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🔥Asian Background Social: Lounge Asia Sydney (Easy English) 6pm

🔥Asian Background Social: Lounge Asia Sydney (Easy English) 6pm

Sat, Jun 27, 8:00 AM
From Asian Background Social: Lounge Asia Meetup (Easy English)
4.7

**⚠ IMPORTANT: TONIGHT’S RULES ⚠** **🎟 NO TICKET = NO ENTRY** **(If you are on the WAITLIST, you cannot enter tonight.)** **🪑 SIT IF EMPTY** **Please take a seat if you see one to help create more space.** **📧 SHOW SCREEN AT DOOR** **Have your confirmation email/screen ready for Chris & Kev.** **NO WALK-INS. THANK YOU!** **“The perfect Saturday night to meet new friends in a warm, relaxed atmosphere”** **✹ 5,000+ Members have joined across Australia** **✹ Early RSVP FREE / Last-Minute Ticket $5** **✹ Relaxed & Friendly (Not a loud party, perfect for conversation)** **Why Join Us?** **First-timers welcome: About 70% of people are new every time!** **Easy to join alone: Most people arrive by themselves and leave with new friends.** **Language friendly: Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Taiwanese & English OK 🧋** **📍 WHEN & WHERE** **🗓 Every 2 weeks on Saturday** **🕕 6:00pm – 10:00pm** **📍 Harts Pub (The Rocks) Located in the heart of historic Sydney!** **🚶‍♂ Super Easy Access:** **• 5 min walk from Circular Quay Station** **• 8 min walk from Wynyard Station** **Easy to drop by after exploring The Rocks!** **💰 Cost:** **Early RSVP FREE** **Last-Minute Ticket: $5** **⚠ Limited spots available — we highly recommend reserving early.** **👉 HOW TO JOIN** **Please click “Join” on Meetup.** **Follow & DM us on Instagram: @_lounge_asia** **⚠ HOUSE RULES & SAFETY POLICY** **To ensure a safe and comfortable environment for everyone, Lounge Asia has a ZERO TOLERANCE policy for the following behaviors:** **🚫 No Solicitation:** **Any form of business recruitment, MLM, religious proselytizing, or poaching is STRICTLY PROHIBITED.** **🚫 No Harassment:** **Unwanted pick-up activities, persistent pestering, or making others feel uncomfortable will not be tolerated.** **Action:** **Any attendee reported for misconduct will be removed immediately and banned from future events without warning.** **⚠ IMPORTANT** **Photo ID Required:** **Passport or Driver’s License only (Student IDs NOT accepted).** **18+ only:** **The venue is a licensed bar, and ID checks are required under NSW law.** **🎁 BECOME A FOUNDING MEMBER (VIP)** **We are building an official app to connect our community safely!** **Join the VIP list for early access and priority invites to special parties.** **👉 [Join the VIP List here]** **https://forms.gle/T2KukvgEiGWEz3VR9** **━━━━━━━━━━━━━━** **初参加・䞀人参加も倧歓迎です** **혌자 였셔도 펞하게 슐Ꞟ 수 있얎요!** **欢迎倧家蜻束亀朋友** **歡迎茕鬆認識新朋友** **àž¡àž²àž„àž™à¹€àž”àžµàž¢àž§àžà¹‡àžªàž™àžžàžà¹„àž”à¹‰àž„àž£àž±àžš/àž„à¹ˆàž°** **Mọi người đều được chào đón!** **Welcome ang lahat!** **Semua dialu-alukan!** **Semua orang diterima dengan hangat!** **👥 Your Host:** **🎀 Chris – Your friendly Sydney host, ready to welcome you**

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Code for Sydney - Monthly Hack Day

Code for Sydney - Monthly Hack Day

Sat, Jul 11, 12:15 AM
From Code for Sydney
4.7

Code for Sydney is now running meetups every month. Code for Sydney is a volunteer civic innovation organization created by Sydney-area developers, designers, and activists with an interest in solving civic and social problems through the use of technology. During our monthly hack day, we'll learn about civic challenges, brainstorm ideas about solutions, and sit down to code together. Together, we can make an impact on civic challenges and build a better city. Networking with fellow software engineers, designers and student/s welcome! If anyone would like to present a quick talk or propose a project idea, do talk to us! Also please do join the discussion on Discord [https://discord.gg/wPmp25Xnm5](https://discord.gg/wPmp25Xnm5) By attending this event, you consent that you may be photographed and recorded on video. These photos and videos may be used for marketing and promotional purposes in the future. If you have any concerns please let the team know upon arrival.

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Tuesday Social NBC Granville

Tuesday Social NBC Granville

Tue, Jun 30, 10:00 AM
From Smashing Baddies Social & Training
4.8

This is group for all players with a view to play to improve their badminton skills.🏞🏞 Every Tuesday Time: 8pm-11pm Number of Courts: 6 courts Number of players: 40 Regular: 20 Non regular : 22 Quality Shuttles included Please made your payment to PayID 0416 379 688 Reference your name and the receipt to 0416 379 688 to confirm your spot. No cash... Location: NBC Granville Address: 62 Ferndell Street south Granville , NSW 2142 Important to know Disclaimer: The members and guests are fully responsible for their injuries by RSVPing to this event. You can get personal injury insurance for yourself by joining Sydney Badminton Association. I will share more information later. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Regards, Kim and Coach Thiet.

