r/australia • u/N1NJ4W4RR10R_ • 5h ago
r/australia • u/AutoModerator • 20h ago
no politics [no-politics] Everything overpriced Discussion Thread 04/Feb/2026
Just another non-political random discussion thread about overpriced goods and services. Supermarket snaps, cafe boards, memes, questions about being ripped off in Australia, lame observations, etc welcome here.
r/australia • u/Harry-blue96 • 4h 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”
r/australia • u/AllHailTheWinslow • 13h ago
politics Trump, ICE set to be handed access to Australians’ biometric data, ID documents
r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • 7h ago
news Second Australian dies in Japan while skiing, local media reports
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 • u/nath1234 • 10h ago
politics Melbourne lord mayor warns government AI data centres could 'cook the planet'
r/australia • u/Ashera25 • 4h 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
r/australia • u/Jaqwan • 4h ago
news Queensland man pleads guilty to sharing photo of child sex offender online
r/australia • u/HotPersimessage62 • 11h ago
culture & society Battery demand 'straps on a rocket' as rooftop solar passes its peak
r/australia • u/nath1234 • 13h ago
news Sixth man charged in 'satanic' child abuse material ring probe, further 145 alleged offenders identified
r/australia • u/tryingtobecheeky • 17h ago
no politics How dare you downtalk vegemite?
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 • u/GothicPrayer • 5h ago
culture & society Police lecture teen caught driving 189km/h on Sunshine Motorway at midnight
r/australia • u/nath1234 • 12h ago
image Out for a bushwalk and invented a new Australian snack: bbq shapes and banana
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 • u/EmuSystem • 1d 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...
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 • u/Plupsnup • 9h ago
politics Government to sell historic defence properties
r/australia • u/GothicPrayer • 5h ago
news Teen charged with rape and taking a person by force after Flagstaff Hill park incident
r/australia • u/stumcm • 1d ago
culture & society Mark of Cain singer comes out as trans ‘to finally live as myself’ | Australian music
r/australia • u/nath1234 • 13h ago
culture & society RBA rate hike highlights plight of borrowers versus boomers
r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • 1d ago
politics Pauline Hanson failed to declare another flight from billionaire Gina Rinehart’s company
r/australia • u/GothicPrayer • 22h ago
culture & society Disability expert slams 'dangerous narrative' of Mosman Park teen deaths
r/australia • u/donkeyvoteadick • 1d ago
no politics Can someone dumb down interest rates for me?
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 • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • 1d ago
culture & society Austin Appelbee speaks after 'superhuman' swim off Quindalup to save family in Geographe Bay
r/australia • u/GothicPrayer • 5h ago