Water restrictions will come into effect on Friday, June 1, despite water consumption staying at an all time low. Dams across the Sydney region are losing about 0.5% volume each week, but current water demand is approximately 100 billion litres per year lower than it was 25 years ago, despite a significant increase in population, according to WaterNSW. State Water Minister Melinda Pavey said the region was experiencing some of the lowest inflows in a very long time. “The Bureau of Meteorology’s test forecast is predicting below-average rainfall and higher temperatures for June to August, which re key drivers of…
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The latest hacking scandal involving Israel’s NSO Group and popular app WhatsApp has sparked concern among human rights groups, but many of the app users seem unbothered by the revelations. According to the Financial Times, a loophole in the WhatsApp software allowed NSO Group’s ‘Pegasus’ spyware to inject spyware into a targets phone by calling their WhatsApp numbers – whether they picked up or not. WhatsApp user Drew Camilleri uses the app for group chats between friends, but he isn’t concerned about his app being hacked. “I am vigilant to make sure I have the smallest chance of it happening…
Stephen Jones is re-contesting his seat of Whitlam in the upcoming election – a seat he sits in with pride. “I am proud of the region where I grew up, the Illawarra— the place where I first acquired my interest in politics. The Illawarra is the place where I learned that the Australian Labor Party is part of a broad, progressive movement committed to social justice and to equity,” Mr Jones said in his maiden speech. He entered politics in 2010 after a successful career in the union movement – first as a lawyer and then as secretary. The blue-collar…
A prominent rugby union personality has called for assistant referees to be on the field and more involved in offside decisions, but local rugby club members disagree. Former Wallabies coach Rod Macqueen said the defensive line falling offside is a common issue in the game, and is something the assistant referees should be held to higher account for. “I think that should be strictly policed by the assistant referees. It would make a significant difference to the game. I just feel it is an area of the game we have allowed to get worse and worse,” Macqueen told The Australian.…
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF6ZMpSm_gQ&w=560&h=315] Artists old and young have come together in an exhibition that highlights Illawarra homes past and present. The exhibition at the Wollongong Art Gallery, aptly titled ‘A Place to Call Home’, is a collection of various styles and eras of art, all inspired by homes in the Illawarra. “What these do is they provide the images that the text does not provide so therefore they provide a wealth of information about the history of Wollongong,” Dr Davies said. Local artist Riste Andrievski was inspired by his surroundings as a child living in Port Kembla with his migrant father.…
Dairy farmers have welcomed the move by Coles and Aldi to follow Woolworths and drop the $1 per litre milk campaign, but they say price increase should be more than the announced 10 cents a litre. The dollar-a-litre milk was introduced in 2011 and hasn’t changed in price until now. Local dairy farmer Grant Sherman said the price should reflect the cost of living. “It went from $1.20 to $1… if you took into account the cost of living and inflation it should actually be $1.50,” he said. NSW Farmers Dairy Committee chair Erika Chesworth welcomed the start of serious…
Hellooooooo and welcome to The Earworm (Online!!) Now that we’ve had a day to recover, we’ve thrown together this article & there’ll soon be a highlights reel too! DAY ONE We started day 1 with a drink bottle emergency. The drink bottles I specifically bought for the event were bendy and had a carabiner so that we could attach them to our bags and belt loops (cool kid alert). Aannnddd the $6 I spent on them went out the door when they broke mid-boom (see below). With some handy electrical tape we were back on track and ready to let…
Oh, so you’re going to Yours & Owls this weekend? Do you have everything ready?? I’m sorry to say that you’re probably not like me. You probably don’t already have a 3-page excel spreadsheet planned for your Yours & Owls festy experience. Lucky for you, I like to share. via GIPHY WHAT TO BRING Your ticket & some ID (literally if you don’t bring anything else you will need these) Its Cardless (kind of….) so if you bought your ticket on Moshtix you can add money to your wristband already! But if not, you’ll need to load money onto your…