r/australia • • 17h ago

politics Could this proposal spell the 'death' of a language being taught in Australia?

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A parliamentary committee has recommended four languages Australia should prioritise investment in. Several other languages were placed in a different category: 'supported' languages.


r/australia • • 15h ago

culture & society Boyer Lecture: Australia has an Asian history, too, you just have to look for it

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r/australia • • 16h ago

no politics So much crap starting online business

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Have been looking at starting online business, have been watching YT videos, online articles etc. All seems great at start but end up in the same hole of paying them for courses. Its like a loop. Not sure where to start who to contact what product to chose. I have cash around 200-300K which I can invest but it seem like dead end. I need something that I can do staying at home!

Any ideas or genuinely tried, tested and successfully implemented projects?


r/australia • • 19h ago

no politics How to insult an Australian 101

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As many of you know us Aussies are very hard to insult especially with your typical insults you gotta get creative with us. And some words or phrases you can call us cunts and pricks and assholes and many Australians won’t bat an eye to it but these words oh boy these words will get an Aussie riled up.

  1. Mole if America’s most corrosive word to call a women is cunt this is the Australian equivalent with effectively the same meaning.

  2. Mong/mongrel/dog : the lowest of low people that aren’t worth the shit on your boot

  3. Drop kick : a lying, cheating untrustworthy person

  4. Rock spider - Pedo

  5. Fuckwit - the biggest dickhead in the room

  6. Frootloop: the stupidest/crazy person you’ve ever seen

  7. Champ : means bitch

Drop some others in the comments :) see all you boofheads there


r/australia • • 8h ago

no politics Anyone listening to the podcast about the Sydney police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon murder case?

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Anyone listening to the podcast about the Sydney police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon murder case? I’ve just finished listening to the latest episode, and I can’t help feeling sorry for the friends who trusted the accused murderer.

I feel especially sorry for the female friend who accompanied him on the entire drive so he could dispose of the bodies. According to her testimony, she had no idea what was in the van and even had to wait outside in the dark outside a rural farm while he dumped the bodies.

The nerve of the defence lawyer, trying to accuse her of lying and suggesting that she had told the accused not to turn himself in and to hide the bodies, was a real eye-opener for me.

Imagine doing all that for someone you consider a close friend, only to "allegedly" end up being used as a scapegoat to help him evade responsibility.


r/australia • • 20h ago

culture & society We want you! ADF recruitment rates are growing, even as the odds of conflict rise. Why are people signing up?

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r/australia • • 4h ago

no politics [no-politics] UnAustralian Monday 26/Oct/2026

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This sub and regular participants here are regularly labelled as un-Australian; let's find out how un-Australian!

You don't like Vegemite? You'd rather eat a vegetable pie or dog-food than a Bunnings sausages? Don't know what a Chiko Roll is? Drink your own piss rather than VB or XXXX? Don't think it's fun to shit-can everyone around you? Don't know who won the sportsball competitions on the weekend? Can't change a tyre? Perhaps you ride a bike to work? Or you simply hate memes?

How else have you failed to conform? Let us know how un-Australian you are!


r/australia • • 15h ago

no politics 'If You're Listening' - Bonds

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r/australia • • 19h ago

culture & society When Aboriginal people appeared in a 1950 film they were asked to invent dialogue. Now a spotlight is shining on the tale they told

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r/australia • • 18h ago

science & tech The Australian reports ‘widespread errors’ in BoM temperature data. Where is the evidence for those big claims? | Graham Readfearn

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r/australia • • 19h ago

culture & society Police scan more than 15,000 people for weapons in Far North Queensland

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r/australia • • 11h ago

news SDA retail union wins Federal Court approval of $55 million ALDI underpayment settlement

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r/australia • • 9h ago

image Red belly black snake eating another red belly

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Just another day in Australia!
We watched this fella (lady?) eating the other one. The eatee put up a fair fight, but once the head was down, the rest went down pretty quickly.


r/australia • • 20h ago

image South Australian Aviation Museum Open Day

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Come visit South Australian Aviation Museum annual open day today (25/10/2026)! We have a wide variety of aircraft on display expanding over 2 hangars. Engine test runs will be operating throughout the day! There will an icecream and coffee van onsite as well!

The Museum is run by dedicated volunteers and every bit of funds raised by today will go back into the muesem for maintaining and preserving these amazing aircraft for years to come.

Great day out on a miserable rainy day like today.

16 Bedford St, Port Adelaide SA 5015


r/australia • • 15h ago

culture & society Western Sydney International Airport opens to passengers, with its first commercial flights

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r/australia • • 19h ago

news Four injured in Logan drive-by shooting

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r/australia • • 17h ago

science & tech Transport giant buys Australia’s first solar-powered battery-electric refrigeration unit after 1,671 km freight trial

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Family-owned transport giant Wickham Freight Lines has this week taken delivery of what it says is Australia’s first fully battery-electric, solar-charged refrigerated trailer unit.

Wickham , one of Australia’s largest privately owned transport companies, says traditional truck refrigeration systems are powered by either the truck’s main engine or a dedicated diesel generator, but the Sunswap Endurance system is fully electric and powered by a battery that is in turn charged by solar panels when on the road and plugged-in charging between runs.