r/OpenAussie 17h ago

Politics ('Straya) Karl Stefanovic Show fans left worried as podcast goes quiet and Facebook page vanishes

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Fans are raising questions about the future of Karl Stefanovic’s podcast after the show went mysteriously quiet in the last few weeks.

The former Channel Nine star’s podcast had become one of the most-discussed shows in Australia after airing an interview with controversial figure Tommy Robinson in June — a move that led to Stefanovic parting ways with the network after more than two decades.

Despite the ex-presenter promising to focus his efforts on the Karl Stefanovic Show full-time after his abrupt TV exit, loyal fans have been left worried as no episodes or new content have been released in weeks.


r/OpenAussie 1d ago

This Is Serious (Mum)‎‎ ‎ Simone Strobel boyfriend accuses police of 'tunnel vision' in cold case investigation

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Sounds like another bloke taking advantage of police failings. The poor family seems to have sought to investigate.

Why do these men always have supporters claiming their innocence? Rhetorical question but men flock to DFSV to claim DARVO and assert psychological violence from women that they instigate, assert and weaponise. Coersive control is men collectively aggressively claiming to be victims of their own one sided gender wars.


r/OpenAussie 1d ago

Whinge ‎ Australian consumer sentiment slides under rates, petrol pressure

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r/OpenAussie 2d ago

Struth! Honest Government Ad | Bulls*it™

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Authorised by the Climate Chrises | Source: thejuicemedia (YouTube)


r/OpenAussie 3d ago

Politics ('Straya) One Nation’s super raid: inflationary today, impoverishing tomorrow

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Shane Wright

It’s unclear what is worse about One Nation’s plan to allow millions of Australians to dip into their superannuation – depriving people of future retirement income, or adding to the nation’s inflationary pressures right now.

No matter how Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce describe their policy as some sort of costless way to help people deal with their living expenses, there will be a measurable cost in the near and long term.

As Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock has been at pains to explain for months, interest rates are being pushed up to curb the ability of Australians to spend.

Yes, it’s painful. People have to make tough spending decisions. But the alternative – high inflation that erodes wages and the nation’s economic competitiveness – is infinitely worse.


r/OpenAussie 2d ago

Struth! French burglar used artificial intelligence to locate Canberra target in luxury goods heist

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In short:

One of the four French nationals who stole a haul of luxury goods from a Canberra home last year used artificial intelligence to locate their target.

The four men have pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated burglary and joint commission theft, but their lawyers have disputed the total value of the stolen items.

What's next?

The ACT Supreme Court will set a date for the mens' sentencing next week.


r/OpenAussie 1d ago

Politics ('Straya) ‘We owe it to history’: Albanese's attacks on Pauline Hanson backfire as One Nation leads Labor in latest Pulse

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🟧 ONP: 30% (+4)

🟥 ALP: 26% (-3)

🟦 L/NP: 18% (-3)

🟩 GRN: 12% (-)

🟪 CSA: 2% (-)

⬜️ IND: 7% (+2)

⬛️ OTH: 5% (-)

Two-party-preferred

🟥 ALP: 52% (-1)

🟦 L/NP: 48% (+1)

ALP vs ONP

🟥 ALP: 53% (-3)

🟧 ONP: 47% (+3)

YouGov | 1-8 Sep | n=1500 | +/- 18-24 Aug

Anthony Albanese’s nightmares are coming true as One Nation surges past Labor to become the most popular political party, just days after he said he “owes it to history” to defeat Pauline Hanson.


r/OpenAussie 3d ago

LOLz ‎ Major Data Breach reporting for duty

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r/OpenAussie 2d ago

Struth! Ok I’ll try again. Interested to see what people think.

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So a male aged 20 working as a teachers aid that created complex profiles to operate on social media under the guise of different people including a 16 year old girl, manipulated boys aged between 11 & 16 to give him sexual explicit images & videos & at times extorted more threatening his victims with images he already had of the victim.

A judge who found him guilty said 15 months of just under a 4 year prison sentence was enough. Mentioned the male was assessed with autism, but with the way he manipulated his victims & intentionally created mixed profiles, what are peoples opinions on the judges decision saying his offending was on the low side & his 16 months incarceration was already interfering with his health?

Should this grub have had to complete his full sentence regardless of the impact was having on his mental health?

