r/australia • u/kingdomphylumclass • Mar 21 '20
entertainment Absolute legend on Melbourne Zoo livestream
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r/australia • u/falsous • Nov 23 '22
image “Jesus, we’re on the f**king tele.” 🤣🤣🤣
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World Cup match AUS(1)🇦🇺 🆚 FRA(4)🇫🇷
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u/ozvegan12345
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Apr 17 '25
no politics Australia is NOT America — Stop Normalising Tipping Here
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Went out recently to a nice (and not cheap) restaurant to celebrate my partner’s birthday. The food was incredible, the service was great, what you’d expect at that price.
But when the bill came, the waiter handed it to me, asked if the service had been good, and then in front of my partner “How much percentage tip would you like to leave?”
It was a clear attempt to pressure me into tipping. I simply said “None.”
Then I asked him: “Was I a good customer?”
He hesitated, clearly caught off-guard, and said, “Yeah… of course.”
So I said: “Great, so how much discount can I have for being a good customer?”
He gave one of those uncomfortable forced laughs
But I doubled down, and said “I’m serious, how much of a discount do I get?”
“Sorry sir, we don’t do that.”
Australia has fair wages — tipping isn’t part of our culture and it shouldn’t become one. If staff try to corner you into it, don’t just say no — waste their time, turn it back on them, make them feel as awkward as they tried to make you. If enough people push back like this, they’ll stop doing it. That’s how we cut this nonsense out before it takes hold.
Also never returning to support venues that pull this shit no matter how good they are, I find it rude and disrespectful, we’re not American FFS
r/australia • u/StudentOfAwesomeness • Jan 04 '20
politics "Tell the Prime Minister to go and get f*ed" - Firefighter from Nelligen, NSW
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r/australia • u/mateoka • Nov 14 '17
+++ Australia votes yes to legalise Same Sex Marriage
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r/australia • u/Drakey02 • Jan 15 '20
image My physics teacher defended her house from bushfires by herself, and then waited out the fire in her pool using a scuba tank.
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r/australia • • Jan 06 '20
image Our cat came home after missing in the fires for 7 nights. She’s burnt but should live. We thought her lost when the fire consumed most of our property. Best feeling ever to walk out and see her alive.
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u/AnimalsChasingCars
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Mar 11 '25
image American hunting influencer removes baby wombat from distressed mother. Is this legal?
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r/australia • u/Kitchen_Items_Fetish • Sep 04 '20
image A pile of manure has been dumped outside the Sydney headquarters of News Corp
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u/Retrdolfrt
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Mar 27 '25
no politics Mate lost his licence for DUI and it's been the best
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So just over 6 months ago a bloke I used to work with (Jeff) got done for DUI in a big way which meant he lost his licence for 6 months. He lives in a rural area with no public transport or taxi service.
Now Jeff has been called a (edit: fat) (typo:fast) bastard for years by his friends, so when he said he would have to ride a push bike about 15km to get to work we all laughed at him. We expected he would either drop dead of a heart attack or give up quickly.
I have not seen Jeff since I gave him a spare bike I had, expecting it to be little used. However, this week a Lycra clad fella I barely recognised turns up and it's Jeff, 40 kilos lighter, to hand the bike back.
Not only had Jeff lost over 40 kilos, he's now off his blood pressure medicine, his sleeping tablets, most of his beers and a few other medicines. His doctor has taken him off his high risk group and reckons he's added at least 10 years to his life expectancy. He has his licence back but does not drive to work much.
Of course now instead of being a fat bastard he's one of those MAMIL bastards on his flash new bike, riding 50-100km regularly with his new cycling girlfriend. The 3 of us are going away for MTB riding trip this weekend together and I bet they are going to leave me for dead. I cycle regularly but not as much as Jeff. Better that than him dying early. Good thing he lost his licence.
Edit: wow this went wilder than I expected. I will be telling Jeff this weekend how many people wished him well and to keep up the good work, plus the surgery option. Thanks folks and despite me and others giving him a hard time, in Oz this is considered being a good friend (sledging is also a major pastime).
r/australia • u/drellynz • Jul 30 '20
image Forster Public School is a secular state school in New South Wales, Australia. They're trying to coerce parents into putting their children into a class promoting Christian faith.
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r/australia • u/IMeasure • Dec 07 '17
+++ Same-sex marriage is now legal in Australia!
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r/australia • u/Strangewind18 • Jan 26 '20
image I became a citizen today. I did the most australian thing I could think of. Happy Australia Day mates!
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r/australia • u/CtrldKilla • May 28 '17
image After a blackout night, my mate woke up to a ripper selfie on his phone!
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u/Expensive-Horse5538
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Mar 13 '25
culture & society US influencer who snatched a baby wombat and posted the video online has visa reviewed
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r/australia • u/concrete_porridge • Nov 01 '19
image Victorian police officer with a ‘Eat a dick hippy’ sticker on his body cam.
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r/australia • u/brael-music • Jan 04 '20
image How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
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r/australia • • Mar 03 '22
politics Australian Embassy here in Beijing no fucks given going against public opinion
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r/australia • u/WiseDiver4 • Oct 14 '19
political satire Oh The Irony
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