What's making News, 2025

[MattNQ]

I'd expect dinner cooked and served...

by a min 15 Michelin star chef...  or a bikini model .... either would do

[Bird]

by a min 15 Michelin star chef...  or a bikini model .... either would do

Im going with you!

[Bird]

Caravan maker Jayco sued over off-road claims

An iconic Australian company is being sued over claims its products can tackle the rugged outback.

https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/caravan-maker-jayco-sued-over-offroad-claims/news-story/728d4fd1a77a0d87b5d7f2110ed01ddd

[lloydus67]

Jayco is not being sued because of their claims to be rugged off-Road, but because they advertise that there caravans are but immediately void your warranty if you take those vehicles anywhere that is not a recognised road.


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[Bird]

this should go down like a lead balloon

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/queensland-health-seeks-court-order-to-shut-tobacco-stores-for-six-months/ar-AA1GWPhb

[Hairs]

Amazing how it's mainly the cheap tobacco shops that get torched.

There's a cheap tobacconist in Maclean, I walked past(9am) it the other day,  in the arcade on my way to the hardware store, there where kids, aged about 12/16 hanging around put the front.
The bloke who opened up the doors looked like a young Osama bin Laden.
He ushered them in, shut the doors.

I find it amusing that this 'Business' changes location regularly, depending on what premises are available.

We've lost control of or boarders.
Only one in 50, shipping containers are checked.



You don't use magic to disappear, ya use a 4x4 & Swag.

[Fizzie]

shut-tobacco-stores-for-six-months

"The owner of five of the businesses, Mohammed Alfalahi ... was overseas until next month"

Wonder if he'll now be coming back

[Hairs]

Well, Trump did what he said he would.

You don't use magic to disappear, ya use a 4x4 & Swag.

[Troopy_03]

Sad to say, Trump has zero credibility as a world leader.

[Bird]

Sad to say, Trump has zero credibility as a world leader.

Agree 100%
Probably the most dangerous person on the planet. Sadly believes his own bullShit.

[Bigpickle]

Saw a terrific riposte to Trump leaving the G7 Meeting early.
Commentator said he left because he didn't understand a thing they were saying.

[Hairs]

Let's just forget it was Trump and that he is President atm, BTW I'm not a fan of him.
American's past 5 presidents, were never going to allow Iran to have Nuclear weapons.
Even want tobe President's, have pushed for this.


You don't use magic to disappear, ya use a 4x4 & Swag.

[Bird]

Interesting
https://www.news.com.au/technology/motoring/on-the-road/major-changes-coming-to-road-rules-from-july-1-across-australia/news-story/dda448111b8b4d5267e69012e8df3235

[Fizzie]

& all this will, of course, have the effect of slowing down the ones who break the rules & cause the problems

Yeah, right

[Fizzie]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-30/litchfield-national-park-expansion-nt-government-buys-silkwood/105475526

[Fizzie]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-03/carnarvon-wa-tourism-small-business-attractions-closing/105426404

BiL only left there on Tuesday, & was going crook about the grog rules - there is no cask wine at all, with limits of 1 bottle of spirits, 1 ctn of beer & 2 bottles of wine, & all expensive. So if you're visiting, stock up in Geraldton!

[Bigpickle]

Isn't life strange.
Alcohol now determines where we can visit.

[GeoffA]

...
BiL only left there on Tuesday, & was going crook about the grog rules - there is no cask wine at all, with limits of 1 bottle of spirits, 1 ctn of beer & 2 bottles of wine, & all expensive. So if you're visiting, stock up in Geraldton!

Pretty much the same all over....

[Hairs]

"Australian celebrity chef Peter Russell-Clarke dies aged 89"
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-06/peter-russell-clarke-dies-aged-89/105500112
Known as Peter Brussel Sprout.

You don't use magic to disappear, ya use a 4x4 & Swag.

[prodigyrf]

Sucked in alright-
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/man-sucked-into-engine-at-airport-in-italy/ar-AA1If4yw
It's kinda the opposite effect dude or liquid or molecules or whatever!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKBNNwXtYwA

[Bird]

A court has determined three groups of Indigenous peoples can control access to parts of northwestern Victoria in a landmark native title decision.
The Federal Court has recognised the First Peoples of the Millewa-Mallee - the Latji Latji, Ngintait and Nyeri Nyeri peoples - as holding exclusive rights to the land.

It means anyone who is not a traditional owner must seek permission to enter parts of their country, in a first-of-its-kind decision in Victoria.

The decision, made on Friday, follows a 10-year legal battle and covers thousands of square kilometres in the northwest corner of the state stretching to the South Australian border.

It takes in an area that includes Mildura, follows the Murray River, stretches south along the Calder Highway, and west through the Murray-Sunset National Park.

Apex Park Sandbar, Kings Billabong Park and Murray-Sunset National Park - known for its famous pink lakes - are on a list of landmarks covered by the claim.


https://www.news.com.au/national/courts-law/major-native-title-decision-awards-exclusive-rights-in-aussie-state/news-story/bf4c10780850fe3b4e3a74670e3c3441

[Fizzie]

It takes in an area that includes Mildura, follows the Murray River, stretches south along the Calder Highway, and west through the Murray-Sunset National Park.

Apex Park Sandbar, Kings Billabong Park and Murray-Sunset National Park - known for its famous pink lakes - are on a list of landmarks covered by the claim.

We were planning on being there next year, but that may have just gone out the window

[GeoffA]

We were planning on being there next year, but that may have just gone out the window

I think on the news they said that privately-held property and National Parks are not affected.