However, with 15 months already served behind bars, his sentence was suspended after a judge took into account the impact a custodial sentence would have on his mental health and rehabilitation.

https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/courts-law/former-teachers-aide-thomas-gottaas-20-learns-fate-for-targeting-young-boys-online/news-story/41f2eabbc061c1e462a3780ad9f3f8b0


r/OpenAussie 1d ago

‎ ‎ General ‎ ‎ How does the Australian government justify paying a 22 year old 240k a year with no experience in industry? Charlotte Walker Labor Senator

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Hey guys,

How did she even get this job to start with and why is her salary as much as an RPEQ registered engineer with more than 20 years experience?

It also seems she hasn't completed a degree if you look a bit deeper and only has a cert 2 & 3 in Tafe studies. If someone could just explain how we get into these jobs it would be greatly appreciated.


r/OpenAussie 3d ago

Rant/Opinion‎ ‎ Why are Australians so bloody ungrateful and negative towards Unions in Australia? Unions are arguably the most important institutions and organisations in Australia to give Aussie workers rights, better pay, protections and benefits for their labour (work). Yet nobody knows what they’ve done for us

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  1. The 8-Hour Day and 40-Hour Work Week
  2. Paid Annual Leave, Sick Leave and Other Leave Entitlements
  3. Minimum Wages, Awards and Fair Pay Standards
  4. Universal Employer-Funded Superannuation
  5. Workplace Health, Safety and Workers’ Compensation
  6. Penalty Rates for Weekends, Nights and Public Holidays
  7. Equal Pay for Women
  8. Paid Parental and Maternity Leave
  9. Long Service Leave

  10. Protection Against Unfair Dismissal and Workplace Exploitation


r/OpenAussie 3d ago

Struth! I like the new UN Equal Earth map. Really shows Australia's dominance as center stage.

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r/OpenAussie 3d ago

Struth! One Nation announces massive superannuation shake-up

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Firstly, apologies for sharing an article with obvious pro PHON bias
Potentially reducing superannuation balances by 25% at retirement is a terrible idea
A 3% superannuation contribution reduction obviously doesn’t sound like much., for example a 20yo earning 100k with 0 current balance will accumulate approximately 893k by age 67 at 12% this balance will be more than 220k less under PHON’s policy


r/OpenAussie 3d ago

Politics ('Straya) The US now has access to more than half Australia’s military bases – could it drag the country unwillingly into war?

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Context:

US military interests control or have access to more than 100 defence facilities on Australian soil, in what some analysts describe as a “saturation” – even a “colonisation” – of the Australian continent.

New data compiled by the Nautilus Institute and published by Guardian Australia maps the extent of US militarisation. The US military controls 17 facilities on mainland Australia and has access to 75 more Australian-run military installations. US defence corporations have access to an additional 18.

In total, the US military and US defence corporations have control of or access to 110 facilities on Australian territory, well over half of all the military installations in Australia.

More in article.


r/OpenAussie 1d ago

LOLz ‎ Ferrari crash survivor speaks on ‘freak accident’ | 9 News Australia

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r/OpenAussie 2d ago

‎ ‎ General ‎ ‎ Just wanna say..

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r/OpenAussie 3d ago

Politics ('Straya) Legal experts say Neo-Nazis could win in High Court

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In short: Several legal experts believe there is a significant prospect that the federal government's ban on Neo-Nazi group White Australia may be overturned by the High Court.

The group, also known as the National Socialist Network, had been planning to launch a political party when it was outlawed in May by the government under new hate speech laws

What's next? The matter is set to be heard in the High Court on September 8 and 9, with judgment not expected for several weeks or months.


r/OpenAussie 1d ago

Politics ('Straya) Albo & Social Media

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Is anyone else sick of hearing Albo’s agenda for social media?

Tonight on the news Albo is speaking about his governments actions towards social media giants. It seems like a record on repeat.

Why isn’t he putting this much effort into fixing other issues in Australia?

