News Headlines 2026

[Fizzie]

Anybody looking for a 200-series 'Cruiser

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-03/toyota-landcruiser-1-million-kilometres-hits-market/106943372

[Bird]

And the Ai nightmare begins.

When an artist discovered that Instagram's AI chatbot had been tricked by hackers to grant access to accounts, she wondered if her painful nightmare was connected.

[rags]

Drifta Drawer company entering voluntary administration.
Like the Kodak I guess time was up but sad in any case for a long established business.

It is a long video so to summarise the things that Luke mentioned that conspired against the company
Workers Comp
Payroll Tax
Cost of living
Fuel price
Loss of Beechy his manager
Competition
Unable  to get staff/ Staff unable to find housing in the business town ( Gloucester)

And I will add - handy men making there own drawers like me.

It should be noted this is only regarding the drifta drawer company but the Drifta Stockton company will trade on.

[Troopy_03]

Drifta Drawer company entering voluntary administration.
Like the Kodak I guess time was up but sad in any case for a long established business.

It is a long video so to summarise the things that Luke mentioned that conspired against the company
Workers Comp
Payroll Tax
Cost of living
Fuel price
Loss of Beechy his manager
Competition
Unable  to get staff/ Staff unable to find housing in the business town ( Gloucester)

And I will add - handy men making there own drawers like me.

It should be noted this is only regarding the drifta drawer company but the Drifta Stockton company will trade on.

That's a real shame. Luke is a great bloke and gives excellent service to his customers. He even fully refurbished an older model draw unit for me free of charge, and I wasn't even the original buyer. It was in a second hand camper trailer I bought years ago.

[Bird]

A large pothole on the Princes Highway near Bunyip, 75 kilometres south-east of Melbourne, has reportedly damaged dozens of cars in wet weather.

The scene of destruction has prompted renewed concern about the condition of Victorian roads. 
Motorists were left stranded along the highway after striking the pothole and pulling over to inspect the damage

Almost unbelieveable!

[xcvator]

A large pothole on the Princes Highway near Bunyip, 75 kilometres south-east of Melbourne, has reportedly damaged dozens of cars in wet weather.

The scene of destruction has prompted renewed concern about the condition of Victorian roads. 
Motorists were left stranded along the highway after striking the pothole and pulling over to inspect the damage

Almost unbelieveable!

And don't put your hand out for repairs either , the minimum claim is about $1600 

[Foo]

A large pothole on the Princes Highway near Bunyip, 75 kilometres south-east of Melbourne, has reportedly damaged dozens of cars in wet weather.

The scene of destruction has prompted renewed concern about the condition of Victorian roads. 
Motorists were left stranded along the highway after striking the pothole and pulling over to inspect the damage

Almost unbelieveable!

Haha, one night travelling on the Moonie Hi-way to Moonie, there was water from flooding everywhere and at this one low spot that had a big pothole in it, I watched a flatbed tow truck hit the hole at speed and sent the rear end about a metre into the air.    He didn't have his UHF on, otherwise he would of heard the warnings. He did well to stay on the road though after the rear end bunny hop. 

Foo

[Rowlie]

A large pothole on the Princes Highway near Bunyip, 75 kilometres south-east of Melbourne, has reportedly damaged dozens of cars in wet weather.

The scene of destruction has prompted renewed concern about the condition of Victorian roads. 
Motorists were left stranded along the highway after striking the pothole and pulling over to inspect the damage

Almost unbelieveable!

That was only half of it. About 30ks closer to Melbourne near the Nar Nar Goon exit there was another set of holes with about a dozen cars pulled over. Same thing happened last year at the same place. Apparently the bloke who stomped in the aggregate had lost weight and the repair didn't hold.
Still we need a new rail line from Cheltenham to Box Hill and we can't have everything eh?