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Discussion Thread 🎳 Friday 2 January 2026 (aussie.zone)

submitted 23 hours ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Local Facebook drama today. The conflict between two competing Ballarat community groups has come to a head, with the admin of one group threatening to delete the group because people were not kind in the comments on their foulmouthed video tirade about FOGO bins.

[–] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 1 points 4 hours ago

Oooh get the popcorn. I love drama like this.