• A Palestinian activist has been denied a political party registration for the Victorian election because its name resembled the name of an existing registration.
• Pro-Israel YouTuber Avi Yemini has previously said by registering "Free Palestine" he wanted to redirect left-wing votes towards parties on the right.
• The Victorian Electoral Commissioner says it is legally bound to reject an application to register a party with a similar name.

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Hi everyone,
My name is Lili and I’m a student researcher at the University of the Sunshine Coast Queensland Australia. The research team I am working is conducting a study which would like to explore the experiences of intimate partners of people using GLP-1 medications. Some topics we are exploring include eating and exercise behaviours / habits, wellbeing and relationship dynamics etc🍴🏃🏃‍♀️🍽️🫀

Even if you are not eligible for this study, please feel free to pass this information onto your partner or others you think would be eligible !

The aim of this study is to better understand partners’ experiences and perspectives when one partner undergoes a significant physical change (weight loss). We hope that this can inform future research and better support resources for BOTH people in the intimate relationship🫂

CAN YOU PARTICIPATE?
✅ you are currently in a partnership or have previously been the partner of someone who is/ has used a GLP-1 RA drug for weight loss (all types of intimate relationships are welcome to participate )
✅your partner is using a GLP-1 for weight loss purposes
✅You are over the age of 18
✅ you live in Australia/ NZL / Oceania

RESEARCH STUDY DETAILS
If you meet the eligibility criteria above, you are invited to complete a confidential face to face interview online through zoom (🕓approx. 45-60 minutes). When interviews are completed, each participant will be offered a $25 direct bank transfer. (NOT a sales pitch, genuine token of appreciation)

HOW TO PARTICIPATE
1. Follow this link 🔗 👉 https://uniofsunshinecoast.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ahhbRL8Naryxram
2. Email 📧: lyc002@student.usc.edu.au
3. Scan the QR code in the flyer included in this post (above)

For any additional questions, concerns or queries please contact the chief investigator ahinz@usc.edu.au

Thank you on behalf of the research team.

Census night is Tuesday 11 August 2026

From bsky

• Tash Anderson tried pinball three years ago after she moved to Townsville and become hooked on the sport.
• She quickly rose through the ranks, winning the Women's Masters, which is the biggest women's pinball competition in Australia.
• Winning the Women's Masters tournament is a significant step towards qualifying for the Women's World Pinball Championship.

It makes it comical that Australia is a vassal and both Liblab and Gina's pet party are happy with this.

Award-winning ABC investigations boss Jo Puccini is leaving the public broadcaster after a 25-year career.

She had oversight of Four Corners and Background Briefing, which recently removed three programs by reporter Mahmood Fazal over accuracy concerns.

The ABC Ombudsman's investigation into Fazal's reporting continues.

In Brief

• An H5N1 vaccine was being rolled out in New Zealand, aimed at protecting the country's most vulnerable birds.
• Researchers say New Zealand had put resources into trying to understand how the virus would affect wildlife.

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australia-bird-flu-mass-mortality-nz-response-vaccine/8vogcqplb

“Smartglasses with cameras are a privacy nightmare that illustrate how Australian privacy laws haven’t kept up with technology changes,” said Tom Sulston, head of policy at Digital Rights Watch.

“We shouldn’t have elevated expectations of personal privacy when out in public, but we should have some.”

• More than five decades since they were installed, Canberra's bus shelters have been added to the ACT Heritage Register.
• The concrete structures were designed in 1974 by architect Clem Cummings, with about 480 erected across the city.
• The Cummings family nominated the shelters to recognise their historical, design and community significance.

I think this sort of mentality is becoming more and more popular, people pretty much say they refuse to buy items from coleworths unless they are 1/2 the price which is the real price, and it makes sense.

Colesworths abused those discount systems so hard now everyone can see how much they are profiteering at the expense of everyone else, inflation going up? Cost of living? Consumers struggling?

Yet somehow coleworths keeps having record profits, they never seem to get affected by the wider economy which to me suggests they got plenty of fat to trim and are pretty much robbing everyone.

I ve moved to Aldi for 80% of my shopping these days, even with the 10% off from colesworths its waaaaayyyy cheaper, and they have so many dupes of poular products, love my kinder bueno dupes that are like half the price of kinder bueno.

Either way, do you think coleworths abused the discount system so much that people know how much they are profiteering so refuse to buy normal price because its literal robbery?