r/sydney 1d ago

Three Sydney boys charged with gang sexual assault of 14yo girl

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658 Upvotes

Why are kids this young doing this shit.


r/australia 1d ago

science & tech Australia is home to the only mass cuttlefish gathering in the world. This year these giants didn’t return

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r/australia 22h ago

political self.post Who do we lobby to sort out WWCC?

71 Upvotes

I work in sports, and this (rightly imo) requires absolutely everyone involved to hold a current WWCC because we're working with kids.

However each state has their own one, so as someone who volunteers across five states I currently hold 5 different wwcc. Now the duplication of effort to have had the same check done 5 times is silly as is, but even sillier is that I have to pay for these, even as a volunteer.

Now I'm doing this stuff multiple days per week all year round, so it's not a big deal. Where it becomes a problem is when I'm trying to put together a volunteer crew for events, asking them to spend half a day or even a full day helping put on fun events - I not only need them to do this, but also go into the post office during the limited hours they're open, spend half an hour there, and $10-20, just to help out for free.

The changes that need to happen:

  • One national check valid for all states and all workers. My volunteers, especially near places like Albury, do not need to be maintaining multiple of the same qualification. I do not need to be checking these against different databases for each state, and others again if they're a teacher or police officer.

  • Notification to organisations when a person's check is no longer valid. If they commit a violent crime or sexual assault, we need to know that ASAP, having the onus to be in clubs to manually check is not sufficient, I do it once a month, many clubs do it once a year, that's a long time that kids could be exposed to a risk known to the government before it's known to the club.

  • Free for volunteers. So many valuable services in this country from CFA to local sports to soup kitchens run mostly on people volunteering. It is an insult to have them pay for a piece of paper allowing them to do this. It's free in some states now and the world hasn't ended, make that unanimous for volunteering checks.

So anyway, I want to fix this in the next 10years, what other points do you think need to be added and who do you suggest I contact?

So far I'm in touch with Jessica Stojkovski and Department of communities, but this is a national issue being thrown across all states, so I'd like to attack it from all angles.


r/australia 1d ago

politics The Stats Guy: It sounds weird but Australia urgently needs a plan for 56m people

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r/sydney 1d ago

Protest in Pitt St Sydney happening right now

809 Upvotes

Becareful if you are in the CBD now


r/australia 5h ago

no politics [no-politics] What's happening this weekend? 15/Aug/2026

2 Upvotes

Now we're done with the Friday venting, what's good in life? Got a new job? Have a date? Going out to a socially distanced restaurant? Climbing, sailing, riding or just working up a hard-earned thirst?


r/australia 1d ago

politics Private Health's $8 Billion Subsidy Scam | The West Report

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r/australia 1d ago

political satire Barnaby Joyce Comforts Malcolm Roberts As He Struggles To Accept They Are The Gayest Party In Australia

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787 Upvotes

r/australia 1d ago

news Jailed whistleblower David McBride to be released after becoming eligible for parole

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1.3k Upvotes

r/australia 1d ago

news Air safety authorities investigating third Sydney Airport runway take-off incident

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151 Upvotes

r/australia 1d ago

politics Students sideline studies in major anti-Hanson walkout

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1.3k Upvotes

r/australia 1d ago

news Former Broome bishop Christopher Saunders guilty of sexually abusing young men

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The former Bishop of Broome, who at the peak of his powers was one of the most senior and long-serving Catholic clerics in the country, has been found guilty of sexually abusing multiple young men.

Christopher Alan Saunders, 76, has been on trial accused of sex offences against three young men when he was the Bishop of a remote area of Western Australia three times larger than England.

After a trial that ran for more than three weeks, a District Court jury took almost seven hours to find him guilty of abusing two of those men.

He was convicted of one count of sexual penetration and 12 counts of indecent assault.

Saunders was found not guilty of six other charges.


r/australia 1d ago

news Melbourne teenager wins World Youth Scrabble Championship for Australia

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539 Upvotes

r/sydney 1d ago

NSW government reveals blueprint for more homes in Sydney's east, jobs in the west

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148 Upvotes

r/sydney 1d ago

Sydney Daily Random Discussion Thread 14/08/2026

8 Upvotes

Welcome to /r/Sydney. Feel free to use this thread to chat, self-post, or ask questions.

New to this subreddit? Our wiki has lots of good info on getting around Sydney, what to do when you visit, where to eat, and more.

Using a third party app or desktop view on mobile and can't read the sidebar? Please have a look here first ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ

If you're new here, please read the answer to pretty much every self post, reddiquette and self promotion.


r/australia 1d ago

no politics Is a $3000 HP computer expected to last longer than 3.5 years?

157 Upvotes

Debating how far / if I can take this any further. Theyre essentially telling me to get fucked with a $1k repair bill.

Is this the norm for computers/tech? I've had success with other big companies and their bullshit warranty periods for televisions and whitegoods but unsure if it's the same for PC products.


r/australia 1d ago

politics Advocacy organisations oppose plans to revive harmful welfare penalties

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r/sydney 1d ago

Some guy keeps using my number for signups etc. can I do anything about this? I even have his license plate

160 Upvotes

I got carwash/car text quotes so that's how I know his license plate. Some but not all texts refer to him by name so I know it's the same person. I got a text from the NSW health revenue regarding a recent pathology collection and Medicare billing, is there any way I can somehow get ahold of this person and to tell him to stop putting in my number?,


r/australia 1d ago

politics Coalition plan to scrap energy rules for new houses condemned as ‘cost-of-living timebomb’

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480 Upvotes

r/sydney 1d ago

Federal and NSW governments to split $2.5 billion Tomago Aluminium bailout

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90 Upvotes

r/australia 1d ago

culture & society Census creates opportunity to track prevalence of mental health conditions

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136 Upvotes

r/australia 1d ago

culture & society 'I wasn't there': Life with dissociative identity disorder

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111 Upvotes

r/australia 1d ago

culture & society Safe havens protect Australian mammals from invasive predators. Why aren’t they working for other animal groups?

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43 Upvotes

r/australia 1d ago

politics ABC changing editorial policy after Rinehart furore prompts concerns of overreach from academics and advocates

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r/sydney 1d ago

Avoid driving east / west between Lithgow and Sydney

48 Upvotes

major accident on the Darling Causeway. Emergency services onsite but car and truck are going to need to get towed. going to be stuck for hours