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Here in Adelaide, South Australia, we still have a number of AM radio stations.
Radio National (729) and Radio Adelaide (891) are each 50kW, with both run off a large 172m antenna array at Pimpala.
SA has a long history of AM radio:
https://www.qsl.net/vk5br/History/Broadcast_Station_History.pdf
#Australia #radio
"As Australia gears up for the federal election on 3 May, leading players in the Liberal-National Coalition have underlined the current opposition's plans for nuclear, should it be elected.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese formally announced on Friday that the 2025 federal election will take place on 3 May. Albanese's Australian Labor Party won a majority at the last federal election in 2022. Australia has no nuclear power plants, although it has a research reactor and has three operating uranium mines - in 2022 it was the world's fourth ranking producer of uranium, all of which was exported.
The Liberal-National Coalition, also known as the LNP, is a long-running alliance of the Liberal Party of Australia, and the National Party. Last year, the LNP's leaders outlined their plans for nuclear power in Australia, and announced seven locations where plants could be built.
Speaking on Seven Network's Weekend Sunrise programme the day after the election was called, Liberal Party of Australia leader Peter Dutton reiterated the coalition's commitment to its energy plans, and used the UK as an example of the need for nuclear.
"The Labour Party in the UK have just announced that they can't reach net zero by 2050 without nuclear, and that's true in our country as well," he said. "So we need cleaner fuel and cleaner energy. We need to make sure that we've got cheaper energy. We're paying three times the cost for electricity of other countries at the moment, and that's what’s smashing families."
Dutton said nuclear capacity would not be available in Australia until the mid to late 2030s, so the coalition's policy would rely on gas to ensure reliability in the meantime. "The PM keeps talking about green hydrogen, but that's not going to work and power prices are just going to keep going up," he said, referring to the Labor Party's energy policy.
Separately, shadow energy minister Ted O'Brien said the role of Australia's nuclear regulatory body ARPANSA could be expanded to oversee nuclear power plants quickly. Speaking on Sky News Sunday Agenda, O'Brien said that this could be achieved "within a few years". A first small modular reactor could be in operation in Australia by 2035, he said, with a large-scale plant taking "couple of years" longer than that. Deployment of nuclear would then continue with the aim of reaching 14 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2050, he said.
Albanese has described the coalition's plan as a "nuclear fantasy". Speaking to reporters in Perth on Monday, the Prime Minister said: "We have a 2030 target, we're confident we'll meet it, and our policy is very clear ... our policy is for renewables, backed with affirming capacity of gas, batteries and hydro." Albanese's words were reported by AAP.
Under federal electoral law, it is compulsory for all eligible Australian citizens to enrol and vote in federal elections, by-elections and referendums."
Currently, there is the worst flooding in 50 years in outback Queensland.
For scale, an area twice the size of the state of Victoria is underwater.
That is an area greater than that of Sweden.
#Queensland #Australia #ClimateChange
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/outback-flooding-worsening-more-rain-for-queensland/105116402
https://www.europesays.com/1961758/ How Japan’s LNG supply depends on carbon capture in Australia #australia #capture #carbon #depends #GasPrice #how #Japan's #LiquefiedNaturalGas #lng #LNGPrice #NaturalGas #supply
The a Liberal party is now of the belief that ‘on water’ matters should be loudly and widely discussed at the earliest opportunity.
#auspol #election #Election2025 #senate #houseofrepresentatives #vote #vote2025 #federalelection #australia #australiavotes #nationalsecurity
If you need a postal vote apply directly to the #AEC.
https://www.aec.gov.au/media/2025/03-31a.htm
Be wary of unsolicited postal voting approaches mail, email. SMS, social media they want your information.
ABC vote compass 2025 is out!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/vote-compass
#Australia #GovernmentandPolitics
#FederalGovernment
#FederalElections2025
#AusPol
Who is hiring entry level devs in Australia? Asking for friend.
PLAY DEAD (Austràlia) presenta nova demo: "Catharsis" #PlayDead #DeathMetal #Març2025 #Austràlia #NovaDemo #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic
Up close with waves at Bombo Quarry. This morning there were a couple of other photographers at the same spot and we all agreed to slowly inch closer to find the safest spot.
In more "What the heck is going on in Australia?" news, it looks like a city council realized it had a problem on its hands when a song calling for the murder of Jews won a song contest, and the author of the song made antisemitic statements in her acceptance speech for the award.
The town has shut the context and the organization down, so that's good at least.
#NowPlaying Grace Jones - Nightclubbing @vinylrecords
bought this in the UK on vinted a bit over a year ago from a guy who was selling some of his records in preparation for his move to #Australia a week later. That turned out one month before we ourselves decided to move to Oz - so after all, it’s here now 
Warner Bros. Discovery’s JB Perrette Charts Max Expansion Path as Platform Launches in Australia: ‘The Winners in This Streaming Game Are Going to Be Big-Scaled, Global Players’ (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #News #Australia #JBPerrette #Max #WarnerBrosDiscovery
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/wbd-jb-perrette-max-global-expansion-australia-launch-1236352365/
Two of the BPU’s most committed organisers are at breaking point after a traumatic 18 months. These are good, hardworking people who have given everything to the community, and right now, they need the community to have their backs.
A recent act of financial abuse has left them in crisis, forcing them to cover urgent costs for accommodation, relocation, and medical needs. We’re aiming to raise $10,000 to help them regain stability.
Please donate what you can and share this fundraiser widely. Solidarity is everything.
https://chuffed.org/project/124457-support-two-bpu-organisers-in-crisis
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Australia #Decolonise #BPU #BlackPeoplesUnion #MutualAid #PleaseShare #PleaseHelp #AboriginalMutualAid #BlackMutualAid
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[shared from the BPU Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18mWsNpYmi/]
if you're the kind of Australian who's interested in having a physical street atlas for the current year - be warned, UBD Gregory's is shutting down.
Rumor is Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth will get one more edition in August[?], but for everywhere else (seemingly including Melbourne and Tasmania), what's on shelves is probably the final edition.
now please excuse me while i tag spam
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Australia's largest online marketplace for car loans has exposed thousands of driver's licenses and partial credit card details.
#Australia #dataleak #dataprivacy #datasecurity #creditcard #bank
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has seen a jump in support for his government following the start of Australia’s election campaign. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/31/asia-pacific/politics/australia-albanese-polls-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #anthonyalbanese #australia
