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Chery (Great Australian Pods)Well, we had the whole bloody tree fall on our house after reporting it. ACT Housing organised an inspection and a few branches were trimmed. Which did absolutely nothing to prevent the tree falling down. Gum trees have notoriously shallow roots and Kambah is built on clay. Not a great combination. Edit for clarity: this happened to us many years ago<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trees</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Suburbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Suburbia</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Kambah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kambah</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canberra</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a><a href="https://social.chinwag.org/@abc_bot/114298658671232125" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://social.chinwag.org/@abc_bot/114298658671232125</a>

Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:<a href="https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8935722/impact-of-duttons-office-policy-reversal-on-businesses/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8935722/impact-of-duttons-office-policy-reversal-on-businesses/</a>QUOTE BEGINSThe Liberals' ditching of its policy for public servants offers pluses and minuses for the business people who serve those public servants. Savage cuts in the number of public servants would have meant less spending in the big public service centres in Canberra - but forcing those left with jobs back to the office might have softened the economic blow.Liberals' leader Peter Dutton said the Coalition had "made a mistake in relation to this policy" of threatening (or promising, depending on your point of view) to press public servants back to work in the office.But businesses taking money from public servants during their coffee breaks and Friday night drink-ups had complained that allowing more to work from home meant less trade at the big centres of public service employment.When people work from home, they don't spend at the big complexes in Canberra, was their argument.Take the shiny complex of glass and steel on National Circuit. The East and West Towers are a true public service hub, with offices for the Home Affairs department as well as the Australian Government Solicitor and the Productivity Commission. The Attorney-General's department is across the road and two-thousand tax office workers are set to move in nearby.Traders who feed (and feed off) those public servants quite liked Mr Dutton's now-jettisoned intention to push the workers back to the office."The lower number of public servants would definitely affect our business and income," Grace Zhu, owner of the Double Drummer coffee shop and bar right in the centre of the complex, said. She added that she wanted public servants back in the office on Mondays and Fridays. She said that their absence was noticeable on those days both bordering the weekend.The Double Drummer has a bar in the evening. Previously, it was a buzzing Friday night, end-of-week haunt but that has changed since the era of work from home."When there was a group of 10, they used to come and have a chat and connecting, but now if three of them are working from home, then the group can decide not to come, and that impacts our business."This was a common complaint around Commonwealth government offices"On Fridays, when people work from home to have a three-day weekend, that affects a lot of businesses," Cheyane Vaughan, manager of the Two Before Ten coffee shop just up the road on National Circuit, said."We rely on them coming to work Monday to Friday for our business to be sustainable."She said public servants were "very set in their routines" and that meant she could roster on one less person on Fridays "because we know it's going to be quiet".There is one advantage, according to Kate Spilker, owner of the SoundCBR pilates and wellness business: "It's easier for people to park on Mondays and Fridays because people work from home."Something like 70 per cent of the customers at the Barton Grocer were public servants, owner Domenic Costanzo reckoned."I think a lot of people working from home has affected our business," he said."We're not doing as much as we used to previous to COVID. And look, if I could work from home, I would too."Mr Dutton also ditched his plan for severe cuts in Canberra-based public service numbers. Instead, it would try to achieve reductions gradually, over five years, and through "natural attrition".According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, there were 110,000 Commonwealth public servants in the ACT just under a year ago, a rise of 5000 over the previous year. The proportion of the ACT workforce in the public service has fallen, though, because private-sector employment has risen faster. The best estimate now is that about a quarter of ACT jobs are in the public service.So the public service is still hugely important to the Canberra economy.Even on the edges of the ACT, the public service dollar matters. Mark Gillett, who owns the Teddybears Childcare Centre in Macarthur, said more than half the customers there were public servants."Canberra doesn't really have any other industry than the public service. The private sector is a hundred per cent dependent on the public service."Public servants are paid so much money. They have their houses and their gardens renovated by tradies. If the public sector vanished, the private sector would too."QUOTE ENDS<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomensRights</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ShitParty1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShitParty1</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ShitParty2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShitParty2</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FsckOffDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FsckOffDutton</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhyIsLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhyIsLabor</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoNukes</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VoteGreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VoteGreens</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ProgIndies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProgIndies</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OzElection2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OzElection2025</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ACT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ACT</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canberra</a>

VandacorpCommon brushtail possum with joey in the backyard.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/possum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#possum</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canberra</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#australia</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/marsupial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#marsupial</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/joey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#joey</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/autumn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autumn</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/april" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#april</a>

