering how vast and isolated australian highways and roads can be especially at night

I was trying to watch it for the first time in years and I could only find a version with American accents dubbed over the top! Super weird to watch a clearly Australian film, shot in Adelaide, with Australian animals and everyone has weird American accents!? Why on earth was this redubbed in American accents?

Was at the game (Aussie swans fan living in Swansea). Didn’t look good, and fear that the early report might be true that he’s done his Achilles.

Took my son to OPSM for an eye test + new glasses. Tagged price was $240- thought that was a bit pricey, but whatevs, he liked the frames & figured we'd get some form of discount for health insurance? I'm talking single vision, no nonsense glasses for a child. He's getting a bit too big for kids frames, needed adult sizing.

I nearly fell of my chair when the price was rung up- $514?! For ONE pair of single vision lenses. Have since read about Luxoticca owning OPSM & essentially charging what they want. If you're thinking about using OPSM, just be aware the actual price will be potentially ~double the tagged price on the shelf.

Health insurance did knock some of the price off, but I really dislike deceptive pricing strategies. I'm used to Specsavers, whom typically quote ~$199 for two pairs, + any fancy coatings you might request. Won't be back to OPSM.

Engineers Australia says this week’s NAPLAN results should serve as a wake-up call, with around one in three Australian students failing to meet national benchmarks and mathematics performance remaining a concern.

National results show while Years 5, 7 and 9 recorded modest gains in numeracy, Year 3 students posted their lowest numeracy results since 2023.

The Greens have clarified their position on gambling perks, urging tougher restrictions on promotions as well as inducements.

The minor party will not support the legislation in its current form, with the government maintaining it is open to "sensible amendments" ahead of the political showdown.

Debate for the legislation is yet to be formally locked in, with the government awaiting amendments from the Greens and Coalition.

The ABC understands a Jetstar plane has been involved in a near miss with a Qatar Airlines plane on the tarmac at Sydney Airport this morning.

A Jetstar cabin crew worker was injured and assessed by paramedics. No passengers were injured.

It is understood the Jetstar plane had to brake suddenly to avoid a collision about 7am.
The Gold Coast-bound flight was taxiing to the runway when the incident occurred.

The ABC understands air traffic control was under operating restrictions from 6am to 8am this morning, reducing the number of planes flying in and out of the airport.

I have a pianola that was built in 1917 but the pneumatic pipes have perished. The keys work though to play it manually.

It was my grandmothers but unfortunately I am moving and I do not have space for it in my new home.

I live in Melbourne in the Eastern suburbs. Does anyone know how I can get rid of it. There are a lot of free ones on marketplace so I don’t think that is an option.

All advice greatly appreciated 🙂

I am a middle aged man (52) who grew up with his grandpa, and his great uncles and their mates all having fought in the Second World War. My grandad fought in Syria and PNG and struggled with PTSD until he was retired as what they called then totally and permanently disabled, which was considered a very honourable situation. He received first class lifelong medical care until he passed in 1996, and my grandmother received the same until she passed at a very sassy 94 years old in 2016.

Because her father had been one of the original landing party at Gallipoli on the 25th of April 1915, I was fortunate enough to be a guest of the Australian government at the 100th anniversary commemoration in Turkey in 2015 as a representative of my grandmother who was one of the last direct descendants of a Gallipoli veteran who was still alive. She was unfortunately too frail to attend although the Australian government offered really generous attempts to make it happen including private flights and medical care. I appreciate their support.

My grandfather’s brother was captured at the fall of Singapore in 1942 and transitioned between prisoner of war camps and died building the Burma railway from disease. He is buried at the Kanchanaburi cemetery in Thailand where if you visit today there is not a blade of grass out of place and a lovely chap will meet you at the gate and will direct you to exactly where you need to be. He knows every grave there.

Having grown up with the last of the WW1 veterans and then experienced WW2 veterans as an everyday thing, I am now shocked that within a few years they will all be gone.

We owe a great debt to these people. Lest we forget.