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@james_waber @Olympics @Brisbane_2032 Both Australian and NZ have snow?

@Olympics @Brisbane_2032 Also, is it functionally possible to have a Winter Olympics in Australia or New Zealand? Possibly split holding with another country for the skiing events?

Rewind 68 years ⏪ and relive some of the highlights from the first Oceania Olympic Games at Melbourne 1956. We can't wait to return to Australia for the Summer Olympic Games at @Brisbane_2032. 📆📌 #Olympics | #Melbourne1956

@rcallimachi @Vivian_Marino I don’t think referencing The Commonwealth in this story is relevant. Any property bought using an owner like that would be a “Commonwealth Realm”, not just a plain old volunteer member of the Commonwealth club. Totally different things that many misunderstand.

This week, the deed for the purchase of a $6 million condo became public, revealing that the buyer was "His Majesty the King." @Vivian_Marino and I spent the afternoon looking into whether King Charles had just bought the luxury unit: nytimes.com/2024/07/12/rea…

@Val_Koziol @SawyerMerritt @Tesla State

@SawyerMerritt @Tesla 20% of national demand!! WOW!!

BREAKING: @Tesla has secured a new ~$650 million contract to build the largest battery energy storage system in Australia, over twice the size of the storage system pictured below. It will mean the Neoen Collie battery will be sized at a total 560 MW & 2,240 MWh. This $650M contract means French developer Neoen will add a 341 MW/1363 MWh second stage battery to the Collie facility. Its first stage, already under construction, is sized at 219 MW/877 MWh. Both are to be built with a total of ~572 Tesla Megapack batteries, making it a massive ~$1.1 billion project. When complete, the Collie battery will have the ability to charge and discharge 20% of the average demand in Western Australia's main grid. (Photo below is a Megapack system in Phoenix & not the Collie facility. It's just for reference) Source: reneweconomy.com.au/neoens-collie-…

@StevenJMiles Terrible decision, waste of money. Pouring billions into a terrible location with awful pre/post game, terrible transport, a cemetery to display to the world. Leaving us with barely nothing for our money after the Olympics. Poor, weak, political decision. Urban planning disaster.

We will upgrade Suncorp Stadium to host the opening and closing ceremonies. We will make the Queensland State Athletics Centre (QSAC) the nation’s best athletics facility. The cricket will be played where it belongs: at the Gabba.

Queenslanders have made it clear to me they do not want to spend billions on new stadiums. We will not demolish the Gabba.

We won’t be building a new mega stadium at Victoria Park either.

@Trickyred1 @MikeyCycling If you sympathise you shouldn’t make the life of one of the few trying to do something about it harder. Your post didn’t come across as sympathetic at all.

@MikeyCycling You should get out more. This agenda is consuming your life and it’s unhealthy.

Well well well, six weeks after I reported this driver, the V5C was updated. I wonder if that update related to the SORN and/or the mobile use? His face when I told him his insurance would likely double. Here's the video: youtu.be/JcAqpJUeXco

@nathaningram Did you solve this Nathan ?

I'm finally going to dump Evernote for Notion. One thing I can't seem to figure out is how to scan to Notion from my Fujitsu ScanSnap. Are any of my friends in the Twitterverse using ScanSnap (or the like) to scan docs directly to a new note in Notion?

@rammieib @jhr187 @tasteslikesalt @asht0nAB Plus sometimes huge property taxes

Really can’t get over how so many people believe that this means half of your salary is gone 😭 We need to start teaching kids about taxes in schools because these replies and quotes are outrageous

@Mysterious_Fawx @Daveyraveyrgave @drewsnx @theJeremyVine You seem blinded by your need to make a point against the OP. It was dangerous driving. Full stop. You hanging your hat on the fact that Jason let it go, or didn't realise the danger he was in, doesn't change the objective fact that it was dangerous, unprofessional driving.

Bloody hell. I just saw a bus nearly take out Jason Donovan.