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Agentic AI Unplugged: Running AI Agents at Scale

Agentic AI Unplugged: Running AI Agents at Scale

Wed, Jun 24, 8:00 AM
From Amazon Web Services - Sydney User Group
4.5

Agentic AI is moving fast, but what does it actually take to run agents securely, reliably, and at scale? For our next meetup, **PolarSeven** and **ClickHouse** are bringing together two practical talks exploring AI agents, real-world implementation, governance, security, and scale. **🎀 Hear from:** **Sumith Jitta, Head of Engineering @ Lawpath** The Harness Is the Moat: Running AI Agents at Scale **Johnny Mirza, Senior Solutions Architect @ ClickHouse** Governed and Secure Agents with LibreChat After the talks, stick around for networking, pizzas, and drinks with the local AWS Sydney User Group community! 🍻🍕🀀 **Agenda:** 17:30 - Arrive & drinks 18:00 - Introductions 18:10 - Talk 1: *The Harness Is the Moat: Running AI Agents at Scale* Sumith Jitta, Head of Engineering @ Lawpath 18:40 - Talk 2: *Governed and Secure Agents with LibreChat* Johnny Mirza, Solution Architect @ ClickHouse 19:10 - Networking, food, and drinks! 🍻🍕 **Event details:** 🗓 Date: 24 June 2026 🕕 Time: 6:00 PM 📍 Location: Level 8/2 Market St, Sydney NSW 2000 *Please enter via Kent St to access the building.* RSVP now to save your spot! We can’t wait to see you there! Cheers, **The PolarSeven Team** [www.polarseven.com](http://www.polarseven.com/)

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Inner West wander & new fish markets for lunch

Inner West wander & new fish markets for lunch

Tue, Jun 30, 10:45 PM
From Bike Leichhardt
4.8

Meet at the fountain in Lackey St, Summer Hill at 8.45 for a 9am start (near Summer Hill train station & not far from Lewisham West light rail station). We'll ride for about 2 and a half hours (including a coffee stop somewhere) through the back streets of Summer Hill, Marrickville and Erskineville then taking a meandering route back towards Blackwattle Bay and the new Sydney fish markets by 11.15 am, where we'll go to Squid Inc. for a sit down lunch starting around 11.30 am. We'll finish around 12.30 or 1pm or whnever. Expected to be an EASY ride of about 30 klms at the most. Lots of back streets, road crossings, some street art and a few traffic lights along the way. Bring a bike in good order, a spare tube, pump and tools in case of a flat tyre. Helmet, water and sunblock if its a sunny day. If not feeling well then please do not attend. Suggest you bring cash so you can more easily pay for your portion of the meal. After lunch, I'll lead a ride back to Summer Hill or if you prefer, the fish markets are near the light rail to Darling Harbour & Central or west to Lewisham West and Dulwich Hill. See Squid Inc. menu at... https://squidincrestaurant.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/0338-SQI-Squid-Inc_MENU_105x148.5_30-12-25_1.9.pdf

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Civilization: The West and the Rest

Civilization: The West and the Rest

Thu, Jun 25, 9:00 AM
From The Politically Incorrect Book Club Sydney
4.7

Meeting at the usual place, The Shakespeare Hotel, 200 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills, on Thursday June 25, we will discuss Civilization: The West and the Rest (2011) by Niall Ferguson. In my opinion (Dale) this is a remarkable work. It asks why a small portion of the earth – 7% of the world's land area – was able to establish capitalism and explore and colonise the world, from about the 1500s onwards. Ferguson argues that the West had a number of 'killer applications.' They included Competition (between states and firms), Science (systematic inquiry and technological innovation), the Rule of law / property rights. Also Medicine (especially modern public health and antibiotics), consumerism (mass markets and demand-driven economies) and the work ethic (especially Protestant-influenced discipline and saving). It is written for an intelligent, lay reader, and is not an 'academic' work. If people have a lot of time, you might also want to read a very short work with which this has been contrasted, *The West and the Rest: Globalization and the Terrorist Threat* (2002) by Roger Scruton. It has been suggested that the former is a serious work of social science, while the latter almost borders on the mystical. The format that seems to work best is that we discuss the book for about 50 minutes in a fairly disciplined way, where one person speaks at a time and everyone gets a turn to speak. My role as a facilitator is to ask provocative questions if everyone agrees. I will play Devil's Advocate where there is consensus. Then I might express my personal views in the last few minutes. The meeting then breaks up and everyone can stay back to further discuss the book or anything else! This books is fairly easily available from local libraries and our friend Anna. Contact me at dalemills (at) cantab.net for a free pdf.

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