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Gone in 15 seconds: thousands of Victorian cars stolen using high-tech devices
More than 33,000 cars were stolen in the 12 months up to September 2025, with a fifth of those cars never recovered.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-16/victoria-car-thefts-key-cloning-reprogramming/106459584

A third of all Victorian car thefts now involve key cloning devices

Police say criminals are able to steal certain push-button start models within 15 seconds, using key reprogramming devices bought online.

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Sarah Durrant 2d ago

@NickSchwanck Which is just what I said when we started seeing the ads on SBS free-to-air TV

Sarah Durrant 3d ago

Enfys J. Book [they/them]4d ago

I'm pleased to share with you the greatest advancement in bottom-sheet technology since the invention of elastic.

Sarah Durrant 3d ago

Art History Animalia 3d ago

#NationalAardvarkWeek fun fact: #DYK that #aardvarks can stand up for a bit? Their thick kangaroo-like tail helps with balance!
Plate: Taf. 1 in Anatomische Untersuchungen über die Edentaten by Wilhelm Ludwig von Rapp, 1852 via Biodiversity Heritage Library: https://flic.kr/p/2kyzFsV

Sarah Durrant 3d ago

Art History Animalia 3d ago

For #SaveASpiderDay 🕷️🕸️:
#ArtDeco black crystal perfume bottle, Josef Schmidt, Czechoslovakia, c. 1930
With clear prismbeveled stopper; jeweled silvered metal mount as a #spider on web attributed to Turriet & Bardach (bottle & metal marked Austria). 7 1/4 in.
https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/c1930-czech-art-deco-perfume-bottle-turriet-barda-45-c-eb44bbcb66

Sarah Durrant 3d ago

John Holmes 3d ago

Plea from Tasmania's Police Commissioner for limit on gun ownership knocked back by government https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-15/tas-chief-of-police-on-firearms-ownership-limits/106456894

Plea from top cop for limit on gun ownership knocked back

In the push for gun law reform in the wake of the Bondi attack, Tasmania's Police Commissioner urged the state government to limit the number of firearms a person can own, citing the murder of an officer the year before in her plea — but to no avail, documents show.

Sarah Durrant 4d ago