On Monday 27 July, millions of mobile phones across Australia will simultaneously emit a loud emergency alert as authorities test the nation’s new AusAlert system for the first time.

The nationwide test is designed to ensure Australians receive lifesaving warnings during emergencies such as natural disasters, public safety threats and biosecurity incidents.

But family and domestic violence advocates warn the mandatory alert could also create unintended safety risks for some victim–survivors.

Immigrant Women’s Speak Out Association in western Sydney says its biggest concern is for women who depend on hidden emergency phones to seek help.

On Tuesday, the managing director of publishing, Tory Maguire, told staff the company was looking to cut “around 30” positions, made up of voluntary and targeted redundancies. Maguire said the exercise was not simply a matter of cutting costs, but was an “evolution” to adapt to structural change.

“In the last 12 months, as we have discussed many, many times at the publishing town halls, we are in an extreme state of disruption because of AI,” she said.

The company has plans to retrain and to hire people for “digital-first, reader-savvy, data-informed roles”…

The announcement came two years after Nine Entertainment cut 200 jobs, including 90 positions from the legacy mastheads and the AFR.

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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