I have just planted a brand new garden bed. 6m x 2m. Corten steel edging. Brand new premium soil and mulch. Bird bath.

We planted about 25 varieties. Some grasses, coastal rosemary, grevilleas, some juvenile trees etc. (a mix of natives and exotics).

They’re mostly tubestock as there are only 5 trees.

Over the last week that everything has been in, the same magpie has come down and randomly plucked a tubestock out of the ground and killed it. I watched the cameras back and saw the little turd waddling along before plucking it out - probably deciding how it could be a menace that day.

Didn’t eat it or play with it. Just pulled it out of the ground and kept walking.
It’s like it wanted to do some ‘weeding’ and didn’t appreciate they were actual plants 😤

I’ve never seen this behaviour before and the other dozen magpies are uninterested in the garden (only using the bird bath). The chonky little shit has done five plants before I realised (was watering the garden in the dark after work).

Now I have to protect the others and get some replacements.

The poll closed after 7 days, with an overwhelming majority wishing to ban all AI-generated posts:

19.8% - Ban AI text posts

72.53% - Ban all AI-generated media

7.68% - Do not ban AI-generated content

The results of the poll have been commented below.

With that, there is now a new rule that expands on this and outlines that any AI-Content must be approved by a moderator and under limited circumstances. If approved, it will contain the appropriate flair (added to this post).

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I’m trying to see if it’s worth trying to improve the PEA by spending money

With the influx of AI posts and articles, we’d like to seek your feedback on how you want this managed.

Do you want to ban AI text posts only? This would include linked articles and reveiw sites.

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Turned the wheel into a gutter and scraped the edge ffs.

Any rec’s on a good touch up business in Ipswich? Happy to travel, but mobile would be excellent.

Looking for advice or to see if anyone else has been caught out by this recently.
I picked up a new BYD on a novated lease back in April. All the dealership paperwork sent to me and my lease company (Maxxia) explicitly stated it was a February 2026 build.

Out of the blue BYD called me to advise there had been a mistake and the car is actually a 2025 model, not 2026. They offered me $1,100 back as compensation, which is the dealer delivery fee. Their excuse is that both model years have the exact same features and apparently RRP, so "no harm, no foul."

Obviously, that’s total BS because a 2025 plate is going to take a much heavier hit on future depreciation than a 2026. Plus, because they put the wrong year on the paperwork, my lease and insurance documents are now incorrect, creating a huge liability risk if I'm in an accident. Plus I thought I was buying a 2026 model! Not a 2025.

Maxxia has been great and has already lodged a formal complaint on their end, but BYD has gone completely radio silent since calling me.

I have emailed both Maxxia and BYD stating that I require to proper compensation and that $1100 is not it.

Has anyone gone through a build-year misrepresentation with a dealership or lease before? What is a realistic compensation figure to hold out for to cover the hit on resale value? Want to know if anyone else has been affected by this specific batch error?

Thanks!

To preface, we had a Subaru Outback before this and it was a beautiful car inside & out for the 6 years we had it. Drove remarkably well (as far as an ICE can) and was our second Subaru.

We took both EVs for a test drive of at least 30mins each with a mix of highway and stop-start city traffic. We were pretty underwhelmed with both and they’ve dropped to the bottom of our shortlist.

Price was not their biggest drawcard, but we were surprised by how average they felt inside. Lots of hard plastics, an annoying combination of accelerator lag followed by an abrupt bite that was making my partner nauseous, and an infotainment system that felt clunky and way behind the competition (it had different sized font depending on the menu item).
Once you were up to speed, the cabin was nice and quiet, adaptive systems were great, and was a pleasant highway cruiser - I could easily see us doing long trips in this.

The biggest annoyance was the driver monitoring system. Both cars kept telling me to “sit up” and warning that they couldn’t see my face while I was simply turning corners. I’m 184cm tall so it seems the steering wheel was blocking the sensor (I’ll add a pic in comments).

For a brand that is somewhat premium, they really missed the mark for us. The current gen Outback & Forester were much nicer and about $30k cheaper.

As former Subaru owners we went in expecting them to be strong contenders, but that’s some serious cash that they’re asking for and we’re pretty disappointed in both offerings. Hopefully the Uncharted is different, but we’re not counting on it.

looking to get stuck into some - any happy hour spots? Our old haunt doesn’t do kilpatrick anymore

Motorists who use medicinal cannabis may soon be able to drive on New South Wales roads without fear of a severe penalty as the Minns government announces long-awaited reforms.
The government announced on Thursday it would introduce legislation which would see drivers with a medicinal cannabis prescription no longer face a three-month licence suspension or fine for having the THC component of cannabis in their system.

Under the proposed new system, drivers with a full licence can drive with THC up to a threshold. However, if the driver – who will be required to register that they have a prescription with Transport NSW – returns a positive test they will still face a 24-hour ban while a laboratory tests the results.

If the lab result shows the person’s THC levels were above the allowed threshold, they will receive a warning on the first and second occasion to give them an opportunity to adjust their use. If it happens a third time within two years, the person will face a minimum three-month licence suspension and a $704 fine.

Post a pic of what you got up to with your EV over the last month and show us how it ruined the weekend…

- Did you go somewhere new?
- Did you find a nice scenic drive or photo op?
- Did you just take delivery?

We want to see your creativity - the highest voted owner pic each month will appear on the banner of the main subreddit!

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1. Must be in the theme of r/AustralianEV

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3. Cannot be a meme, AI, or poorly edited. Let’s keep it high quality.

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2 out of 3 posts here are filler just to post their referral link at the bottom. There’s hardly anything useful to actually read in here.

If you’re going to flog your referral code, you could at least engage with others and try to be helpful. Not just leech off the sub and not contribute.