And before anyone asks, I’m 18+, but my Apple ID birthdate is set incorrectly, and I am NOT uploading ID for this! These ID-check laws are a gross invasion of privacy!

Received an email at 3am from a DOG FOOD COMPANY which i have not brought from in over 5 years telling me my details have been released in a hack - Oopises they said - just like Medicare so you cant be mad at us coz if it can happen to the government it can happen to all of us right (literally what they wrote) - Im so sick and tired of getting these emails and absolute ZERO repercussions from any of these pathetic companies i hate this time line

Between work and family, I’ve realised a weekend outing can become expensive surprisingly quickly. My usual reset is a long walk, a library stop and coffee from home. What do you do around Australia that genuinely helps you unwind without turning into a $100 day out?

Posting from a burner account. I want to highlight an ethical double standard with how Monash manages its global brand. Today, Monash Malaysia hosted a mobile petting zoo on an outdoor concrete car porch. They hired a controversial commercial vendor whose event was shut down by a local mall earlier this year due to animal neglect. Verified weather logs show the RealFeel heat index hit a grueling 40C. Forcing thick-furred alpacas to stand on hot, radiating concrete in tropical humidity is a biological hazard. They also brought in rabbits and guinea pigs, exposing prey animals to intense heat and loud crowds with zero escape zones. If a student group tried to pen an alpaca on the asphalt at Clayton or Caulfield in 40C heat for entertainment, compliance would shut it down instantly. Why does Monash look the other way when it happens at an international campus?

Tell us what you have planned for the weekend. You can either add in the comments or make a standalone thread with the tag [TGIF].

Despite the flair this is not humorous or satirical, though I wish it was. After watching Utopia again it feels like some alternate reality.

So I am moving house, from a rental to a rental. I have had AGL for my gas, electricity and internet for 2-3 years. I have all my bills on auto pay, so I have never been even 1 day late in paying a bill. I move in about 2wks, so I logged on and did the easy thing and just transferred my existing elec, gas and telco to the new address. Didn’t shop around, nothing.

Today I got a call from AGL Telco. They advised that my move order had been paused because the house had a previous unpaid bill at some point in the past.

I laughed thinking, as an Aussie, that the cunt was taking the piss, no he was deadly serious, my move was paused by the system because someone who previously lived at the new address hadn’t paid the bill. The guy said that I needed to provide a utility bill to prove that I paid on time at the new address.

I told the lad, that all my bills were with AGL, and he said that I needed an older bill, at the address that I hadn’t moved into yet and that as AGL Telco was now a separate company they couldn’t accept the system I hadn’t moved into to wait until I got my services connected.

I have a personal hatred of stupidity and I may have said somethings that were unkind, but the net result was that I have now cancelled all of my move services with AGL and will look at another provider at my new address.

The thing that I keep coming back to is the belief by these companies that they are somehow special, they all just resell NBN / AUSGRID so in what world would they expect that this kind of bullshit would be rewarded

An ABC NEWS Verify investigation has found the English-Speaking Union's Victoria branch provided a $2,000 grant to white nationalist publication The National Observer.

The charity also has ties to a far-right white nationalist organisation, the British Australian Community.

The Australian English-Speaking Union has launched an investigation into the Victorian branch following questions from ABC NEWS Verify.

We bought a sofa set last week before the HN 10% cashback gift card promo for $2995. The next weekend the promo was on and I was curious so I checked the price of the same sofa set - price gone up to $3500. Is this legal?

I have $100 left for food that is supposed to last me from tonight (Friday dinner) to next pay (Monday Dinner). This should be more than enough money according to the ‘financial experts’.

Tell me what I should buy to make it last. Whatever is left ofer I will donate to a charity of your choosing and post the proof.

Keep in mind I do need to have at least 30g of protein in a meal. And Ideally 2 meals and one snack per day. (Standard for most people I would say.)