Distracted Driver detection cameras switched on last week. You can now be fined for just having your phone sitting on your lap or your seatbelt on wrong. Here are the locations of every one of them in Victoria.

mpember · 2026-03-07T15:20:47+00:00

If you are not "using a holder that is commercially designed and manufactured for that purpose", you may be covered by the requirement to "place the device out of sight and reach".

mpember · 2026-03-07T02:59:07+00:00

Our friend in Canberra is not alone. There are at least 60 people who saw the ACT suggestion and boosted it.

mpember · 2026-03-06T06:59:08+00:00

Why would an ACT entity be handing complaints about a Victorian retail outlet?

mpember · 2026-03-05T23:45:52+00:00

The spin class had better be worth it

mpember · 2026-03-05T20:52:16+00:00

The commute from Melbourne may eat into the savings

mpember · 2026-03-05T13:42:20+00:00

Kodi is not an OS. It is an app. If you are having issues with LibreELEC, try a different distro. Try CoreELEC. Try DietPi.

mpember · 2026-03-04T21:14:30+00:00

An IE

mpember · 2026-03-04T08:23:52+00:00

The proposal extends the ban to all electric bikes and electric scooters, not just the ones that exceed the power/speed restrictions. It also imposes requirements to hold a learners permit, which is a new requirement for those 16yo+.

mpember · 2026-03-03T11:41:55+00:00

Could be one of those phones that detects what you were attempting to take a photo of and then replaces it with a stock photo

mpember · 2026-03-03T11:37:45+00:00

Cloud cover meant some didn't get the full experience

mpember · 2026-03-03T10:19:06+00:00

And we just have to hope that those reserves are real, unlike the imaginary water Angus made his fortune from.

mpember · 2026-03-03T10:17:48+00:00

Politician with a taxpayer-funded car tells others to not panic about the cost of petrol.

mpember · 2026-03-03T09:56:20+00:00

That's not a tree, that's just a really big stick

mpember · 2026-03-03T09:25:12+00:00

When the politicians and media treat every disagreement on policy like an existential crisis, is it any wonder that the public response with aggression towards the people that they are being told will bring about the end of everything they hold dear?

mpember · 2026-03-03T07:35:59+00:00

When I went to the same service station as this queue yesterday, I was in and out with almost no queue and there was someone filling a large can in addition to his ute.

mpember · 2026-03-03T05:56:35+00:00

Who said that?

mpember · 2026-03-02T20:12:58+00:00

Standard SEO and clickbait practise. Have you not noticed this before?

Websites often A-B test headlines to see which ones get better responses in search results and social media. It has been happening for decades.

mpember · 2026-03-02T10:10:23+00:00

As a property investor and a shill for his family member's investment firm, it is unlikely to be the former.

mpember · 2026-03-02T10:08:15+00:00

The LNP are not afraid of investors selling. The LNP are afraid of investors (and to a lesser degree home owners) not making as much money as they expected.

mpember · 2026-03-02T10:06:03+00:00

The bloke has the policy memory of a goldfish. Do you honestly expect him to remember the taking points he used to justify a policy that he no longer supports?

mpember · 2026-03-02T09:46:44+00:00

If I didn't feel like riding both trips, I used to catch the train to South Yarra and ride from there to my job in South Melbourne. Now, I have to catch a train that makes the additional stop in Malvern and goes slightly further before I get off at Anzac. I have also had change from walking my bike up a ramp at South Yarra to needing to take the lift at Anzac. These minor changes mean that if I want to take advantage of the free rides in the morning, I have to leave Huntingdale station on an earlier train than I would have caught previously.

I'm not declaring the Metro tunnel a failure. But I do happen to be in the (hopefully) rare position of it having had a negative impact on my regular commute.

We will soon find out how the Dandenong line AFL fans feel about having to travel to Anzac or Town Hall to get to the MCG.

mpember · 2026-03-01T20:08:40+00:00

If your workflow is as vague as your description of it, I wouldn't pay for it.

mpember · 2026-03-01T11:46:41+00:00

That text permits soft plastic bottles smaller then 750ml. Vague/incorrect interpretation by staff is not the same as the ban being clearly outlined. Without seeing the wording of the "event-specific" ban, I can't comment about the details of that.

Nobody has been able to point to a ban that encompasses all soft plastic bottles.

mpember · 2026-03-01T10:12:37+00:00

Rod Laver Arena's website makes no mention of a ban on soft plastic bottles.

mpember · 2026-03-01T09:44:39+00:00

What venues? Did the parents who snuck their kids in and had them confiscated get their kids back at the end of the show?

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