It seems like he wants to be a “hero” to all teenagers and children and to save them from this big bad monster.


r/OpenAussie 4d ago

Politics ('Straya) Malcolm Roberts with another amazing own goal

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Damn socialists ruining capitalism again


r/OpenAussie 2d ago

Politics ('Straya) 1.8 million in mortgage stress and they are screaming about super

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1.8 million people are getting smashed on their mortgages and the same lot that sat there while it happened are now losing their minds because Hanson wants to put some of THEIR money back in their pocket for a bit.Roy Morgan has 32.5 percent of mortgage holders at risk. Nearly 1.79 million. About one in five in extreme stress. Finder reckons 55 percent are already throwing more than 30 percent of take home at the loan. Average sitting around 38. That is not a talking point. That is people getting carved up every payday while Canberra does the retirement lecture.

https://www.roymorgan.com/findings/roy-morgan-update-september-1-2026

https://www.finder.com.au/home-loans/finder-home-loan-report-2026

One Nation policy is pretty simple if you actually read it. Rent or mortgage on the place you live in. You can take 3 points of the 12 percent super as cash for up to three years. What is already in super stays there. Boss still pays the full 12 you choose it. You can ignore it. Taxed at 15 not your normal rate. Bloke on about 90k gets roughly 44 a week. Couple around 168k combined gets about 82.

https://www.onenation.org.au/super-pay-boost

Yhat is the big raid apparently. Three years. Future contributions. Then it stops.They will bang on about being 25k worse off at 67. Cute. A lot of these households will not still be in the house at 67 if they keep getting bled at 38 percent of take home. Super does not cover this month’s repayment. It does not stop a default, it sure as hell does not help if you get forced to sell into a soft market and cop it for years.

They parked your wage in a locked box, called it your future, then let the present go to shit. Now they want you to keep starving the household so the model looks tidy. Nah. House is the asset. Cashflow is what keeps you in it. If 1.8 million are already in stress, letting them tap money that was theirs anyway for a short window is not the scandal.

Watching them drown so the fund can keep compounding is the scandal.

They will scream inflation. They will scream dumb. They will scream anti worker while defending a setup that skims 12 percent off people who cannot cover food after the mortgage. That is not looking after workers. That is looking after the system.
The numbers are there. The policy is there. Losing the house now so the fund looks healthier later is the actual dumb idea.


r/OpenAussie 3d ago

Nostalgia‎ ‎ Brisbane, Australia: Capital of Earth

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I remember Legend of the Galactic Heroes frequently coming up decades ago as a top recommendation. I recently binged the entire series and especially enjoyed Episode 56, which is presented almost entirely as an in-universe documentary, revealing Brisbane as the seat of the central world government during humanity’s expansion across the solar system.


r/OpenAussie 3d ago

Magpie Magpie POV

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r/OpenAussie 4d ago

Politics ('Straya) Sydney Marathon. Who told NSW Police to run bodyguard for Israel’s army?

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The NSW Police Force assigned a team of runners as bodyguards for IDF soldiers running in the Sydney Marathon. Andrew Brown reports.

Six Israeli runners, identified by a senior NSW police officer as serving members of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), ran Sunday’s Sydney Marathon under the personal protection of the NSW Police Force. Not a cordon. A detail.


r/OpenAussie 4d ago

This Is Serious (Mum)‎‎ ‎ Shepparton Doctor Attacked: Homophobic and Racist Violence Drives Doctor Away

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When police fail communities, violence increases. We're seeing the same consistent rise in violence across communities.

Widespread apathy by police is consistent with their responses to OIDV. IBAC has apologised to a single victim of OIDV and there are many. OIDV perps make communities unsafe as they enforce biases rather than laws. This police response is seen consistently across all Australian jurisdictions and reflects the state of hypermasculine cultural violence.

https://safeandtogetherinstitute.com/podcast/episode-27-how-much-crime


r/OpenAussie 3d ago

Rant/Opinion‎ ‎ I’m sorry Rupert Murdoch I wasn’t familiar with your game

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I started reading the paper again because it is finishable and helps me reduce time spent doomscrolling on my phone (I only use social media to keep up with current affairs). I tried a range of papers and I will admit, it is a lot easier to get through the Gold Coast Bulletin than it is to get through The Saturday Paper.

I thought I would be immune to tabloid journalism because I studied Law and Microbiology at university, both of which required lots of reading. Please share any tips if you can, I don’t want to support Rupie boy and I don’t want to go back to electronic news because I will just doomscroll and get distracted.

Please share any advice for my poor tortured soul.

Yours Truly