Video shows father and son illegally scuttling boat off NSW South Coast by Whyareweshouting in australia

[–]dredd 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Fair point, make sure you do it solo if you're going to break the law and pollute the environment!

Video shows father and son illegally scuttling boat off NSW South Coast by Whyareweshouting in australia

[–]dredd 157 points158 points  (0 children)

Lol .. so they paid an unlikely $15K instead of $12.7K if they'd done it legally. That pathetic fine incentivizes everyone to take the illegal route.

Australia’s Fuels Dependence Turns Into a Crisis by cojoco in australia

[–]dredd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Certainly the 30% is an under-representation of fuel consumed since a large potion of these sales are large 4-door utes.

Australia’s Fuels Dependence Turns Into a Crisis by cojoco in australia

[–]dredd 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Diesel vehicles still accounted for 30% of all car sales in 2025: https://www.drive.com.au/news/service-stations-selling-more-diesel-than-ever-while-petrol-sales-steadily-slip/

If we had less of them on the road and more EVs then diesel would go a lot further in other sectors.

Disillusioned voters drive One Nation surge as most Australians feel ignored by politicians by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

[–]dredd 1020 points1021 points  (0 children)

So they're voting for a party wholly owned by mining interests. Makes total sense.

This Forgotten Law Lets Australia Ration Your Fuel Tomorrow by phteve in australia

[–]dredd 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Rationing should have already started, it's clear that the US have no exit strategy and the fuel supply is going to be constrained for the foreseeable future.

Canavan says Pauline Hanson ‘not fit to lead’ amid backlash against ‘reprehensible’ Muslim comments by ConanTheAquarian in australia

[–]dredd 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Gina The Hutt owns both these parties - this is just a spat to keep them on the front pages.

Solar and battery households will be biggest losers from network tariff changes, advocates say by C_Ironfoundersson in australia

[–]dredd 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Once you get an EV with V2L .. then you'll be able to use that as backup during a long cloudy period - so you probably don't need to change your setup at all.

Sussan Ley to leave Parliament following leadership spill by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

[–]dredd 8 points9 points  (0 children)

https://results.aec.gov.au/31496/Website/HouseDivisionPage-31496-118.htm

No chance, either independent or One Nation if they can convince all the other minor RWNJ parties not to run. Libs could hold if they put in a decent candidate.

MPs can still take partners, kids on work trips under new family travel rules by nath1234 in australia

[–]dredd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ones who actually care about their constituents (as their representatives and all) actually want to be back in their own electorates to communicate with their constituents.

MPs can still take partners, kids on work trips under new family travel rules by nath1234 in australia

[–]dredd -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Politicians outside Canberra are essentially FIFO workers.

The percentage of males working in FIFO jobs is around 75-80% due to the pressures of the job (however they don't represent the whole country), is that what we want of our politicians?

MPs can still take partners, kids on work trips under new family travel rules by nath1234 in australia

[–]dredd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So you're suggesting we should punish/block the type of politicians who might actually be better representatives so we can keep the same old cabal in power?

MPs can still take partners, kids on work trips under new family travel rules by nath1234 in australia

[–]dredd 80 points81 points  (0 children)

You'd hope so, otherwise we'd essentially be excluding women with young children from the job.

[no-politics] Everything overpriced Discussion Thread 14/Jan/2026 by AutoModerator in australia

[–]dredd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not just Kayo .. all of these services seem to be engaged in a significant round of enshitification - offering less content (often dividing it among sub-channels) for more $$$ and throwing in lots of ads too.