I wouldn't say it's bad, but the government is doing a pretty terrible job to run the country

https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/COVID-19/leaving-Australia

There's a ban on overseas travel from Australia. If you're an Australian citizen or permanent resident, you can't leave Australia unless you get an exemption to travel or you're travelling to a destination that's exempt from the ban. Foreign citizens are able to depart Australia at any time.

Australia is the only Western country which has an exit ban on citizens. There are so many people who got rejected and can't leave Australia despite having dual citizenship.

The whole situation made me reconsider applying for PR and moving to Canada instead.

At the risk of contributing nothing and bringing politics to HN, Scott Morrison is an utter buffoon and impotent leader.

Whilst I entirely agree with that statement, what does that say of Anthony Albanese who, along with the party he leads, seems unable to land any political punches on said buffoon?

We have been bereft of leaders with vision for a long time. With the possible exception of Kevin Rudd, who wanted to build a clean-slate, nationwide telecommunications network for the next 100 years, and Julia Gillard, who despite having probably the most vile opposition in history, was _the first female prime minister of Australia_ and introduced the NDIS.

I am a dual citizen who is leaving Australia and returning to the states in a week's time. You are allowed to leave granted you are not planning on returning within 3 months or on compassionate grounds. However, getting back is a whole other story.

The issue is returning travelers relying on loose quarantine measures that have resulted in the outbreak we are currently experiencing here in Sydney.

However, I do agree with you, the government has failed on multiple accounts with the vaccine roll-out and is paying the price now. People's patience here, especially those from other countries, is starting to wear thin.

Yeah, not to mention the vaccination rollout?? omg. But hey, at least we're still better than majority of the world :). Better to be grateful right

You forgot the jellyfish, bluebottles and scorpions. Even the platypus is venomous!

With a very small adult size of about a cubic centimetre (1 cm3), they are both the smallest and one of the most venomous jellyfish in the world.

Robert Drewe describes the Irukandji jellyfish sting as "100 times as potent as that of a cobra and 1,000 times stronger than a tarantula's".

Irukandji jellyfish's stings are so severe they can cause fatal brain hemorrhages and on average send 50-100 people to the hospital annually.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irukandji_jellyfish

There's also Cassowaries, possibly the closest thing you can get to the experience of being chased by the Jurassic Park velociraptors.

And the stonefish and conefish. Know where you place your feet!

Tasmanian Devils deliver the highest bite force relative to body size of all mammals.

But the whole species is under threat from the face cancer thing [0] Tassie devils are beautiful little nuggety marsupials. Their name belies their shyness.

[0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_facial_tumour_disease

they are many things but beautiful they are not. They may be shy but they're also very blustery as well. Thse WB animators probably never saw one but they got a lot right.

That’s harsh. They cute as cute can be. Right up until feeding time. Terrible terrible table manners.

I think you forgot about the drop bears

Oh, those are the killers. Thankfully they seem to only go for tourists.

A very brave ITV News Asia correspondent: https://www.abc.net.au/cm/rimage/11864058-16x9-xlarge.jpg

Full video: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-13/uk-journalist-pranked...

Both are adorable.

Have to watch out for the piecosts too!

… and ScoMo!

(Is political snark allowed on here?)

No. He is a pretty bad PM, but.. no. Don't do this to HN

Yeah once you exclude all those and the only venomous mammals in the world you only have dirt to worry about :)

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-09/melioidosis-risk-spre...

Mind the trees too, the stinging ones. Dendrocnide genus.