crumbletiltskinOct 21

This really grinds my gears. The number of shinay brand new utes clogging sydney streets is too damn high!

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-17/big-cars-us-style-trucks-tax/105901678

#stopconsuming #mytaxdollars #fornought

WA farmers and caravaners defend Australia's growing love affair with US-style utes

As American-style utes gain popularity across the country, there are calls for owners to face higher taxes for their "big cars, causing big problems".

ABC News
Manly BlogDec 26, 2023

Turning a tropical island paradise into a landfill

"We do have to be responsible for the waste that we generate, we can't just keep piling it up, we do have to get it off island."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-26/cocos-keeling-islands-rubbish-nightmare/102917472
#waste #BoxingDay #stopConsuming #plastic #australia

The Cocos (Keeling) Islands is in a rubbish dilemma, but could there be lessons for the rest of the world?

How does a pristine tropical island manage decades of rubbish? For one of Australia's most remote territories, it can be an expensive ordeal.

ABC News
Dick Smiths Fair Go SupportersOct 25, 2021

@yrabbit
Reading and watching the literal memes presented as "news" in the #MurdochPress and #legacyMedia only gives these #lobbyIsts and #publicRelations cretins their #power.

Step one is to #stopConsuming their #forcedNews.

#replaceTheNews #OMN