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Day nine cont“We’ve listened to feedback from right around the country, not just <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canberra</a> based <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PublicServants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicServants</a> … who are telling us that flexible work is something that they would like to see <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/enshrined" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enshrined</a>.Now, *let’s face it, it always was going to be enshrined*. Flexible work was always here to stay. But what our concern now is that part of that <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/flexible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flexible</a> work should also be an ability to work from home where it’s appropriate to do so” Opposition <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Finance</a> minister. <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Liberal</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LNP</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Work</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Sack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sack</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AboutFace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AboutFace</a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/07/australia-election-2025-live-coalition-labor-federal-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-job-cuts-redundancies-batteries-solar?page=with%3Ablock-67f2ece18f082d3642a798b6#block-67f2ece18f082d3642a798b6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/07/australia-election-2025-live-coalition-labor-federal-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-job-cuts-redundancies-batteries-solar?page=with%3Ablock-67f2ece18f082d3642a798b6#block-67f2ece18f082d3642a798b6</a>>

lucie digitálníCould there be a link?<a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Housing</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canberra</a> <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-06/the-rent-crisis-behind-australia-s-two-faced-cities/105118328" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-06/the-rent-crisis-behind-australia-s-two-faced-cities/105118328</a>

lucie digitálníExcellent. Next time they break the law, take their gambling licence away<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canberra</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Gambling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gambling</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-05/act-hellenic-club-loses-fine-refer-bid-over-broken-gambling-laws/105140022" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-05/act-hellenic-club-loses-fine-refer-bid-over-broken-gambling-laws/105140022</a>

Dan<a href="https://aus.social/tags/bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bloomscrolling</a> content from my little <a href="https://aus.social/tags/canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canberra</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#garden</a> - Zinnias! So pretty and surprisingly hardy. Absolutely my partner's hard work making the garden not only productive but also beautiful

lucie digitální<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canberra</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/StarWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StarWars</a><a href="https://www.nca.gov.au/events/heritage-festival-2025-episode-v-carillon-strikes-back-tours" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nca.gov.au/events/heritage-festival-2025-episode-v-carillon-strikes-back-tours</a>

lucie digitálníA rather crisp morning in the bush capital <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canberra</a>

ZorroTomorrow's proposed burbing route. I'm trying to get 25% of Kaleen.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/burbing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#burbing</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canberra</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BikeTooter</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cycling</a>

Solar CanberraThe sun will rise in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canberra</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a> tomorrow at 6:19, 3552 seconds earlier than the day before. It will set at 17:51, 3682 seconds earlier than the day before. 🤷

Chery (Great Australian Pods)We went for a walk this afternoon. It was a beautiful autumn day in Canberra. At the halfway mark we stopped to buy some fresh rolls for tonight. At the 3/4 mark we stopped and had coffee (and I had a donut!). All up, just over 9km walked. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canberra</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Suburbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Suburbia</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Autumn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autumn</a>

John SmithA beautiful West Belconnen Sunrise this morning. <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canberra</a>

John :au: :hb:<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Sheep_Overboard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Sheep_Overboard</a> ABC radio this morning had news of <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/Verroamites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Verroamites</a> having been found in <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/Canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canberra</a> hives.

lucie digitálníGetting a private bus ride to Woden on a bendy bus with a friendly driver<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canberra</a>

Chery (Great Australian Pods)<a href="https://infosec.space/@MsDropbear42" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@MsDropbear42</a> we went to a community forum for Bean in Canberra last weekend. David from Labor didn't attend due to an unavoidable family commitment. The Liberal David was arrogant and seemed angry. Sam from the Greens was pretty good after a bit of a rough start (too many I statements). Jessie the independent was overwhelming the better candidate there on the day. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Bean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bean</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canberra</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Community</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AusPol</a>

SallyABLTuesday nature moment from a glorious autumn day last week. 📷 📍 Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra<a href="https://aus.social/tags/ThickTrunkTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThickTrunkTuesday</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TreeTrunkTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TreeTrunkTuesday</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trees</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nature</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Lake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lake</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Seasons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Seasons</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canberra</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a>

AJ SadauskasMastodon folks: Think Canberra deserves an <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AFL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AFL</a> team? Then follow <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/canberraaflteam.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@canberraaflteam.bsky.social</a>, which has now been bridged to the Fediverse. <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Auspol</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canberra</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ACT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ACT</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Bridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bridge</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/BridgyFed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BridgyFed</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Bridgy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bridgy</a>

phonakins 💜What do you mean I'm disappointed in Jim's Election Budget? I thought I'd given up hoping for better from Labor by now. <a href="https://phonakins.com/2025/03/28/what-do-you-mean-im-disappointed-in-jims-election-budget-i-thought-id-given-up-hoping-for-better-from-labor-by-now/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://phonakins.com/2025/03/28/what-do-you-mean-im-disappointed-in-jims-election-budget-i-thought-id-given-up-hoping-for-better-from-labor-by-now/</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Budget</a>, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canberra</a>, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Covid</a>, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Election</a>, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FoodBlogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FoodBlogging</a>, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a>, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Welfare</a>

lucie digitálníAnd so the don't turn the heater on until Anzac Day challenge begins <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canberra</a>

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