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Current areas covered:
https://www.gazettenews.au/
The Eastern Melburnian
Covering Manningham, Maroondah, Whitehorse, Monash and Knox.
The North Shore Lorikeet
Covering Hornsby, Ku-ring-gai, Lane Cove, Hunters Hill, Willoughby and North Sydney.
The Mid North Coaster
Covering City of Coffs Harbour, Bellingen, Nambucca and Kempsey Shires, plus Port Macquarie-Hastings and Mid Coast Councils.
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I have only just seen this new Australian local news source. (Sorta like the Byline Times network?)
Worth watching.
I can't see that they have any presence on the Fediverse. If anyone is in contact with these people on LinkedIn, maybe you could encourage them to consider it.
Gazette News
https://www.gazettenews.au/about-us
> Learn about how Gazette is building robust local news brands that create connected and informed communities.
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“Severe flooding in Queensland has forced thousands of people to evacuate, cut power to homes and washed away sections of a vital highway.
In Townsville, one of the hardest-hit cities in the region, people are bracing themselves for further flooding.
As the rain eased up on Monday evening, BBC reporter Simon Atkinson joined locals surveying the damage so far.”
AI can fool voice recognition used to verify identity by Centrelink and Australian tax office - voiceprint program used by millions of Australians to access data held by government agencies shown to have a serious security flaw
Australian boy, 13, spent six weeks in solitary confinement
made a quick chart of how the #AUKUS submarine spending compares with various other things the government is spending money on, or could spend money on, all over ten years https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/14/penny-wong-hits-back-at-chinas-claim-aukus-nuclear-submarines-will-fuel-an-arms-race #news #submarines #ausnews
NSW plan for population growth outside Sydney to fail without high speed rail, says expert behind strategy https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/07/nsw-plan-for-population-growth-outside-sydney-to-fail-without-high-speed-rail-says-expert-behind-strategy #auspol #ausnews #news
imo this shows how the banks are screwing their customers on interest rate changes, in one handy graphic - when the cash rate is cut, they rarely pass on the full change. but when it increases, they always do. v neat bubble chart from @Josh
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/datablog/2023/feb/25/australias-big-banks-are-passing-on-all-the-interest-rates-hikes-but-not-the-cuts #auspol #australia #ausnews #dataviz
Australia’s gender pay gap falls to narrowest on record but women still earn less in every industry - this chart breaks it down for men and women in each industry group #ausnews #news #dataviz #auspol #australia https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/23/australias-gender-pay-falls-to-narrowest-on-record-but-women-still-earn-less-in-every-industry