@Mysterious_Fawx @MikeyCycling @theJeremyVine As an experienced rider and driver that was dangerous. A slight wobble and he could have been under the wheels. I would be ashamed to drive like that.

@BlogIrish @Wolfpackwwfc @reptracker @wolvesfancast @IrishWolvesFans @WeAreWolves_com @JPercyTelegraph @WeAreWolvesFans @TalkingWolves @WolvesArgento @IrishFballtweet He's 188cm btw: wolves.co.uk/teams/mens-fir…

Talent of the Day - Nathan Fraser Age: 18 Nation: 🇮🇪/🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Club: Wolves Position: CF Strengths: Finishing, Physicality, Intelligence,Work Rate,Composure Foot: Right Height: 178cm Fraser was part of the Ireland U19 squad in November and already has his first Wolves goal.

@EagleGoatee @cyclesixmile @aussiewongm AUD$50? USD$32?

@cyclesixmile @aussiewongm Aha… this is an international discrepancy. Sorry I didn’t look to see you were in US. I’m in Australia and the minimum cost for a uHaul trailer is 3 hours hire for $50.

I wish I was smart enough to finance a pickup truck for $700 per month so I didn't have to pay $20 to rent a trailer two or three times per year.

@DarrenAltman Ha ha that’s more Queensland remote country farmer than Greek-Australian outer suburbanite.

Ange Postecoglou previews the north london derby #nld #spurs #tottenham #coys

I’m not the first to say this today but, sheesh… Tottenham captain Son Heung-min has one helluva goal catalogue. Could he be the difference for Spurs in Sunday’s North London derby?! 🤔 #THFC #COYS 🤍💙❤️‍🩹 #ARSTOT #NLD

@NSheidlower @BusinessInsider fyi @NSheidlower "The country also has the Australian Retirement Trust, which handles over $240 billion in retirement savings". This is just one company that administers "superannuation", Australia's private pension scheme. Calling it out specifically doesn't make sense?

Also out this morning for @BusinessInsider: Switzerland is the best country to retire comfortably, according to U.S. News & World Report. Portugal, Australia, and New Zealand also topped the list thanks to good healthcare and affordability. businessinsider.com/top-ten-countr…

@northumbriana @BeyondTLM Why the King of Norway?

@BeyondTLM Newcastle Civic Centre

The rough outline of what I think of as the ‘beetroot line’ in the NE - as how you pronounce the word immediately places you (to NE ears at least) as being from either North or South, Geordie or Mackem/Durham. N = a guttural “beet-root” S = an elongated “beyt-roowt”

@americanazorean @footballtweet oh god, go back to conspiracy YouTube

Just look at that pass from Messi 🤯👏

@Mohammedz18 @footballtweet @shahidb In your high school dreams ha ha

@footballtweet Oh puh-lease...its done on every high school pitch all over the world @shahidb

@MarchiafavaSean @JLB_007 @eurosport Most professionals leagues of all sports across the world do that.

@JLB_007 @eurosport I'm not a fan of the NBA, especially for them selling out to China, but the NBA takes players from the entire "World" if they are good enough to play. This is just semantics, they are indeed global.

"I love the U.S... but that ain't the world!" ❌ Noah Lyles throws shade at the NBA's 'world champions' 🏀👀

@JLB_007 @abhilashdhal1 @avveragecitizen @eurosport It's like just taking your ball and going home, and just declaring yourself the winner :) Why bother playing cause we the best!!!!!

Clearly you are making the only comparison that you are aware of and making that the only concept of a world competition. The NBA already has the best players in the world in it .. that’s what makes it a world championship. And as far as the format goes.. No other professional basketball club in the world will beat the top 15 players in the NBA regardless of format

@eurosport If you need more proof that the NBA is a world league check out the rosters 90% of the teams have a NBA player on their roster hoopshype.com/lists/2023-wor…

@JLB_007 @eurosport That's irrelevant. Many sports leagues all across the world open themselves to players from all over the world. That's normal.