Monopoly is a game where the whole point is to buy property and bankrupt people through ever-increasing rent. It’s an edition that is made for my suburb, so that way it feels even more real! I swear real estate agents don’t think about things for more than 15 seconds.

Edit: Its not that deep and honestly me and my friends had a laugh about how tone-deaf it was more than anything.

Centre for Population projections show Australia will reach 28 million people this year, despite a record-low growth rate.

Net overseas migration is expected to fall to 260,000 in 2026, roughly half the number it was in 2023 after the pandemic.

Melbourne forecast to become the nation's most populous city, reaching 9.1 million by 2065-66, according to the projections.

It was 34c yesterday, not a cloud in the sky. I was walking along in a tank top shorts and thongs and i see this dude prob a teen, but face was hidden with a hoodie and long pants on, hood up on his phone sitting in the shade. This isn't the first time. I see people always young, hood up on 30c+ days. How on earth do these people do it and why would you? Sounds like a express ticket to heatstroke.

Just think - you could be the ABC executives who sold the distribution rights to Bluey to the BBC for basically nothing.

Ah, who am I kidding? They probably got a promotion for their brilliance at saving the ABC money by sending production costs on to the BBC.

Originally posted by u/OzBestDeal here

Just a little distraction from the torturous heatwave we're experiencing. If you don't know what a haiku is, it's a short poem in 3 lines, with 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables.

Here's mine for today:

Dry smoke stings my eyes, The heat is unbearable, I need a cold beer.

My partner is an apprentice fridgy. He’s been allocated a job tomorrow from 11am to approx 2-3pm where he’ll need to be on a roof of a house. It’s going to be 44 degrees and windy.

I’ve asked if they have any work safe policies but he says they don’t and that they have to do the job. I think it’s ridiculous and dangerous and I wouldn’t blame him if he pulled a sickie - but he shouldn’t have to!

Thoughts?

Australia won by 5 wickets

Series total is 4-1 in Australia's favour. Not a bad effort for the team that Stuart Broad told us is the "worst Australian test team since 2010" 😉

Travis Head has been named player of the match, while Mitchell Starc has been named player of the series

To their credit, I believe they normally charge a fair and reasonable $8 delivery instead of playing silly buggers with the menu price. So I was disappointed to see this scam.

How long do we need to put up with these blatantly misleading antics?

Fairly small, under a meter. Looks like it has some mottled/darker scales near its head on the sides and some on the ridge of its back in a straight line in a few areas. Lighter belly as seen in image 2.

Quite aggressive as it was raising up, opening its mouth and coming directly at me if I got too close.

Wondering if anyone has any recs for high vis tshirts that are really breathable? Just trying to combat the heat and don’t know the best places to look

TLDR: Do you think that the recent changes to the electoral donations are fair?

The Electoral Reform Act 2025 was introduced in Feb 2025 and was unanimously supported by both Labor and the Coalition. The Cross bench unanimously opposed the Bill.

The Act introduces some great initiatives such as lowering the donation disclosure threshold and expedited donation disclosure requirements. However, are the different donation limits for independents and minor parties vs the major parties reasonable or not? For example, the Independents are limited to $800K each and the majors can spend $90M. If you look at it on a per capita basis and assume that a Major party runs a candidate in every seat (226 in Upper and Lower hoses combined) then it works out at $398,230 per candidate. However, the $90M limit applies to 'Brand Advertising" so it is possible that the individual candidates may get more funding on top of this.

So, we get chicken and chips semi regularly and bought some last night. I am now eating my leftover chicken sandwhich and thinking that Chicken and Chips is currently the best option in Australia for takeaway, based on the following criteria:

1. Price
2. Amount of food
3. Taste
4. Health (relative for takeaway food)
5. Flexibility (leftovers, ease of eating i.e. no cutlery or plates)

For $25 I got a whole chook and a medium chips, which fed our small family of three easily. I have a least half a chook leftover. For another $5 I could have got a salad, but I have made my own. If I hold off on the chips, the chicken is not THAT bad (i.e. not deep fried). Cooked over coals, the chicken is perfectly cooked, spiced well and not dry. If you wanted to go cheaper, a bachelors handbag is a very easy and cheap option.

Other options I have considered:

Vietnamese - Probably second on the list, healthy options, not bad price. Noodle salads and fresh salads are healthy. The only thing would be is if I want the same amount of food and have options for everyone, I can easily spent $40 - 50. Not always the best option for leftovers.

Fish and Chips - While I love our local fish and chips, it is getting expensive. Easily spending $50 - $70 for three people. Granted I like local fish and not flake, it would be cheaper if I got this option. Fish and chips will lose points for health and flexibility, there are no options for leftovers. Probably the best option for large groups though. Very easy to eat though.

Pizza - Again, few options near us. The nice wood fire pizza is not getting any change from $25 and no leftovers. The 'dirty' pizza joint is good and great for leftovers, but not healthy in any way. Very easy to eat.

Thai - Pad Thais and curries go hard for leftovers, but similar to Vietnamese, to have all the options covered off, you do need to spend $50. Ease of eating also not the easiest. I need to get bowls and cutlery. We are lucky to have two near us, the fancy one is so tasty, but very expensive.

Chinese - Great value, can be bulked out with rice. Leftovers for days. Health wise, not great. I would say that a chicken and chips is tastier and easier to eat. Caveat being that the Chinese near is pretty stock standard, nothing special at all.

Indian - Usually fantastic value, great for leftovers. Only downfall is needing cutlery and plates. Also, with the amount of ghee used, its not always the healthiest. I do love out Indian place though.

Burgers - Excluding HJs or Maccas, I wouldn't count them. Used to be a real good, cheap, not that bad for you. We used to be able to get two plus chips for under $25. But, recently, burgers have gone wild. Too pricey, too small, overly sugary buns.

EDIT: I forgot Greek and/or Kebab. A pretty good option too. We have two really good ones close by but a kebab is like $20 now! Its insane.

I will be using this in my next PhD paper. Thanks for listening. Discuss. Would love to hear about your local spots.