Date:
Friday 11 September from 4pm
Saturday 12 September 10am – 5pm
Sunday 13 September 10am – 5pm
Monday 14 September 10am – 4pm
Tuesday 15 September 10am – 4pm

Location:
Great Hall, Callaghan Campus

cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/35408816

Some relatively good news from NSW for a change.

Police have dropped charges against more than 100 protesters two years after they blockaded the port of Newcastle as part of one of Australia’s largest climate protests.

In the Newcastle local court on Friday, the police prosecutor withdrew charges against 125 protesters. Legal group Climate Defenders Australia, which is representing the bulk of the protesters, said it had petitioned police to do so.

“Police should have withdrawn these charges long ago, once it was clear they could not make out the cases against them,” said Julia Grix, the founder and executive director of the group which represented 110 of the protesters.

In short:

A runaway coal train had no-one on board as it travelled 20 kilometres through the Hunter Valley on July 25.

An interim probe has found it reached speeds of up to 90 kilometres an hour as 96 wagons hurtled along the track.

What’s next?

A final report will be tabled in the NSW parliament.

cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/35308610

In short:

A mine worker believed to be in his 50s has died after being hit by a truck at the United Wambo Open Cut coal mine west of Singleton.

The mine is suspending operations as investigations continue.

What’s next?

A report will be prepared for the coroner.

In short:

An independent report into a deadly bus rollover in the New South Wales Hunter Valley has found a breakdown in safety systems, speed and driver impairment were contributing factors to the fatalities.

The Office of Transport Safety Investigations has handed down a total of 41 recommendations to improve safety across the state’s coach and road network.

What’s next?

The state government has accepted in full or in principle the 21 recommendations that were handed to Transport for New South Wales.

In short:

A fully laden coal train travelled several kilometres unmanned after it started rolling downhill during a crew change.

The ABC understands the train reached speeds in excess of 60 kilometres per hour.

What’s next?

Passenger and coal train services on the line have now resumed, as the Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator investigates the incident.

cross-posted from: https://leminal.space/post/37736144

The high-pitched whirr of coal trains between Newcastle and Muswellbrook has been the backdrop to life in the NSW Hunter region for more than 100 years, but a new soundscape is set to take its place as the renewables transition gathers pace.

Voting was conducted using full preferential Instant Run-off Voting in comments, with results declared (and explained) in this comment.

2nd place: Genesis Owusu - DEATH CULT ZOMBIE
3rd place: PLAYLUNCH - Keith
4th place: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Grow Wings and Fly
5th place: Ben Gerrans - London Lights

Links for the rest of the songs nominated can be found listed on either of our voting threads.

cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/32072753

It’s time for us to nominate our /c/rage’s Lemmyvision 3 song!

Over the past few weeks, our community has submitted nominations, and we have until 3rd May to pick a winner. Our Lemmyvision representatives @Gorgritch_umie_killa and @zero_gravitas have again delegated our election to an independent agency, the Aussie.zone Eureka Commission (AEC).

Anyone who has recently commented a few times on aussie.zone before today is allowed to vote. (This includes, for example, various Australians on other instances)

This election uses preferential Instant-Runoff Voting^[wiki] just like our federal elections. Put simply, this means that if your [1] choice has no chance of election, your vote then moves over to your [2] choice, and so on.

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Here are the entries. Please listen to them all before voting:

• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Grow Wings and Fly
• Genesis Owusu - DEATH CULT ZOMBIE
• Peach PRC - Miss Erotica
• Ben Gerrans - London Lights
• Ball Park Music - Please Don’t Move to Melbourne
• Ecca Vandal - BLEACH
• Tame Impala - Dracula
• PLAYLUNCH - Keith
• The Terrys - Work Out Fine
• Tanzer - Maximum Glamour

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Here is the ballot template for you to fill in. Copy and paste it as a new reply to this post, and number ALL boxes from 1 to 10 in order of your choice. [1] is your preferred choice, [10] is your least preferred.

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**Lemmyvision 3 /c/rage Nomination Ballot**

Place a number inside the box next to ALL songs, ranking them from 1 to 10 in order of preference.
```json
[]  King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Grow Wings and Fly
[]  Genesis Owusu - DEATH CULT ZOMBIE
[]  Peach PRC - Miss Erotica
[]  Ben Gerrans - London Lights
[]  Ball Park Music - Please Don't Move to Melbourne
[]  Ecca Vandal - BLEACH
[]  Tame Impala - Dracula
[]  PLAYLUNCH - Keith
[]  The Terrys - Work Out Fine
[]  Tanzer - Maximum Glamour
```
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