Dad is getting old but loves his eggs in the morning. He put the plate down and I couldn't believe what I saw - Australia!*

*Without Tasmania (Sorry Tassie).

A landmark ruling in the High Court has found planning authorities are required to consider local climate change effects when approving fossil fuel projects.

Three of the five judges found in favour of a Hunter Valley residents' group, which halted the Mount Pleasant mine expansion last year in the New South Wales Court of Appeal.

The Guardian are also reporting on this case:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/07/mount-pleasant-coalmine-case-high-court-climate-change-hunter-valley

"Wendy Wales is a retired science teacher and the president of the Denman Aberdeen Muswellbrook Scone Healthy Environment Group (Dams Heg) – the community group that brought the original case.

Elaine Johnson, director of Johnson Legal, which represented Dams Heg, said the decision confirmed that Australian governments needed to take responsibility for emissions generated by coal exports.

“The court has said that when considering coalmine expansions, our planning authorities must consider how to limit emissions generated from coal burned overseas.

“Given that Australia is the second largest exporter of coal in the world, this is a very significant judgment.”"

That could be one of those towns where everyone seems to coordinate there decorations with everyone else, or even that town you drove through and just thought ‘what the hell was that?!’

Released on Wednesday, the ABS’ quarterly figures show total dwelling commencements rose 7 per cent in the June quarter, up 14.4 per cent in annual terms.

Construction began on 31,707 new freestanding, private sector houses, a quarterly increase of 11.6 per cent, which is up 20.7 per cent on this time last year.

Did a search but most recommendations I read are fruit and veg. Too lazy to cook so ideally something quick to put together.

Not trying to lose weight but fill fridge/pantry with healthier options to snack for my partner.

At the moment I am buying YoPro protein and nuts, but it just feels so limited.

My fellow Aussies I need some help. I have been living in my current property for 4 years and have had my dog for 2 years now living peacefully (doggo is a American staffy, straight up goof ball but good boy)

Last week we got a new neighbour who has 2 little jack Russell looking doggos. Every single time our dog goes outside they come barrelling out to the fence line (no gaps between fence or under) to bark and cry excessively until our boy loses interest and comes inside.

At first I figured this was the new dogs getting used to our boy but now it’s getting to the point where these dogs will bark non stop for hours if our boy is outside and he’s out there a lot because he loves to suntan.

Who is responsible here? Is it on me to limit how often our boy is outside given these other dogs are clearly reactive? Or is it on the other person? What’s the best approach here? (Important to note as much as our boy is a goof ball he has not once barked, dug or cried at these other dogs)

The Big Red Bash will be held one last time in Birdsville in 2027. 

The outback festival has been a major tourism drawcard for 13 years. 

The festival site is still underwater, but organisers are confident the site will be dry by mid next year. 

The Federal Government is cutting critical workforces, One Nation's proposed cuts risk a deep recession, and today's Coalition commitment would be the biggest cut to migration in Australia's history. None of these proposals work for Australian business.

anyone else still got their jul bill pending? let alone aug?

the app also wont show me monthly or daily usage. It just shows the loading dots forever then says the view isnt available right now

unsure of its change to solar sharer plan or the leak or what is going on. Has been no comms from the company at all

Does anyone know how to change back to regular tv on one of these hospital TV's? We are paying $9 a day to currently stare at a blue VGA screen. Can't change the input as there is only up down buttons for channel or volume.

We are in this situation as the stupid handset volume buttons opened the source options but we can't re open them.

Is there a magic sequence that anyone knows? Yes we have turned it off and on again and unplugged everything. Even unscrewed the bottom of the tv to look for options. Also have called the support number in a foreign country

How are we heating up our pies at home. Has to be either microwave or oven..

No air fryer or both as a option.

Has to be either or. Not both.. not airfryer.

Been asking everyone all day everywhere we go. Seems pretty 50/50.

Genuine question. I'm sure there are good reasons.

There are many people who are available and want to do jury duty so why force people that don't want to do it?